Compliance Management Job Trends

Compliance Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Compliance Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 642 697
Rank change year-on-year +11 +55 +260
Permanent jobs citing Compliance Management 22 57 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.11% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.12% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 21
10th Percentile £30,175 £30,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £30,813 £42,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £68,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.91% -14.06% +45.45%
75th Percentile £75,938 £81,875 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,125 £92,125 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% -25.00% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Compliance Management 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Compliance Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Compliance Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Compliance Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Compliance Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Compliance Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Compliance Management

Compliance Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Management over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Compliance Management in the UK

Compliance Management
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Management within the UK 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
England +30 15 £69,500 +2.96% 12
UK excluding London +31 12 £31,500 -30.00% 9
Work from Home +48 6 £33,750 -25.00% 6
London +42 6 £107,500 +43.33% 6
South East +30 5 - - 4
Wales +13 4 - - 1
North of England 0 3 £31,500 -16.00% 2
North West +12 2 - -
North East - 1 £31,500 -

Compliance Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) SaaS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.55%) IaaS
3 1 (4.55%) PaaS
3 1 (4.55%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (4.55%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) DMZ
1 2 (9.09%) Modbus
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
General
1 17 (77.27%) Social Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (36.36%) Finance
4 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Banking
6 3 (13.64%) Back Office
6 3 (13.64%) Financial Institution
6 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (13.64%) Law
6 3 (13.64%) Legal
6 3 (13.64%) Retail
7 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (13.64%) Analyst
1 3 (13.64%) Information Analyst
1 3 (13.64%) Information Security Analyst
1 3 (13.64%) Lead
1 3 (13.64%) Security Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Information Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Compliance Specialist
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 2 (9.09%) SCADA
3 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) CMDB
4 1 (4.55%) Life Science
4 1 (4.55%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
1 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (40.91%) Analytics
2 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
3 8 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 8 (36.36%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (36.36%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Data Analytics
4 5 (22.73%) Information Security
5 4 (18.18%) Benchmarking
5 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 4 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
5 4 (18.18%) Trend Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Visualisation
6 3 (13.64%) AI
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) Security Operations
6 3 (13.64%) Service Management
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) CISA
2 3 (13.64%) CISSP
2 3 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (13.64%) CRISC
3 2 (9.09%) HND
3 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (22.73%) PCI DSS
3 3 (13.64%) GRC
3 3 (13.64%) NIST
3 3 (13.64%) SOC 2
4 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (4.55%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Ansible
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.09%) Commvault
2 2 (9.09%) Dell
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Ariba
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Workday
3 1 (4.55%) Xero