Compliance Manager
UK
The median Compliance Manager salary in the UK is £61,250 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 | 705 | 779 | 865 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +74 | +86 | +267 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Manager | 25 | 120 | 105 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.045% | 0.12% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.049% | 0.13% | 0.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 80 | 51 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,250 | £35,000 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,594 | £43,682 | £53,970 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,250 | £60,525 | £58,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.20% | +4.35% | -17.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,938 | £72,557 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,750 | £80,000 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £55,000 | £58,655 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.73% | -6.23% | -16.21% |
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 | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
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 17 May 2025.
Compliance Manager
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 Manager within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +45 | 23 | £65,000 | +7.39% | 58 |
| UK excluding London | +108 | 14 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +102 | 9 | £68,750 | +1.85% | 25 |
| London | +89 | 9 | £54,375 | -22.02% | 40 |
| 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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 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: