Compliance Analyst Jobs

Compliance Analyst
UK

The median Compliance Analyst salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 693 855 852
Rank change year-on-year +162 -3 +305
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Analyst 33 52 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.050% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.052% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9 36 56
10th Percentile £36,000 £35,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £67,375 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £45,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,451 99,560 86,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.86% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 26,358 70,793 55,662
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +1.93% -6.54% +6.48%

Compliance Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Compliance Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Analyst in the UK

Compliance Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Compliance Analyst.

Salary trend for Compliance Analyst in the UK

Compliance Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Analyst over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Compliance Analyst in the UK

Compliance Analyst
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England +179 29 £56,250 +20.97% 28
UK excluding London +172 27 £48,750 +8.33% 13
North of England +60 20 £47,500 -22.45% 1
Yorkshire +65 19 £65,000 +4.00%
London +103 4 £82,500 +50.00% 20
Work from Home +99 4 £50,000 +11.11% 14
South West +113 2 £43,750 +0.57%
South East +79 2 £58,750 +30.56% 6
Scotland - 2 £50,000 - 2
Midlands +68 1 £65,000 - 1
North West - 1 £30,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 -

Compliance Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2025, Compliance Analyst 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 featuring Compliance Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (75.76%) Finance
1 25 (75.76%) Social Skills
2 21 (63.64%) Degree
2 21 (63.64%) Data Analytics
2 21 (63.64%) Analytics
3 18 (54.55%) EMIR
3 18 (54.55%) MiFID
3 18 (54.55%) Trade Surveillance
4 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
5 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (15.15%) GRC
8 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (12.12%) Process Improvement
9 3 (9.09%) Information Security
9 3 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (9.09%) NIST
9 3 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
10 2 (6.06%) Scenario Testing
10 2 (6.06%) Attestation
10 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (6.06%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (6.06%) Knowledge Transfer
10 2 (6.06%) CCSK
10 2 (6.06%) Risk Register
10 2 (6.06%) Cloud Security

Compliance Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) SAP GRC
2 1 (3.03%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) AWS
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) Network Security
General
1 25 (75.76%) Finance
1 25 (75.76%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Japanese Language
4 2 (6.06%) Law
4 2 (6.06%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Analytics
1 21 (63.64%) Data Analytics
2 18 (54.55%) Trade Surveillance
3 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
4 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Process Improvement
6 3 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (9.09%) Information Security
6 3 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (6.06%) Business Analysis
7 2 (6.06%) Business Transformation
7 2 (6.06%) E-Commerce
7 2 (6.06%) Economics
7 2 (6.06%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (6.06%) ISMS
7 2 (6.06%) SAP Security
7 2 (6.06%) Scenario Testing
7 2 (6.06%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) CCSK
2 2 (6.06%) CISSP
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.03%) CISM
3 1 (3.03%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (54.55%) EMIR
1 18 (54.55%) MiFID
2 5 (15.15%) GRC
3 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (9.09%) NIST
4 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.06%) QA
5 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) SAP
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) OneTrust
2 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow