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Title: Compliance Analyst rate in the United Kingdom | Deftridge
Summary: Compliance Analyst pay in the United Kingdom: median wage £21 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £30. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

United Kingdom · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Compliance Analyst hourly rate in United Kingdom

The market median wage for a Compliance Analyst in the United Kingdom is **£21.32 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£30 an hour** on Deftridge.

**£30/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£21.32/hr** median wage

**£16-29** middle half of wages

**£650** a month at 5 hours a week

## Compliance Analyst wage percentiles in United Kingdom

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £13.08 | £280 | £27,200 |
| 25th | £16.50 | £360 | £34,300 |
| Median | £21.32 | £460 | £44,300 |
| 75th | £28.74 | £620 | £59,800 |
| 90th | £37.21 | £810 | £77,400 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026; about 160,000 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United Kingdom in numbers

What sets the United Kingdom apart for a Compliance Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **£26.72** highest median wage, London

- **£18.60** lowest median wage, Wales

- **160,000** people employed in the role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

- For tax year 2026 to 2027, self-employed Class 4 National Insurance is 6% on profits over £12,570 up to £50,270 and 2% on profits over £50,270. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

- Class 2 National Insurance does not have to be paid: with profits of £7,105 or more it is treated as paid; below that, voluntary Class 2 is £3.65 a week for 2026 to 2027. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Compliance Analyst in the United Kingdom by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | £25 | £540 |
| Senior | £30 | £650 |
| Manager | £35 | £760 |

- Regular role **£30**

- One-off task **£35**

- Task bundle **£30**

## Compliance Analyst pay by region in United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Compliance Analyst, highest first; 9 of 12 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £26.72 | £40 |
| South West | £21.44 | £30 |
| South East | £21.08 | £30 |
| West Midlands | £20.99 | £30 |
| Scotland | £20.91 | £30 |
| East of England | £20.81 | £30 |
| North West | £20.11 | £30 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | £19.28 | £30 |
| Northern Ireland | £19.26 | £30 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Compliance Analyst rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/compliance-analyst/) · [Compliance Analyst jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/compliance-analyst/united-kingdom/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
