Compliance Specialist Contracts

Compliance Specialist
UK

The median Compliance Specialist daily rate in the UK is £270, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 575 700
Rank change year-on-year +62 +125 +129
Contract jobs requiring a Compliance Specialist 13 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.018% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.020% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - £445 £510
25th Percentile £260 £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -50.91% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £354 £575 £655
90th Percentile £487 £613 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £563
% change year-on-year - - +5.88%

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 27,094 40,274 56,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,701 26,219 39,262
10th Percentile £300 £276 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £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 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,672 1,567
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.38
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £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 -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%

Compliance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Compliance Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Compliance Specialist over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 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 +73 13 £270 -50.91% 16
London +46 7 £270 -50.91% 12
UK excluding London +62 4 - - 5
South East +37 3 - -
Work from Home +41 2 £550 +6.85% 10
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Compliance Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 6 (46.15%) Law
4 5 (38.46%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 4 (30.77%) Compliance Management
5 4 (30.77%) PSD2
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 4 (30.77%) Project Management
5 4 (30.77%) Degree
5 4 (30.77%) Fintech
6 3 (23.08%) Retail Banking
6 3 (23.08%) Corporate Banking
6 3 (23.08%) Confluence
6 3 (23.08%) MiFID
6 3 (23.08%) Wealth Management
6 3 (23.08%) Algorithmic Trading
6 3 (23.08%) Electronic Trading
6 3 (23.08%) Financial Institution
6 3 (23.08%) Retail
6 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
6 3 (23.08%) Validation
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Internal Audit
6 3 (23.08%) GRC
7 2 (15.38%) NIST
7 2 (15.38%) GDPR
7 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (7.69%) GCP

Compliance Specialist 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) GCP
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Banking
3 6 (46.15%) Law
4 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Corporate Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Financial Institution
5 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Retail
5 3 (23.08%) Retail Banking
6 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Regulatory Compliance
2 4 (30.77%) Compliance Management
2 4 (30.77%) Fintech
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Algorithmic Trading
3 3 (23.08%) Electronic Trading
3 3 (23.08%) Internal Audit
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Validation
3 3 (23.08%) Wealth Management
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Information Security
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PSD2
2 3 (23.08%) GRC
2 3 (23.08%) MiFID
3 2 (15.38%) GDPR
3 2 (15.38%) NIST
4 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
4 1 (7.69%) SEPA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft