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Title: Regulatory Researcher hourly rate in London | Deftridge
Summary: Regulatory Researcher pay in London: median wage £35 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £60. Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p.

TLI · United Kingdom · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Regulatory Researcher hourly rate in London

The market median wage for a Regulatory Researcher in London is **£35.24 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£60 an hour** on Deftridge, +33% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£60/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£35.24/hr** median wage

**£30-43** middle half of wages

**£1,300** a month at 5 hours a week

## Regulatory Researcher wage percentiles in London

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £24.43 | £530 | £50,800 |
| 25th | £29.77 | £650 | £61,900 |
| Median | £35.24 | £760 | £73,300 |
| 75th | £43.22 | £940 | £89,900 |
| 90th | £58.59 | £1,270 | £121,900 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## London in numbers

What sets London apart for a Regulatory Researcher, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+25%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £28.12

- **1st of 12** regions by median wage for this role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Regulatory Researcher in London by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | £60 | £1,300 |
| Manager | £70 | £1,520 |

- Regular role **£50**

- One-off task **£60**

- Task bundle **£55**

## Regulatory Researcher pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Regulatory Researcher, highest first; 4 of 12 places shown. By median wage London ranks **1 of 12**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £35.24 | £60 |
| South West | £28.27 | £45 |
| South East | £27.81 | £45 |
| West Midlands | £27.68 | £45 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Regulatory Researcher rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/regulatory-researcher/) · [Regulatory Researcher jobs in London](https://deftridge.com/jobs/regulatory-researcher/london/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
