Compliance Officer Contract Job Trends in London

Compliance Officer
England > London

The median Compliance Officer daily rate in London is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 353 391
Rank change year-on-year -40 +38 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Compliance Officer 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.012% 0.008% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.008% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £669 £175
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +282.29% -65.00%
75th Percentile - - £188
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £585 £485 £175
% change year-on-year +20.74% +176.86% -58.92%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 15,206 12,012 16,987
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.71% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,176 8,111 12,274
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 143 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.04 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.05 £24.66 £19.45
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year - +23.89% -19.29%
75th Percentile £61.00 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.22 £64.77
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

Compliance Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Compliance Officer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Compliance Officer job vacancy trend in London

Compliance Officer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Compliance Officer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Compliance Officer job vacancies in London

Compliance Officer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Compliance Officer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Compliance Officer job vacancies in London

Compliance Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Compliance Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Compliance Officer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) CAPA
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register

Compliance Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) CAPA
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) PMO
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) SOC 2