Compliance Manager
UK

The median Compliance Manager salary in the UK is £61,050 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 767 893 1123
Rank change year-on-year +126 +230 -244
Permanent jobs requiring a Compliance Manager 121 102 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.10% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.11% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 81 49 74
10th Percentile £35,000 £52,422 £61,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £53,970 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,050 £58,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -17.14% +20.69%
75th Percentile £72,557 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £91,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -17.41% +35.92%

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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Compliance Manager in the UK

Compliance Manager
Top 15 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 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 +107 117 £61,775 +5.15% 87
UK excluding London +16 86 £55,000 -4.86% 54
Work from Home +84 39 £67,500 +17.21% 31
London +117 32 £69,733 +20.23% 35
North of England +50 29 £43,742 -24.33% 6
South East +32 22 £65,000 +10.79% 25
North West +11 14 £55,000 +6.99% 2
East of England - 13 £65,000 - 8
Yorkshire +81 12 £43,742 -24.33% 2
Midlands +4 11 £55,000 -12.00% 8
South West -26 10 £62,500 - 6
West Midlands +11 8 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East Midlands -12 3 - - 3
North East - 3 £45,000 - 2
Wales +6 1 £43,067 -25.50% 2

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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.

1 35 (28.93%) Social Skills
2 31 (25.62%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (24.79%) Information Security
4 23 (19.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (19.01%) Internal Audit
5 20 (16.53%) Risk Management
6 18 (14.88%) Management Information System
6 18 (14.88%) Data Protection
7 17 (14.05%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (13.22%) Legal
8 16 (13.22%) GDPR
8 16 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (12.40%) Finance
10 14 (11.57%) Compliance Management
11 13 (10.74%) Degree
11 13 (10.74%) QA
12 12 (9.92%) Regulatory Compliance
13 11 (9.09%) Telecoms
14 10 (8.26%) Quality Management
14 10 (8.26%) Compliance Audit
14 10 (8.26%) GRC
15 9 (7.44%) QMS
15 9 (7.44%) ISO 9001
15 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
16 8 (6.61%) Business Intelligence
16 8 (6.61%) Regulatory Change
17 7 (5.79%) SOC 2
17 7 (5.79%) Collaborative Working
17 7 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
17 7 (5.79%) Impact Assessments

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.65%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.83%) Apache
3 1 (0.83%) IIS
3 1 (0.83%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.83%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.13%) SaaS
2 4 (3.31%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.65%) Azure
5 1 (0.83%) AWS
5 1 (0.83%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.83%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.48%) Firewall
1 3 (2.48%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (1.65%) Intranet
3 1 (0.83%) PSTN
3 1 (0.83%) Skype
3 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.83%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.83%) VPN
3 1 (0.83%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.31%) Power BI
General
1 35 (28.93%) Social Skills
2 31 (25.62%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.22%) Legal
4 15 (12.40%) Finance
5 11 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.96%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.13%) Retail
7 5 (4.13%) Social Housing
8 4 (3.31%) Marketing
9 3 (2.48%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.48%) Law
9 3 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.83%) Back Office
11 1 (0.83%) Billing
11 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.88%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.96%) Operational Technology
2 6 (4.96%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.31%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (3.31%) Life Science
3 4 (3.31%) NHS
4 3 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.48%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.65%) CCTV
5 2 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.83%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.83%) IoT
6 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.79%) Information Security
2 23 (19.01%) Internal Audit
3 20 (16.53%) Risk Management
4 18 (14.88%) Data Protection
5 17 (14.05%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.57%) Compliance Management
8 12 (9.92%) Regulatory Compliance
9 10 (8.26%) Compliance Audit
9 10 (8.26%) Quality Management
10 9 (7.44%) QMS
11 8 (6.61%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (6.61%) Regulatory Change
12 7 (5.79%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (5.79%) CRM
12 7 (5.79%) Facilities Management
12 7 (5.79%) Impact Assessments
12 7 (5.79%) Risk Assessment
12 7 (5.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 13 (10.74%) Degree
2 3 (2.48%) CISA
2 3 (2.48%) CISSP
3 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (19.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (13.22%) GDPR
3 13 (10.74%) QA
4 10 (8.26%) GRC
5 9 (7.44%) ISO 9001
6 7 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (5.79%) SOC 2
7 6 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.96%) NIST
8 5 (4.13%) Accessibility
8 5 (4.13%) Data Quality
8 5 (4.13%) NCSC
9 4 (3.31%) HIPAA
9 4 (3.31%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.65%) NEBOSH
10 2 (1.65%) SLA
11 1 (0.83%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.83%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.83%) PSD2
11 1 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (1.65%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.31%) Datix
3 1 (0.83%) Cisco
3 1 (0.83%) Dell
3 1 (0.83%) EMC
3 1 (0.83%) Qualys
3 1 (0.83%) SAP
3 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.83%) Splunk