Regulatory Change Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Regulatory Change
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Regulatory Change skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 491 534
Rank change year-on-year +55 +43 +146
Permanent jobs citing Regulatory Change 73 75 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.23% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 36 17 34
10th Percentile - - £42,306
25th Percentile £34,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £78,125 £70,000 £91,934
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,000 £96,705
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Regulatory Change 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Regulatory Change
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Regulatory Change relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Regulatory Change job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Regulatory Change
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Regulatory Change.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Regulatory Change

Regulatory Change
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Regulatory Change in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Regulatory Change in the UK excluding London

Regulatory Change
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Regulatory Change within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
South East +65 39 £59,750 -11.48% 13
South West +21 11 £32,000 -24.71%
North of England -2 8 £80,000 -33.33% 3
Scotland -8 7 £67,250 +7.60% 3
North West +12 6 £80,000 -46.67% 2
Midlands +4 4 £81,250 +54.76% 5
East of England +27 3 - - 1
West Midlands +8 2 £90,000 +71.43% 2
East Midlands -12 2 £72,500 - 3
Yorkshire -13 2 £73,514 -18.32% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Regulatory Change
UK

Regulatory Change
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.37%) Confluence
1 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.48%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.11%) Azure
2 2 (2.74%) AWS
2 2 (2.74%) GCP
2 2 (2.74%) SaaS
3 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.55%) VSAT
2 1 (1.37%) Broadband
2 1 (1.37%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (1.37%) Firewall
2 1 (1.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.33%) Metadata
2 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.37%) Power BI
2 1 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 35 (47.95%) Finance
2 23 (31.51%) Social Skills
3 13 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (8.22%) Law
6 5 (6.85%) Legal
7 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Banking
8 2 (2.74%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.37%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (27.40%) Senior
2 15 (20.55%) Support Engineer
2 15 (20.55%) Technical Engineer
2 15 (20.55%) Technical Support
2 15 (20.55%) Technical Support Engineer
3 10 (13.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 9 (12.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 9 (12.33%) Security Manager
5 8 (10.96%) Coordinator
5 8 (10.96%) Data Coordinator
5 8 (10.96%) Data Manager
5 8 (10.96%) Security Assurance Manager
6 7 (9.59%) Analyst
7 6 (8.22%) Senior Manager
8 5 (6.85%) Business Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Consultant
9 4 (5.48%) Digital Director
9 4 (5.48%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (5.48%) Technology Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) OAuth
1 1 (1.37%) OAuth2
1 1 (1.37%) OpenID
1 1 (1.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.96%) Life Science
2 8 (10.96%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.85%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.37%) Equities
6 1 (1.37%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.37%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.10%) Customer Service
2 24 (32.88%) Commercial Awareness
3 19 (26.03%) Mentoring
4 15 (20.55%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (19.18%) AI
5 14 (19.18%) GAP Analysis
6 12 (16.44%) Decision-Making
6 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (16.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (13.70%) Data Governance
7 10 (13.70%) Impact Assessments
7 10 (13.70%) Information Security
7 10 (13.70%) Workflow
8 9 (12.33%) Change Management
8 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (12.33%) Data Management
8 9 (12.33%) Product Strategy
8 9 (12.33%) Regtech
9 8 (10.96%) Roadmaps
9 8 (10.96%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.74%) Python
1 2 (2.74%) SQL
2 1 (1.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (20.55%) CCNA
1 15 (20.55%) Cisco Certification
1 15 (20.55%) JNCIA
2 13 (17.81%) Degree
3 10 (13.70%) Master's Degree
4 8 (10.96%) CREST Certified
5 5 (6.85%) CISM
5 5 (6.85%) CISSP
6 2 (2.74%) MBA
6 2 (2.74%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) CAPM
7 1 (1.37%) CBAP
7 1 (1.37%) CRISC
7 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.37%) PgMP
7 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PMP
7 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (19.18%) GDPR
3 12 (16.44%) NIST
4 10 (13.70%) NCSC
5 9 (12.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (12.33%) Data Quality
5 9 (12.33%) GRC
5 9 (12.33%) PCI DSS
6 8 (10.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (10.96%) SOC 2
6 8 (10.96%) SOC 3
7 4 (5.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (2.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (2.74%) SLA
9 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.37%) EMIR
9 1 (1.37%) GLBA
9 1 (1.37%) IASME
9 1 (1.37%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.37%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (5.48%) Oracle
2 1 (1.37%) Google
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.37%) Splunk