Compliance Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Compliance Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 454 511 550
Rank change year-on-year +57 +39 +173
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Manager 55 55 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.15% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.16% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 37 15 14
10th Percentile £41,137 £44,000 £43,270
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,625 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £58,920
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +31.53% +1.92%
75th Percentile £67,500 £95,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £77,500 - £76,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +12.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Compliance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Compliance Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Compliance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Compliance Manager in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England +24 25 £65,000 +30.00% 5
North West +32 20 £65,000 +44.44% 4
East of England +30 14 £65,000 -27.78% 1
Midlands +25 6 £50,118 -12.84% 2
South East +25 6 £57,500 - 8
Yorkshire -7 5 £60,000 -1.64% 1
West Midlands - 4 £41,368 - 2
Wales +10 3 £74,000 -22.11% 3
East Midlands -8 2 £61,250 +6.52%
South West - 1 £72,500 -
Compliance Manager
UK

Compliance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Compliance Manager in the job title.

1 27 (49.09%) GRC
2 15 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (21.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (14.55%) GDPR
5 6 (10.91%) Agile
5 6 (10.91%) Information Security
5 6 (10.91%) Risk Management
5 6 (10.91%) Security Cleared
6 5 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 5 (9.09%) Fintech
6 5 (9.09%) PCI DSS
6 5 (9.09%) Product Management
7 4 (7.27%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (7.27%) Benchmarking
7 4 (7.27%) Business Strategy
7 4 (7.27%) Customer-Centricity
7 4 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (7.27%) Decision-Making
7 4 (7.27%) KYC
7 4 (7.27%) Market Research
7 4 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.27%) Product Requirements
7 4 (7.27%) QA
7 4 (7.27%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (7.27%) SaaS
7 4 (7.27%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (7.27%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (7.27%) User Stories
8 3 (5.45%) Attestation

Compliance Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) SaaS
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 9 (16.36%) Legal
2 8 (14.55%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Finance
4 4 (7.27%) Games
5 3 (5.45%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.64%) Law
7 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.27%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.27%) Low-Code
4 3 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.64%) Life Science
5 2 (3.64%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (10.91%) Agile
2 6 (10.91%) Information Security
2 6 (10.91%) Risk Management
3 5 (9.09%) Data Protection
3 5 (9.09%) Fintech
3 5 (9.09%) Product Management
4 4 (7.27%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (7.27%) Benchmarking
4 4 (7.27%) Business Strategy
4 4 (7.27%) Customer-Centricity
4 4 (7.27%) Decision-Making
4 4 (7.27%) KYC
4 4 (7.27%) Market Research
4 4 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (7.27%) Product Requirements
4 4 (7.27%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (7.27%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (7.27%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (7.27%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (10.91%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) CISA
4 1 (1.82%) CISM
4 1 (1.82%) CISSP
4 1 (1.82%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (49.09%) GRC
2 12 (21.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (14.55%) GDPR
4 5 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 4 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (7.27%) QA
6 2 (3.64%) ISO 14001
6 2 (3.64%) ISO 9001
6 2 (3.64%) NIST
7 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.82%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft