Compliance Specialist Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Compliance Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median Compliance Specialist daily rate in the Thames Valley is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 110 126
Rank change year-on-year -48 +16 -
Contract jobs requiring a Compliance Specialist 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.092% 0.12% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.13% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile £556 - -
South East median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,009 1,529 2,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 92.39% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,873 921 1,262
10th Percentile £319 £300 £255
25th Percentile £417 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.28% +1.30%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 105 149
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £29.07 £15.13 £20.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £55.08
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -54.33% +25.89%
75th Percentile £85.50 £63.75 £69.69
90th Percentile £103.70 £87.17 £87.47
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +114.71% -56.15% +14.70%

Compliance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Compliance Specialist job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Compliance Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Compliance Specialist job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Compliance Specialist job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Compliance Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 July 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £463 -
Berkshire -27 1 £565 - 1
Compliance Specialist
South East

Compliance Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Compliance Specialist 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 Thames Valley region featuring Compliance Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) Compliance Audit
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Nessus
2 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Snow
2 2 (66.67%) Sophos
2 2 (66.67%) Tenable
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared

Compliance Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Compliance Audit
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Patch Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Snow
1 2 (66.67%) Sophos
1 2 (66.67%) Tenable