Rutherford are legal and compliance recruitment specialists in London and New York. The data from this compliance salary survey is based on a market sample of 650 compliance candidates across financial services sectors taken December - January 2019/2020 by gathering records relating to offers and registrations.
Investment Management (Large)
Basic Salary (£)
Title | Associate | Officer | VP/Manager | Head of Team/Director |
Advisory | 35 - 60K | 50 - 80K | 80 - 130K | 130 - 180K |
Guideline Monitoring | 35 - 60K | 55 - 80K | 75 - 120K | 115 - 160K |
Marketing & Distribution | 30 - 45K | 45 - 80K | 80 - 115K | 110 - 150K |
Thematic Monitoring | 35 - 50K | 50 - 75K | 75 - 120K | 110 - 140K |
UK Head of Compliance | EMEA Head of Compliance | Global Head of Compliance |
165 - 210K | 175 - 300K | 250 - 390K |
Investment Management (Small-Mid)
Basic Salary (£)
Assistant | Associate/Officer | Manager/Deputy Head |
35 - 50K | 40 - 75K | 75 - 120K |
UK Head of Compliance | EMEA Head of Compliance | Global Head of Compliance |
125 - 170K | 160 - 210K | 180 - 250K |
Private Equity/Hedge Fund (Large)
Basic Salary (£)
Title | Salary Banding (GBP) |
Compliance Associate/Assistant | 45 - 70K |
Compliance Officer | 65 - 95K |
Deputy Head of Compliance/Compliance Manager | 90 - 140K |
UK Head of Compliance | 140 - 220K |
EMEA Head of Compliance | 210 - 260K |
Global Head of Compliance | 250 - 400K |
Private Equity/Hedge Fund (Small-Mid)
Basic Salary (£)
Title | Salary Banding (GBP) |
Compliance Associate/Assistant | 40 - 60K |
Compliance Officer | 55 - 80K |
Deputy Head of Compliance/Compliance Manager | 75 - 130K |
UK Head of Compliance | 125 - 200K |
EMEA Head of Compliance | 185 - 250K |
Global Head of Compliance | 170 - 300K |
Wealth Management (Large)
Basic Salary (£)
| Associate | Officer | Manager/VP | Director |
Advisory | 30 - 55K | 50 - 70K | 65 - 110K | 90 - 130K |
Compliance Monitoring | 30 - 50K | 45 - 65K | 55 - 95K | 80 - 120K |
UK Head of Compliance | EMEA Head of Compliance | Global Head of Compliance |
140 - 165K | 150 - 200K | 175 - 200K |
Wealth Management (Small-Mid)
Basic Salary (£)
Assistant | Associate/Officer | Deputy Head/Compliance Manager |
30 - 50K | 40 - 75K | 65 - 115K |
UK Head of Compliance | EMEA Head of Compliance | Global Head of Compliance |
110 - 150K | 115 - 145K | 125 - 160K |
Investment Banking (T1)
Basic Salary (£)
| AVP/Associate | VP/Manager | Director | Managing Director |
Private Side Advisory | 50 - 80K | 85 - 120K | 120 - 220K | 180 - 420K |
Product/Markets Compliance Advisory | 50 - 80K | 85 - 120K | 120 - 220K | 180 - 420K |
Control Room OR Central Compliance | 50 - 80K | 75 - 110K | 105 - 160K | 150 - 240K |
Testing/Risk Assessment/Assurance | 50 - 80K | 80 - 110K | 110 - 170K | 160 - 230K |
Investment Banking (T2)
Basic Salary (£)
| AVP/Associate | VP/Manager | Director | Managing Director |
Private Side Advisory | 45 - 80K | 70 - 120K | 100 - 165K | 160 - 250K |
Product/Markets Compliance Advisory | 45 - 80K | 70 - 120K | 100 - 165K | 160 - 250K |
Control Room OR Central Compliance | 45 - 80K | 65 - 120K | 90 - 145K | 145 - 210K |
Testing/Risk Assessment/Assurance | 45 - 80K | 70 - 120K | 90 - 145K | 140 - 200K |
UK Head of Compliance | EMEA Head of Compliance | Global Head of Compliance |
175 - 260K | 190 - 280K | 210 - 350K |
Broker/Exchange (Large)
Basic Salary (£)
Job Title | Salary Banding (GBP) |
Assistant | 35 - 60K |
Associate/Officer | 50 - 85K |
Manager/Deputy Head | 80 - 120K |
UK Head of Compliance | 140 - 160K |
EMEA Head of Compliance | 150 - 200K |
Global Head of Compliance | 160 - 240K |
Broker/Exchange (Small-Mid)
Basic Salary (£)
Job Title | Salary Banding (GBP) |
Assistant | 30 - 55K |
Associate/Officer | 45 - 70K |
Manager/Deputy Head | 65 - 100K |
UK Head of Compliance | 100 - 120K |
EMEA Head of Compliance | 120 - 1250K |
Global Head of Compliance | 135 - 160K |
Fintech/Retail Banking
Basic Salary (£)
Job Title | Salary Banding (GBP) |
Assistant | 35 - 55K |
Associate Officer | 50 - 75K |
UK Head of Compliance | 75 - 150K |
EMEA Head of Compliance | 150 - 190K |
Global Head of Compliance | 175 - 220K |
Jonathan Skerrett is a Director at Rutherford, the Legal and Compliance recruitment specialists.
Contact us for a confidential discussion about your search at enquiries@rutherfordsearch.com or see our vacancies.
Email: jonathan@rutherfordsearch.com
