Hybrid/Remote Regulatory Compliance Job Trends

Regulatory Compliance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Regulatory Compliance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 195 445
Rank change year-on-year +16 +250 +56
Permanent jobs citing Regulatory Compliance 249 226 126
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.41% 1.71% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.80% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 153 194 115
10th Percentile £44,000 £45,375 £42,287
25th Percentile £63,478 £61,250 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £115,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +76.92% -8.77%
75th Percentile £118,750 £129,375 £93,750
90th Percentile £143,750 £160,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £90,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +33.33% -0.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,746 12,526 29,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.22% 94.76% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10,299 8,909 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,436 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%

Regulatory Compliance
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Regulatory Compliance and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Regulatory Compliance job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Regulatory Compliance
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Regulatory Compliance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Regulatory Compliance over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Regulatory Compliance salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Regulatory Compliance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (0.40%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.80%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (55.82%) Azure
2 56 (22.49%) Entra ID
2 56 (22.49%) Google Workspace
2 56 (22.49%) Snowflake
3 55 (22.09%) Azure AI
3 55 (22.09%) Azure Machine Learning
3 55 (22.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 10 (4.02%) SaaS
5 7 (2.81%) AWS
6 5 (2.01%) GCP
7 4 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.61%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.20%) Azure App Service
8 3 (1.20%) GitHub
8 3 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.80%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.80%) Collibra
10 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 56 (22.49%) Broadband
2 2 (0.80%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (26.91%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.62%) Relational Database
3 12 (4.82%) Oracle Database
4 10 (4.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (2.81%) Metadata
6 4 (1.61%) Power BI
7 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.20%) Tableau
8 2 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.40%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Git
1 3 (1.20%) JIRA
2 2 (0.80%) MSTest
2 2 (0.80%) Selenium
3 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 98 (39.36%) Finance
2 86 (34.54%) Social Skills
3 61 (24.50%) Organisational Skills
4 37 (14.86%) Games
5 35 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (8.84%) Telecoms
7 20 (8.03%) Banking
7 20 (8.03%) Legal
8 7 (2.81%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.41%) Aviation
10 5 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Electronics
12 3 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.80%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.80%) Billing
13 2 (0.80%) Law
13 2 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (14.06%) Lead
2 34 (13.65%) Data Manager
2 34 (13.65%) Engineering Manager
3 33 (13.25%) Finance Manager
4 32 (12.85%) Senior
5 26 (10.44%) Architect
6 22 (8.84%) Developer
7 21 (8.43%) IAM Developer
8 19 (7.63%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (6.02%) Data Architect
9 15 (6.02%) Data Engineer
10 13 (5.22%) Senior Developer
11 12 (4.82%) Azure Architect
11 12 (4.82%) Azure Data Architect
12 11 (4.42%) Analyst
13 10 (4.02%) Head of AI
13 10 (4.02%) Head of Finance
14 8 (3.21%) IT Manager
14 8 (3.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 8 (3.21%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (22.89%) REST
2 56 (22.49%) GraphQL
2 56 (22.49%) LDAP
2 56 (22.49%) OAuth
2 56 (22.49%) OpenID
2 56 (22.49%) SAML
2 56 (22.49%) SOAP
3 3 (1.20%) JSON
3 3 (1.20%) PySpark
4 2 (0.80%) .NET
4 2 (0.80%) ADO
4 2 (0.80%) Playwright
4 2 (0.80%) XBRL
4 2 (0.80%) XML
5 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.40%) Kafka
5 1 (0.40%) React
5 1 (0.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 58 (23.29%) Cyber Threat
2 56 (22.49%) Cyberattack
3 9 (3.61%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.01%) Derivative
5 5 (2.01%) Equities
5 5 (2.01%) Fixed Income
5 5 (2.01%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.01%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.61%) Life Science
6 4 (1.61%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.20%) Blog
7 3 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.80%) Sports Betting
8 2 (0.80%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.81%) Linux
2 3 (1.20%) Windows
2 3 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (48.19%) Roadmaps
2 74 (29.72%) Cybersecurity
3 73 (29.32%) Data Architecture
3 73 (29.32%) Data Governance
4 72 (28.92%) Data Engineering
5 69 (27.71%) Agile
6 65 (26.10%) AI
7 62 (24.90%) Mentoring
8 61 (24.50%) Machine Learning
9 59 (23.69%) Line Management
10 58 (23.29%) Migration
10 58 (23.29%) Programme Delivery
11 57 (22.89%) Identity Access Management
12 55 (22.09%) Data Development
13 32 (12.85%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (12.05%) Decision-Making
15 28 (11.24%) Information Security
16 27 (10.84%) Change Control
16 27 (10.84%) Risk Management
17 21 (8.43%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 91 (36.55%) SQL
2 56 (22.49%) Bash
2 56 (22.49%) PowerShell
2 56 (22.49%) T-SQL
3 6 (2.41%) Python
4 2 (0.80%) C#
4 2 (0.80%) Java
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (5.62%) Degree
2 7 (2.81%) DBS Check
3 6 (2.41%) ACCA
3 6 (2.41%) CIMA
3 6 (2.41%) CISA
3 6 (2.41%) CISSP
4 4 (1.61%) CISM
5 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.20%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.80%) CRISC
6 2 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (0.80%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.40%) ISACA
7 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (24.50%) NIST
2 57 (22.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (22.49%) NCSC
4 26 (10.44%) GDPR
5 23 (9.24%) GRC
6 21 (8.43%) Data Quality
7 20 (8.03%) PCI DSS
8 11 (4.42%) Accessibility
9 10 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (2.41%) ISO 14001
10 6 (2.41%) ISO 9001
10 6 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (2.01%) EMIR
11 5 (2.01%) MiFID
11 5 (2.01%) SOC 1
11 5 (2.01%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.61%) QA
13 3 (1.20%) COBIT
13 3 (1.20%) HIPAA
System Software
1 59 (23.69%) Active Directory
2 55 (22.09%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.20%) Docker
3 3 (1.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 82 (32.93%) Microsoft
2 58 (23.29%) Databricks
3 14 (5.62%) Oracle
4 5 (2.01%) SAP
5 4 (1.61%) Xero
6 3 (1.20%) Cisco
6 3 (1.20%) VMware
7 2 (0.80%) Informatica
7 2 (0.80%) Intapp
7 2 (0.80%) Sage
7 2 (0.80%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.40%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.40%) Google