Compliance Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Compliance Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Compliance Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 339 398
Rank change year-on-year -45 +59 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Compliance Specialist 5 15 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.10% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.11% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £200 £500
% change year-on-year +125.00% -60.00% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.25
Median hourly rate £40.46 £30.41 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.05% -31.66% -
75th Percentile - - £46.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.46 £30.41 £44.50
% change year-on-year +33.05% -31.66% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 16,378 13,796 18,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.40% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,232 11,988
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,657 784 1,199
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.48 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.29 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Compliance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Compliance Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Compliance Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Compliance Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Compliance Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Midlands - 3 £450 -
West Midlands - 3 £450 -
North West -23 1 - - 4
North of England -47 1 - - 4
East of England - 1 - - 2
Compliance Specialist
UK

Compliance Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Compliance Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Data Privacy
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) GDPR
2 2 (40.00%) PERC
2 2 (40.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) DocuSign
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering

Compliance Specialist 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 2 (40.00%) Law
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (40.00%) Infotainment
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (40.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) PERC
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) DocuSign
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft