Compliance Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Compliance Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 335 396
Rank change year-on-year -47 +61 +77
Contract jobs requiring a Compliance Manager 12 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.065% 0.029% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.031% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £483 - £440
25th Percentile £603 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £500 £603
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -17.01% -3.60%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £697
90th Percentile £671 - £825
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -10.87% -2.13% +4.91%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,583 12,735 18,051
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 92.24% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,185 7,557 11,607
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,666 693 1,376
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £17.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% -30.93% +55.17%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.40 £76.18
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.08% -23.53% +25.00%

Compliance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Compliance Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Compliance Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Compliance Manager in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North of England - 7 £550 - 4
Yorkshire - 5 £550 - 1
South East - 3 £620 - 7
South West - 2 £650 -
North West - 2 £523 - 3
Compliance Manager
UK

Compliance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Compliance Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Compliance Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Broadband
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) GDPR
5 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (16.67%) Records Management
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Register
6 1 (8.33%) ACCA
6 1 (8.33%) Attestation
6 1 (8.33%) Basel III
6 1 (8.33%) Change Management
6 1 (8.33%) CISA
6 1 (8.33%) CISM
6 1 (8.33%) Compliance Audit

Compliance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Broadband
2 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (16.67%) Legal
5 2 (16.67%) Local Government
5 2 (16.67%) Social Housing
6 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Data Management
4 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
5 2 (16.67%) Records Management
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Register
6 1 (8.33%) Change Management
6 1 (8.33%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) ACCA
2 1 (8.33%) CISA
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) Basel III
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
2 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) SAP