Regulatory Compliance Contracts

Regulatory Compliance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Regulatory Compliance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Regulatory Compliance over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 421 606
Rank change year-on-year +203 +185 +115
Contract jobs citing Regulatory Compliance 366 153 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.25% 0.36% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.42% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 78 70
10th Percentile £405 £350 £437
25th Percentile £525 £511 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £763 £788 £694
90th Percentile £938 £825 £791
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £513 £650
% change year-on-year +7.32% -21.15% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 0
Median hourly rate £29.00 £17.80 -
Median % change year-on-year +62.92% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £17.80 -
% change year-on-year +62.92% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Regulatory Compliance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,555 36,687 51,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.98% 86.22% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,047 23,611 35,552
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,084 2,428 1,693
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.77
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

Regulatory Compliance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Regulatory Compliance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Regulatory Compliance.

Daily rate trend for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regulatory Compliance over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Regulatory Compliance.

Hourly rate trend for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regulatory Compliance within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +206 326 £675 +12.50% 636
London +138 233 £725 +11.54% 378
Work from Home +125 172 £725 +23.40% 293
UK excluding London +96 95 £550 +7.32% 347
South East +52 24 £550 -26.67% 158
North of England +33 21 £568 +8.10% 43
Scotland +22 16 £538 +28.74% 21
East of England +34 12 £400 - 42
Midlands +22 11 £500 -29.20% 39
Yorkshire +23 10 £550 - 13
North West +13 9 £573 +30.86% 24
South West +42 8 £575 +15.00% 43
East Midlands - 7 £474 - 13
West Midlands +12 4 £620 -12.21% 23
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 6
North East 0 2 £575 -4.17% 6

Regulatory Compliance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.28%) Apache
2 11 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.37%) Confluence
4 4 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.09%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.82%) SAS
6 2 (0.55%) CMS
6 2 (0.55%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.27%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.09%) Maximo
2 4 (1.09%) SAP EWM
2 4 (1.09%) SAP GTS
3 3 (0.82%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.55%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.27%) Actimize
5 1 (0.27%) BASE24
5 1 (0.27%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.27%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 1 (0.27%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.27%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 44 (12.02%) Azure
2 25 (6.83%) AWS
3 15 (4.10%) Entra ID
3 15 (4.10%) GCP
3 15 (4.10%) SaaS
4 11 (3.01%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (1.37%) Snowflake
7 4 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.09%) Collibra
7 4 (1.09%) GitHub
7 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.09%) OCI
7 4 (1.09%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.82%) Alation
8 3 (0.82%) dbt
8 3 (0.82%) PaaS
8 3 (0.82%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.82%) Vertex AI
9 2 (0.55%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.55%) Firewall
2 6 (1.64%) Network Security
3 5 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.09%) DNS
4 4 (1.09%) VPN
5 3 (0.82%) NAS
5 3 (0.82%) SAN
6 2 (0.55%) Intranet
6 2 (0.55%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.27%) ATM
7 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.27%) SSL
7 1 (0.27%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (26.50%) Data Lake
2 15 (4.10%) Big Data
2 15 (4.10%) Hadoop
3 13 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (3.55%) Metadata
4 8 (2.19%) Power BI
5 5 (1.37%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.82%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.82%) Looker
6 3 (0.82%) Tableau
7 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.27%) Impala
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (5.74%) Jenkins
2 14 (3.83%) JIRA
3 13 (3.55%) Git
4 6 (1.64%) GitLab
5 2 (0.55%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.55%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.55%) Selenium
5 2 (0.55%) Snyk
6 1 (0.27%) ERwin
6 1 (0.27%) LSMW
6 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 220 (60.11%) Finance
2 96 (26.23%) Social Skills
3 94 (25.68%) Front Office
4 68 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (15.85%) Banking
6 23 (6.28%) Legal
7 15 (4.10%) Public Sector
8 14 (3.83%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.73%) Investment Banking
9 10 (2.73%) Retail Banking
10 9 (2.46%) Law
10 9 (2.46%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.46%) Retail
11 7 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.09%) Automotive
14 4 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (13.39%) Analyst
1 49 (13.39%) Lead
2 37 (10.11%) Head of Finance
3 36 (9.84%) Business Analyst
4 29 (7.92%) Architect
5 23 (6.28%) Project Manager
5 23 (6.28%) Senior
6 20 (5.46%) Data Governance Analyst
6 20 (5.46%) Data Governance Manager
6 20 (5.46%) Governance Manager
7 16 (4.37%) Developer
7 16 (4.37%) Head of Data Management
7 16 (4.37%) Programme Manager
8 15 (4.10%) Consultant
9 13 (3.55%) Finance Manager
10 12 (3.28%) Security Manager
11 9 (2.46%) AWS Specialist
11 9 (2.46%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.46%) IAM Specialist
11 9 (2.46%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.92%) SailPoint
2 12 (3.28%) SAML
3 11 (3.01%) OAuth
4 10 (2.73%) OpenID
5 9 (2.46%) Spark Streaming
6 6 (1.64%) Kafka
6 6 (1.64%) PySpark
7 4 (1.09%) FHIR
8 3 (0.82%) .NET
8 3 (0.82%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.82%) JSON
8 3 (0.82%) NumPy
8 3 (0.82%) Pandas
8 3 (0.82%) React
8 3 (0.82%) XML
9 2 (0.55%) REST
9 2 (0.55%) RESTful
10 1 (0.27%) Murex MxML
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.27%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 90 (24.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 89 (24.32%) Derivative
2 89 (24.32%) Fixed Income
3 87 (23.77%) Equities
4 86 (23.50%) Hedge funds
5 29 (7.92%) Product Ownership
6 21 (5.74%) Management Information System
7 18 (4.92%) Onboarding
8 15 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (3.83%) Market Risk
10 12 (3.28%) Security Posture
11 11 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (3.01%) Operational Technology
12 9 (2.46%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.91%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.91%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.91%) PMI
14 6 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (1.37%) Credit Risk
15 5 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.91%) Linux
2 6 (1.64%) Unix
3 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.82%) Windows
4 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.52%) Agile
2 121 (33.06%) Data Governance
3 105 (28.69%) Roadmaps
4 104 (28.42%) Migration
5 98 (26.78%) Problem-Solving
6 97 (26.50%) Data Management
7 90 (24.59%) Investment Management
8 76 (20.77%) Risk Management
9 52 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 49 (13.39%) Project Management
11 48 (13.11%) Analytics
12 37 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
13 35 (9.56%) CI/CD
14 29 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 28 (7.65%) Validation
16 27 (7.38%) Process Improvement
17 24 (6.56%) DevOps
18 23 (6.28%) Decision-Making
18 23 (6.28%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.02%) Python
2 32 (8.74%) SQL
3 14 (3.83%) Java
4 9 (2.46%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.91%) Bash
6 4 (1.09%) ABAP
6 4 (1.09%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.09%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.82%) Ruby
8 2 (0.55%) C
8 2 (0.55%) C++
8 2 (0.55%) Go
9 1 (0.27%) C#
9 1 (0.27%) CLIST
9 1 (0.27%) COBOL
9 1 (0.27%) JCL
9 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (11.48%) Degree
2 24 (6.56%) CISSP
2 24 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.46%) CISM
5 14 (3.83%) PMI Certification
6 12 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.73%) PMP
8 9 (2.46%) CISA
9 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.09%) CBAP
11 4 (1.09%) CRISC
11 4 (1.09%) GIAC
11 4 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 3 (0.82%) CCNA
12 3 (0.82%) CCNP
12 3 (0.82%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (16.12%) GDPR
2 36 (9.84%) MiFID
3 25 (6.83%) Data Quality
4 24 (6.56%) HIPAA
4 24 (6.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 23 (6.28%) NIST
6 20 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (4.64%) PCI DSS
8 12 (3.28%) GRC
9 7 (1.91%) Accessibility
10 6 (1.64%) Basel III
10 6 (1.64%) EMIR
10 6 (1.64%) QA
11 5 (1.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (1.37%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.09%) COBIT
13 3 (0.82%) Basel II
13 3 (0.82%) COSO
13 3 (0.82%) Dodd-Frank
13 3 (0.82%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (1.91%) Docker
2 4 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.82%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 3 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.27%) IAG
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 16 (4.37%) Kubernetes
1 16 (4.37%) Terraform
2 13 (3.55%) Ansible
3 11 (3.01%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.09%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.55%) CASB
5 2 (0.55%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.55%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
6 1 (0.27%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.27%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 28 (7.65%) ServiceNow
2 21 (5.74%) Microsoft
3 16 (4.37%) SAP
4 14 (3.83%) Oracle
5 12 (3.28%) Okta
6 9 (2.46%) Ping Identity
7 6 (1.64%) CyberArk
7 6 (1.64%) Databricks
8 5 (1.37%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.37%) Infoblox
8 5 (1.37%) Splunk
9 4 (1.09%) Avaloq
9 4 (1.09%) Google
9 4 (1.09%) HP
9 4 (1.09%) Informatica
10 3 (0.82%) EMC
10 3 (0.82%) IBM
10 3 (0.82%) NetApp
10 3 (0.82%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.82%) Veritas