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Side work for Compliance Officers · Updated November 3, 2026

Side work for Compliance Officers

Compliance Officer is one of the titles we hear most. These are the part-time roles where your experience carries over, what they pay per hour, and the tasks open now. About five hours a week, next to your main job.

3roles that fit a compliance officer
680open tasks in those roles
$80/hrtypical US rate, Compliance Analyst
5 ha week is enough

By Lauren Mitchell, Director, Legal · Edited by Helena Voss · Published

Side work as a compliance officer: what to know

Compliance officers are hired part time for policy reviews, risk assessments, training material, regulatory change summaries and preparation for an audit or a licence application. Small regulated firms in payments, lending and digital assets ask for these most often.

Name the regulators and rulebooks you know well, because companies filter on them. Independence matters: avoid side work for a firm your employer supervises or competes with, and disclose any registration you hold. Sign-off on compliance decisions stays with the company's own officers; you prepare the analysis and the documents.

In our data: 680 open tasks across the 3 roles that fit a compliance officer, 75% of them remote. The typical senior rate for Compliance Analyst is $80 in the US, £30 in the UK, CA$60 in Canada and €50 in Germany an hour, before the company's 15% fee. The other roles that fit are Regulatory Researcher, AI Evaluator: Compliance. Most of these tasks are sized for 4 to 10 hours a week. Rates come from official wage statistics aged to October 2026; see the full table by country.

Where a compliance officer's experience fits

The best match is first. Each role page shows the rate by country and level.

Open now for a compliance officer

Tasks in the roles above, newest first, each with the hourly rate.

One-off

Policy Review and Gap Analysis

Manager · Compliance Analyst

Property and casualty insurer covering fleets and logistics · 201–500 employees

£37–£48 / hour

About £260–£600 in total

  • about 10 h in total
  • Hybrid · Birmingham
  • Starts within 7 days
  • Top 25% for the role
Bundle

Know-Your-Customer File Review (Excel)

Manager · Compliance Analyst

Clinical-stage biotech in rare diseases · 11–50 employees

€65–€82 / hour

About €590–€1,470 a month

  • 8–20 h a month
  • Remote · Ireland
  • Starts within 7 days
  • Top 25% for the role
AI review

Compliance Scenario Writing (Google Docs)

Senior · AI Evaluator: Compliance

Language-learning company for universities · 5,000+ employees

£34–£41 / hour

About £890 a month at 6 h a week

  • 3–8 h a week
  • Remote · United Kingdom
  • Starts within 7 days
  • Top 25% for the role
One-off

Vendor Compliance Due Diligence

Specialist · Compliance Analyst

B2B media company in education · 51–200 employees

$73–$95 / hour

About $250–$670 in total

  • about 6 h in total
  • Remote · United States
  • Starts within 7 days
  • Top 25% for the role
One-off

Standards Mapping

Manager · Regulatory Researcher

Health insurer for gig workers · 1,001–5,000 employees

€82–€96 / hour

About €530–€1,070 in total

  • about 9 h in total
  • Remote · anywhere in the EU
  • Starts within 2 weeks
  • Top 25% for the role
One-off

Licence and Registration Research

Manager · Regulatory Researcher

Industrial manufacturer supplying aerospace · 1,001–5,000 employees

$143–$175 / hour

About $480–$1,270 in total

  • about 6 h in total
  • Hybrid · Portland
  • Starts within 7 days
  • Top 25% for the role

Before you take side work

Three checks that take ten minutes.

  • Read the outside-work, conflict-of-interest and confidentiality clauses in your employment contract. If it asks for consent, ask in writing.
  • Do not take tasks from a direct competitor of your employer.
  • Use your own equipment and your own time. Read the guide

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