Compliance Analyst
UK

The median Compliance Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

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

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 850 874 1135
Rank change year-on-year +24 +261 -244
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Analyst 51 85 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.084% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.092% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 34 52 58
10th Percentile £35,300 £42,500 £33,875
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,425 £70,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,250 £49,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.61% +10.00% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Compliance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Analyst in the UK

Compliance Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Compliance Analyst.

Salary trend for Compliance Analyst in the UK

Compliance Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Analyst over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Compliance Analyst in the UK

Compliance Analyst
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +42 42 £46,500 -6.06% 28
UK excluding London -3 38 £44,250 -10.61% 11
Work from Home +76 25 £45,000 -9.09% 11
North of England +45 10 £60,000 +21.21% 6
South East +13 10 £45,000 -8.63% 2
Yorkshire +88 8 £61,250 +36.11% 3
London +86 8 £55,000 - 18
South West -21 8 £43,500 -20.91%
East of England +13 4 £70,000 -
Wales - 4 £37,000 - 2
West Midlands +24 2 - - 1
Midlands -4 2 - - 1
North East - 2 £37,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Compliance Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Compliance Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (43.14%) Information Security
2 20 (39.22%) Legal
2 20 (39.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (39.22%) Risk Management
2 20 (39.22%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 13 (25.49%) Finance
4 13 (25.49%) Law
4 13 (25.49%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 12 (23.53%) ISMS
5 12 (23.53%) Firewall
5 12 (23.53%) Retail
6 11 (21.57%) AWS
6 11 (21.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (19.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (19.61%) CISSP
7 10 (19.61%) NIST
8 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
8 9 (17.65%) Management Information System
8 9 (17.65%) Process Improvement
9 8 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (15.69%) PCI DSS
9 8 (15.69%) Security Management
9 8 (15.69%) GRC
10 7 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (13.73%) Onboarding
10 7 (13.73%) Regulatory Compliance
11 6 (11.76%) GDPR
11 6 (11.76%) Data Protection
11 6 (11.76%) Azure

Compliance Analyst 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:

Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.57%) AWS
2 6 (11.76%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.53%) Firewall
2 5 (9.80%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Power BI
General
1 20 (39.22%) Analytical Skills
1 20 (39.22%) Legal
2 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (25.49%) Finance
3 13 (25.49%) Law
4 12 (23.53%) Retail
5 7 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (7.84%) Police
7 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.96%) Games
8 1 (1.96%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.73%) Onboarding
3 6 (11.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Online Games
4 1 (1.96%) PMI
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) Information Security
2 20 (39.22%) Risk Management
3 13 (25.49%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 12 (23.53%) ISMS
5 9 (17.65%) Process Improvement
6 8 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (15.69%) Security Management
7 7 (13.73%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (11.76%) Attestation
8 6 (11.76%) Cloud Security
8 6 (11.76%) Data Protection
8 6 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (11.76%) Information Security Management
8 6 (11.76%) SIEM
9 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (9.80%) Data Privacy
9 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (9.80%) Threat Analysis
10 4 (7.84%) Internal Audit
10 4 (7.84%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) SQL
1 1 (1.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) CISSP
2 6 (11.76%) CCSK
2 6 (11.76%) CISA
2 6 (11.76%) Degree
3 4 (7.84%) CISM
3 4 (7.84%) CRISC
3 4 (7.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (39.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (21.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (19.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (19.61%) NIST
4 8 (15.69%) GRC
4 8 (15.69%) PCI DSS
5 6 (11.76%) GDPR
5 6 (11.76%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.96%) IASME
6 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) iManage
2 1 (1.96%) Intapp
2 1 (1.96%) Reuters