Compliance Manager Contracts

Compliance Manager
UK

The median Compliance Manager daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 561 674
Rank change year-on-year +63 +113 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Compliance Manager 22 21 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.048% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.052% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 28
10th Percentile £450 £541 £298
25th Percentile £504 £563 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +20.51% -11.36%
75th Percentile £588 £775 £630
90th Percentile £590 £863 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £575 £500
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +59 18 £525 -10.64% 53
London +40 11 £508 -15.42% 34
UK excluding London +64 8 £575 - 21
Work from Home +30 7 £575 - 25
South East +48 3 £575 +4.55% 13
Scotland - 2 - -
South West +44 1 - -
Midlands +20 1 £500 -33.33% 5
East of England - 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Compliance Manager contract 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 contract job ads featuring Compliance Manager in the job title.

1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
3 7 (31.82%) Data Protection
4 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (22.73%) Project Management
5 5 (22.73%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (22.73%) NIST
6 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
6 4 (18.18%) Budget Management
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) Banking
6 4 (18.18%) Marketing
6 4 (18.18%) Quality Management
6 4 (18.18%) SAP
6 4 (18.18%) ISO 9001
6 4 (18.18%) QA
6 4 (18.18%) DevOps
6 4 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (13.64%) IT Audit
7 3 (13.64%) OWASP
7 3 (13.64%) Azure
7 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (13.64%) Validation
7 3 (13.64%) Agile
7 3 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (13.64%) Investment Banking
7 3 (13.64%) Legal
7 3 (13.64%) Onboarding

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 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (4.55%) SAP QM
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (4.55%) SAP SRM
1 1 (4.55%) Teamcenter
1 1 (4.55%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) SonarCloud
2 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Snyk
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (18.18%) Banking
4 4 (18.18%) Marketing
5 3 (13.64%) Investment Banking
5 3 (13.64%) Legal
6 2 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
6 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 2 (9.09%) Retail
6 2 (9.09%) Retail Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Back Office
7 1 (4.55%) Billing
7 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
7 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.55%) IoT
2 1 (4.55%) Life Science
2 1 (4.55%) LIMS
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) PKI
2 1 (4.55%) PMI
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Data Protection
1 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
2 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (22.73%) Project Management
4 4 (18.18%) Budget Management
4 4 (18.18%) DevOps
4 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Quality Management
4 4 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) IT Audit
5 3 (13.64%) OWASP
5 3 (13.64%) Validation
6 2 (9.09%) Data Security
6 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
6 2 (9.09%) QMS
6 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) APMP
2 1 (4.55%) CISA
2 1 (4.55%) CISM
2 1 (4.55%) CISSP
2 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) NIST
2 4 (18.18%) ISO 9001
2 4 (18.18%) QA
3 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.64%) PMO
4 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
4 2 (9.09%) ISO 13485
4 2 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (4.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (4.55%) COBIT
5 1 (4.55%) COSO
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.55%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (4.55%) GLP
5 1 (4.55%) GMP
5 1 (4.55%) Good Clinical Practice
5 1 (4.55%) GxP
5 1 (4.55%) ISO 14001
5 1 (4.55%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (4.55%) Ariba
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Planview
2 1 (4.55%) Siemens
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