Compliance Specialist
UK

The median Compliance Specialist salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 985 1222
Rank change year-on-year +120 +237 -315
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Specialist 23 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.010% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.011% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 20 5 9
10th Percentile £37,500 £67,250 £35,137
25th Percentile £39,375 £72,500 £35,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £155,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £75,625 - £52,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £67,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -40.74% +50.00% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Compliance Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Compliance Specialist over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Compliance Specialist in the UK

Compliance Specialist
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +88 19 £75,000 - 10
London +131 13 £75,000 -33.33% 6
UK excluding London -6 6 £40,000 -40.74% 4
East Midlands - 5 £40,000 -
Midlands - 5 £40,000 -
Work from Home +67 3 £70,000 -6.67% 8
East of England +12 1 £40,000 -40.74%

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Compliance Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (39.13%) Unix
2 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 9 (39.13%) Linux
2 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) VMware
3 8 (34.78%) Banking
3 8 (34.78%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (34.78%) Qualys
3 8 (34.78%) SCCM
3 8 (34.78%) Patch Management
3 8 (34.78%) Threat Management
4 7 (30.43%) Incident Response
4 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
6 5 (21.74%) ISO 22301
6 5 (21.74%) GRC
6 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
6 5 (21.74%) QMS
6 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (21.74%) Information Security
6 5 (21.74%) Law
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (21.74%) Quality Management
6 5 (21.74%) ISO 14001
6 5 (21.74%) ISO 9001
7 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
7 4 (17.39%) Data Management
7 4 (17.39%) Information Security Governance

Compliance Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Metadata
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Banking
3 5 (21.74%) Law
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Linux
1 9 (39.13%) Unix
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Patch Management
1 8 (34.78%) Penetration Testing
1 8 (34.78%) Threat Management
2 7 (30.43%) Incident Response
3 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
4 5 (21.74%) Information Security
4 5 (21.74%) QMS
4 5 (21.74%) Quality Management
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (17.39%) Compliance Management
5 4 (17.39%) Data Governance
5 4 (17.39%) Data Lineage
5 4 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (17.39%) Data Management
5 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
5 4 (17.39%) E-Discovery
5 4 (17.39%) Information Security Governance
5 4 (17.39%) Metadata Management
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CISA
1 1 (4.35%) CISM
1 1 (4.35%) CISSP
1 1 (4.35%) CRISC
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (21.74%) GRC
2 5 (21.74%) ISO 14001
2 5 (21.74%) ISO 22301
2 5 (21.74%) ISO 9001
2 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (17.39%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) VMware
3 8 (34.78%) Qualys
4 1 (4.35%) OneTrust
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow