Compliance Officer Job Trends in Preston

Compliance Officer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Compliance Officer salary in Preston is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Officer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.59% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £33,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 167 103 159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.24% 100.00% 90.86%
Number of salaries quoted 109 62 121
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,650 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,683 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +37.50% -4.98%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,600 £76,300 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £45,497 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% +11.23% -

Compliance Officer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, Compliance Officer 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 Preston region featuring Compliance Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Compliance Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft