Compliance Manager
UK

The median Compliance Manager salary in the UK is £60,525 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 911 1089
Rank change year-on-year +121 +178 -224
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Manager 118 87 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.082% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.089% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 80 39 76
10th Percentile £35,000 £52,422 £55,000
25th Percentile £42,925 £53,970 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,525 £57,810 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.70% -17.41% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,557 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £91,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -17.41% +31.46%

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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Compliance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Manager over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +172 114 £61,050 +5.60% 65
UK excluding London +56 84 £55,000 -4.86% 42
Work from Home +121 40 £67,500 +22.73% 33
London +147 31 £69,733 +20.23% 26
North of England +67 30 £43,742 -24.33% 5
South East +18 21 £67,500 +12.97% 22
North West +21 15 £50,000 -2.73% 2
Yorkshire +101 12 £43,742 -24.33% 2
Midlands +18 11 £55,000 -31.46% 7
East of England - 11 £65,000 - 2
South West +1 10 £62,500 +16.78% 4
West Midlands +35 8 £55,000 -42.41% 5
East Midlands -14 3 - - 2
North East - 3 £45,000 - 1
Wales +3 1 £43,067 -25.50% 3

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Compliance Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 35 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.42%) Information Security
2 30 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (20.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (20.34%) Internal Audit
4 20 (16.95%) Risk Management
5 18 (15.25%) Management Information System
6 17 (14.41%) Data Protection
6 17 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (13.56%) Legal
7 16 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (12.71%) GDPR
8 15 (12.71%) Finance
9 13 (11.02%) Degree
9 13 (11.02%) Compliance Management
10 12 (10.17%) Regulatory Compliance
10 12 (10.17%) QA
11 10 (8.47%) Quality Management
11 10 (8.47%) Telecoms
11 10 (8.47%) Compliance Audit
11 10 (8.47%) GRC
12 9 (7.63%) QMS
12 9 (7.63%) ISO 9001
12 9 (7.63%) Microsoft
13 8 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (6.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (6.78%) Regulatory Change
14 7 (5.93%) Impact Assessments
14 7 (5.93%) Collaborative Working
14 7 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials

Compliance Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.69%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.85%) Apache
3 1 (0.85%) IIS
3 1 (0.85%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.85%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.39%) Power Platform
1 4 (3.39%) SaaS
2 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.69%) Azure
4 1 (0.85%) AWS
4 1 (0.85%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.85%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.54%) Firewall
1 3 (2.54%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.69%) Intranet
3 1 (0.85%) Skype
3 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.85%) VPN
3 1 (0.85%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) Power BI
General
1 35 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.56%) Legal
4 15 (12.71%) Finance
5 10 (8.47%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.08%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.24%) Retail
7 5 (4.24%) Social Housing
8 4 (3.39%) Marketing
9 3 (2.54%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.69%) Law
10 2 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.85%) Back Office
11 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.25%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.08%) Operational Technology
2 6 (5.08%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.39%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (3.39%) Life Science
3 4 (3.39%) NHS
4 3 (2.54%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.69%) CCTV
5 2 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.85%) IoT
6 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.42%) Information Security
2 24 (20.34%) Internal Audit
3 20 (16.95%) Risk Management
4 17 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (14.41%) Data Protection
5 16 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (11.02%) Compliance Management
7 12 (10.17%) Regulatory Compliance
8 10 (8.47%) Compliance Audit
8 10 (8.47%) Quality Management
9 9 (7.63%) QMS
10 8 (6.78%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (6.78%) Regulatory Change
10 8 (6.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (5.93%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (5.93%) CRM
11 7 (5.93%) Facilities Management
11 7 (5.93%) Impact Assessments
11 7 (5.93%) Risk Assessment
12 6 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 13 (11.02%) Degree
2 3 (2.54%) CISA
2 3 (2.54%) CISSP
3 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (12.71%) GDPR
3 12 (10.17%) QA
4 10 (8.47%) GRC
5 9 (7.63%) ISO 9001
6 7 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (5.93%) SOC 2
7 6 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (5.08%) NIST
8 5 (4.24%) Accessibility
8 5 (4.24%) Data Quality
8 5 (4.24%) NCSC
8 5 (4.24%) PCI DSS
9 4 (3.39%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.69%) NEBOSH
10 2 (1.69%) SLA
11 1 (0.85%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.85%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.85%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (7.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.39%) Datix
3 1 (0.85%) Cisco
3 1 (0.85%) Dell
3 1 (0.85%) EMC
3 1 (0.85%) Qualys
3 1 (0.85%) SAP
3 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.85%) Splunk