Compliance Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Compliance Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 669 685
Rank change year-on-year +108 +16 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Manager 14 86 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.035% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 51 30
10th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £52,111
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,742 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £58,655
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -6.23% -16.21%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £77,500 £66,375
UK median annual salary £61,250 £60,525 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.20% +4.35% -17.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 36,103 67,726 52,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.86% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,704 47,866 30,035
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Compliance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Compliance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Manager in the UK excluding London

Compliance Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Compliance Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Compliance Manager 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 17 May 2025.

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 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +67 6 £77,500 +21.57% 14
North of England +18 4 £72,500 +65.74% 2
Midlands +53 3 £65,000 +18.18% 4
West Midlands +51 3 £65,000 +18.18% 3
North East +40 2 £72,500 +61.11%
Yorkshire +51 1 £72,500 +65.74% 1
East of England +35 1 - - 1
North West -13 1 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Compliance Manager
UK

Compliance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Compliance Manager 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 permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Compliance Manager in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 6 (42.86%) Legal
3 5 (35.71%) Information Security
3 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (28.57%) GDPR
4 4 (28.57%) Logistics
4 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 3 (21.43%) SAP
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (21.43%) ISO 9001
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (21.43%) CISA
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (21.43%) SAP GTS
5 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Change
5 3 (21.43%) GRC
6 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
6 2 (14.29%) SaaS
6 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared

Compliance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Hub
General
1 6 (42.86%) Legal
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 5 (35.71%) Information Security
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Logistics
3 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Internal Audit
5 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.14%) Compliance Audit
6 1 (7.14%) Compliance Management
6 1 (7.14%) IT Governance
6 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.14%) Project Management
6 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CISA
2 2 (14.29%) CISSP
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) CISM
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) CRISC
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (28.57%) GDPR
3 3 (21.43%) GRC
3 3 (21.43%) ISO 9001
4 2 (14.29%) ISO 14001
4 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (7.14%) NIST
5 1 (7.14%) QA
5 1 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 3 (21.43%) SAP