Compliance Manager
UK
The median Compliance Manager salary in the UK is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | 792 | 860 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +101 | +68 | +264 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Manager | 18 | 120 | 102 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.032% | 0.12% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.036% | 0.12% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 80 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,750 | £35,000 | £53,823 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,563 | £43,682 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,250 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.42% | -4.00% | -10.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £72,557 | £78,438 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,250 | £80,000 | £91,625 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.27% | -12.00% | -10.71% |
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £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 | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Compliance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Compliance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Compliance Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Compliance Manager.
Compliance Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Manager over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Compliance Manager
Top 11 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 30 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 |
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| England | +59 | 17 | £66,250 | +10.42% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | +120 | 12 | £70,000 | +27.27% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +90 | 7 | £72,500 | +7.41% | 13 |
| London | +89 | 5 | £53,250 | -23.64% | 10 |
| South East | +69 | 5 | £77,500 | +29.17% | 10 |
| Midlands | +78 | 3 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +53 | 3 | £65,000 | +18.18% | |
| North of England | +26 | 3 | £72,500 | +65.74% | 4 |
| North East | +46 | 2 | £72,500 | +61.11% | |
| Yorkshire | +49 | 1 | £72,500 | +65.74% | |
| East of England | +36 | 1 | - | - |
Compliance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 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 featuring Compliance Manager in the job title.
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Compliance Manager 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: