Compliance Manager Job Trends in the North of England

Compliance Manager
England > North of England

The median Compliance Manager salary in the North of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 268 276
Rank change year-on-year +30 +8 +127
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Manager 18 9 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.095% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 5
10th Percentile - - £46,500
25th Percentile - £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £58,920
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -15.14% +1.92%
75th Percentile - £56,625 £61,519
90th Percentile £76,750 £59,550 £70,357
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -14.18% +15.90%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 9,328 8,935 7,171
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.66% 94.38% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,337 4,298 5,666
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,055 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -2.81% -1.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,407 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Compliance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Compliance Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Compliance Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Compliance Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the North of England

Compliance Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Compliance Manager in the North of England

Compliance Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +32 13 £65,000 +44.44% 16
Yorkshire +8 5 £60,000 -1.64% 6
Compliance Manager
England

Compliance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Compliance Manager 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 permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Compliance Manager in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) GRC
2 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Customer-Centricity
3 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (22.22%) KYC
3 4 (22.22%) Market Research
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Product Management
3 4 (22.22%) Product Requirements
3 4 (22.22%) SaaS
3 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 4 (22.22%) User Stories
4 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 2 (11.11%) Attestation
5 2 (11.11%) GDPR
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.56%) BCP
6 1 (5.56%) Business Continuity
6 1 (5.56%) Business Continuity Planning
6 1 (5.56%) CISA
6 1 (5.56%) CISM
6 1 (5.56%) CISSP
6 1 (5.56%) CRISC
6 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security Management

Compliance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (22.22%) SaaS
General
1 4 (22.22%) Legal
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (22.22%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (22.22%) KYC
2 4 (22.22%) Market Research
2 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Product Management
2 4 (22.22%) Product Requirements
2 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
2 4 (22.22%) User Stories
3 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.11%) Attestation
4 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.56%) BCP
5 1 (5.56%) Business Continuity
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Management
5 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) CISA
1 1 (5.56%) CISM
1 1 (5.56%) CISSP
1 1 (5.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) GRC
2 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 2 (11.11%) GDPR
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.56%) ISO 14001
5 1 (5.56%) ISO 22301
5 1 (5.56%) ISO 9001
5 1 (5.56%) NIST