Compliance Audit Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Compliance Auditing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Compliance Audit skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 546 533
Rank change year-on-year +43 -13 +188
Permanent jobs citing Compliance Audit 14 34 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.091% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.10% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 8
10th Percentile £31,250 £51,750 £44,225
25th Percentile £34,625 £52,500 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £69,920 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £71,500 £60,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £67,155 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.55% +22.10% -1.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Compliance Audit falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,380 32,892 27,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.58% 88.28% 90.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19,063 15,104 20,736
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,755 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,070
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Compliance Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Compliance Audit relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Compliance Audit job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Compliance Audit
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Compliance Audit.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Compliance Audit

Compliance Audit
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Audit in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Compliance Audit in the UK excluding London

Compliance Audit
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Audit within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
South East +27 4 £38,000 -30.91% 7
East of England +21 4 £50,000 -
South West +10 3 £32,500 - 3
North West +25 2 £36,000 - 3
North of England +18 2 £36,000 -49.30% 4
Midlands +13 1 £70,000 +4.24% 2
West Midlands +10 1 £70,000 +4.24% 1
Compliance Audit
UK

Compliance Audit
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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (14.29%) Electronics
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Environmental Health
5 1 (7.14%) Games
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Support Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Technical Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Technical Support
1 5 (35.71%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Junior
2 2 (14.29%) Junior Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Accountant
3 1 (7.14%) Compliance Advisor
3 1 (7.14%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) HR Coordinator
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Systems Accountant
3 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 5 (35.71%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (14.29%) CCTV
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 1 (7.14%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) CAPA
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Functional Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
4 2 (14.29%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) HNC
2 3 (21.43%) HND
3 2 (14.29%) BC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) ACCA
4 1 (7.14%) CIMA
4 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 14001
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 9001
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Logitech
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) Yealink
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Siemens