Regulatory Compliance Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Regulatory Compliance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Regulatory Compliance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 150 177
Rank change year-on-year +14 +27 +36
Permanent jobs citing Regulatory Compliance 31 34 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.77% 0.96% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.06% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 5
10th Percentile £53,125 £59,650 £44,750
25th Percentile £61,563 £61,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £90,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +38.46% -27.78%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £77,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £96,500 £78,250
South East median annual salary £41,250 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -48.44% +23.08% -16.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,257 3,219 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.34% 91.35% 90.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,753 1,517 2,218
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,760
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.96% -2.25%

Regulatory Compliance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Regulatory Compliance job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Regulatory Compliance
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regulatory Compliance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Regulatory Compliance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Regulatory Compliance in the Thames Valley

Regulatory Compliance
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regulatory Compliance within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Buckinghamshire +23 16 £65,000 -27.78% 13
Oxfordshire +24 9 £70,000 +12.00% 8
Berkshire -17 6 - - 39
Regulatory Compliance
South East

Regulatory Compliance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) SaaS
2 3 (9.68%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.23%) RS-232
1 1 (3.23%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) BigQuery
1 2 (6.45%) Data Lake
General
1 13 (41.94%) Finance
2 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.45%) Automotive
5 2 (6.45%) Legal
5 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Electronics
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Procurement Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Lead
3 3 (9.68%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.68%) IT Procurement Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Resilience Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior
3 3 (9.68%) Senior IT Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior Procurement Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Data Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Head of Compliance
4 2 (6.45%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 2 (6.45%) Head of Engineering
5 1 (3.23%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Head of Data Management
5 1 (3.23%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Security Officer
5 1 (3.23%) Sourcing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (48.39%) Management Information System
2 6 (19.35%) LIMS
2 6 (19.35%) Onboarding
2 6 (19.35%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Acoustics
3 1 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.23%) Robotics
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Data Governance
1 10 (32.26%) Information Security
2 8 (25.81%) Analytics
2 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.81%) Data Integration
2 8 (25.81%) Data Management
2 8 (25.81%) Data Security
2 8 (25.81%) Risk Management
3 7 (22.58%) Contract Negotiation
3 7 (22.58%) Software Licensing
3 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (22.58%) Supplier Management
4 6 (19.35%) Data Science
4 6 (19.35%) Data Strategy
4 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
4 6 (19.35%) Information Management
4 6 (19.35%) Operations Management
4 6 (19.35%) Supply Chain Management
4 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Python
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) PhD
3 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.23%) CISA
5 1 (3.23%) CISM
5 1 (3.23%) CISSP
5 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (38.71%) GDPR
2 6 (19.35%) GLP
3 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (9.68%) NIST
5 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.45%) GRC
5 2 (6.45%) SLA
6 1 (3.23%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) SAP
3 2 (6.45%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) EMC