Regtech Contracts

Regulatory Technology (RegTech)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Regtech skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Regtech over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 692 777
Rank change year-on-year +119 +85 -55
Contract jobs citing Regtech 11 5 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.009% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.010% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 55
10th Percentile £573 £523 £465
25th Percentile £575 £556 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £775
Median % change year-on-year - -19.35% +49.40%
75th Percentile £688 £706 £850
90th Percentile £740 £748 £950
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Regtech 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 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Regtech
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Regtech in the UK

Regtech
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Regtech in the UK

Regtech
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regtech over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Regtech in the UK

Regtech
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regtech within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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 +92 11 £625 - 15
London +88 11 £625 - 8
Work from Home +121 6 £613 +22.50% 6

Regtech
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Distributed Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Internet
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Front Office
4 3 (27.27%) Financial Institution
5 1 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
1 5 (45.45%) Java Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Financial Services Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Blockchain
1 4 (36.36%) IoT
2 3 (27.27%) CBDC
2 3 (27.27%) Web3
3 1 (9.09%) Hedge funds
3 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
1 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (45.45%) Fintech
2 5 (45.45%) Machine Learning
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) API Development
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (36.36%) Cryptography
3 4 (36.36%) Data Governance
3 4 (36.36%) Data Lineage
3 4 (36.36%) Data Science
3 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) DeFi
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
5 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
6 1 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Java
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
2 4 (36.36%) PhD
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Dodd-Frank
1 5 (45.45%) MiFID
2 1 (9.09%) QA