Compliance Specialist Contracts

Compliance Specialist
UK

The median Compliance Specialist daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 688 833
Rank change year-on-year +110 +145 -137
Contract jobs requiring a Compliance Specialist 8 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.009% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.009% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 8
10th Percentile £445 £510 £469
25th Percentile £525 £563 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +88.41%
75th Percentile £575 £655 £678
90th Percentile £613 £658 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate - £563 £531
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Compliance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Compliance Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Compliance Specialist over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Compliance Specialist.

Hourly rate trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +94 8 £550 -15.38% 10
London +105 6 £550 -16.67% 6
Work from Home +123 4 £515 +8.37% 8
UK excluding London +70 2 - - 4
South East +9 2 - - 2

Compliance Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Compliance Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Compliance Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) BT
3 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (12.50%) Records Management
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) CEH
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP

Compliance Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Security
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Records Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CEH
1 1 (12.50%) CISA
1 1 (12.50%) CISM
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) BT
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft