Regulatory Compliance Job Trends in the North of England

Regulatory Compliance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Regulatory Compliance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 237 255
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 +124
Permanent jobs citing Regulatory Compliance 26 39 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.25% 0.41% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.46% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 15
10th Percentile £33,355 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,806 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,402 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -10.79% -13.08%
75th Percentile £85,313 £67,300 £85,000
90th Percentile £89,375 £83,792 £94,500
England median annual salary £73,750 £90,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -18.06% +22.03% +1.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,633 8,529 6,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.34% 89.80% 90.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,561 3,882 5,257
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,225 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Regulatory Compliance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Regulatory Compliance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Regulatory Compliance job vacancy trend in the North of England

Regulatory Compliance
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Regulatory Compliance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Regulatory Compliance in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Regulatory Compliance in the North of England

Regulatory Compliance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regulatory Compliance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +18 15 £62,500 +27.55% 73
Yorkshire -6 10 £80,000 -5.68% 65
North East +7 1 £31,500 - 9
Regulatory Compliance
England

Regulatory Compliance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SAS
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.85%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 3 (11.54%) Azure App Service
3 3 (11.54%) GitHub
3 3 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (7.69%) Intacct
4 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.69%) Workato
5 1 (3.85%) Boomi
5 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (3.85%) Intranet
1 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) Metadata
2 4 (15.38%) DynamoDB
2 4 (15.38%) NoSQL
3 2 (7.69%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (7.69%) GIS
3 2 (7.69%) Power BI
4 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
General
1 15 (57.69%) Finance
2 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.69%) Legal
7 1 (3.85%) Automotive
7 1 (3.85%) Banking
7 1 (3.85%) Electronics
7 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Architect
2 5 (19.23%) Help Desk Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (19.23%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (19.23%) IT Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Lead
3 4 (15.38%) Data Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Data Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Lead Data Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Applications Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Applications Support
5 2 (7.69%) AWS Architect
5 2 (7.69%) AWS Data Architect
5 2 (7.69%) GIS Team Leader
5 2 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Applications Support
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) PySpark
2 2 (7.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Data Structures
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Native
3 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.85%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.85%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Linux
1 5 (19.23%) Windows
1 5 (19.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Data Governance
2 7 (26.92%) Coaching
3 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (19.23%) AI
4 5 (19.23%) Patch Management
4 5 (19.23%) People Management
4 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (19.23%) Server Management
4 5 (19.23%) Service Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) Data Design
5 4 (15.38%) Data Lineage
5 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 4 (15.38%) Impact Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) Logical Data Model
5 4 (15.38%) Physical Data Model
5 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 1 (3.85%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) DBS Check
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
3 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) PERC
2 1 (3.85%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Firmware
2 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Cisco
2 5 (19.23%) VMware
3 3 (11.54%) Databricks
4 2 (7.69%) Concur
4 2 (7.69%) Sage
5 1 (3.85%) Dell
5 1 (3.85%) Freshdesk
5 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.85%) Pega
5 1 (3.85%) Xero