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Trainee Mortgage Adviser - East Midlands
Posted 3 days ago by THE NEW HOMES GROUP LIMITED
This role is for a Trainee Mortgage Adviser with one of the UK's leading mortgage providers, offering a structured train...
- Rate £50,000 per year
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location East Midlands; Nottingham; Leicester; Derby; Northampton; Kettering; Lincoln; Derbyshire; Chesterfield; Mansfield; Corby
Project Coordinator - UK
Posted 4 days ago by 83zero Limited
The role of Project Coordinator / Project Controller involves supporting the delivery of large-scale cyber security proj...
- Rate £301 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham
Senior C# Developer - Energy Trading organisation - London Outside IR35
Posted 4 days ago by Ink Search
The Senior C# Developer role at a leading global commodities trading organization involves designing and developing ente...
- Rate £850 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Undetermined
- Location London, UK
KPI Report Developer (Power BI)
Posted 4 days ago by Sanderson Government and Defence
The KPI Report Developer (Power BI) role involves designing, developing, testing, and deploying Power BI dashboards and...
- Rate £500 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford
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Posted 4 days ago by Evolve IT Recruitment Ltd
The ServiceNow Architect Contractor role is a senior technical position focused on enterprise platform architecture and...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location London, UK
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About Our Outside IR35 Compliance Officer Contract Roles
What does a compliance officer contractor do?
Compliance Officer contractors are engaged to help organisations manage their regulatory obligations, implement compliance frameworks, monitor adherence to rules and policies, and respond to regulatory change or enforcement activity. The work varies significantly by sector, but commonly includes maintaining compliance policies and procedures, conducting compliance monitoring and testing, managing regulatory relationships and correspondence, preparing for and supporting regulatory examinations, providing compliance advice to business lines, and overseeing training programmes. Compliance Officer contractors are deployed most frequently in financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, legal, and other regulated sectors where the consequences of regulatory failure are significant.
The core competencies for Compliance Officer contracting include combine a strong technical understanding of the relevant regulatory framework with practical experience implementing and operating compliance controls in a regulated business environment. In financial services, knowledge of FCA and PRA rules and expectations, including Consumer Duty, MiFID II, SMCR, and relevant prudential requirements, is widely expected depending on the business type. In healthcare and pharmaceuticals, familiarity with MHRA requirements and GxP compliance standards is the relevant expertise. Across all sectors, the ability to interpret regulatory requirements practically, engage constructively with regulators, and advise business stakeholders without creating unnecessary operational friction is the hallmark of an effective Compliance Officer contractor.
What is the market like for compliance officer contractors?
The Compliance Officer contract market is notably reliably busy specialist markets within financial services and other regulated industries. Regulatory change driven by the FCA, PRA, and European regulators continues to generate sustained demand for compliance contractors who can implement new requirements quickly and effectively. Consumer Duty implementation, operational resilience, and ESG disclosure requirements have all created significant compliance contracting demand in financial services over the past two years. The market is resilient to economic cycles, as compliance spend is largely non-discretionary. Experienced Compliance Officers with relevant regulatory knowledge and sector experience command rates that reflect the expertise required.
What does Outside IR35 mean?
IR35 is UK tax legislation that determines whether a contractor is genuinely self-employed or working in a manner that resembles employment. When a contract is classified as outside IR35, the engagement is treated as a business-to-business arrangement. The contractor operates through their own limited company, invoices for services, and manages their own tax affairs including corporation tax, self-assessment, and VAT where applicable.
Outside IR35 engagements are assessed against three key factors: the degree of control the client exercises over how the work is delivered, whether the contractor has a genuine right to provide a substitute, and whether there is a mutuality of obligation between the parties. Contracts that demonstrate contractor autonomy, project-based delivery, and the absence of ongoing employment obligations are more likely to sit outside IR35. Since April 2021, responsibility for making this determination sits with the end client for medium and large private sector organisations.
On QualityContracts.co.uk, approximately 28% of roles with a stated IR35 status are classified as outside IR35. The proportion varies by sector and role type, with some disciplines seeing a significantly higher or lower share of outside IR35 opportunities. Each listing on this page displays its IR35 status where provided by the hiring organisation.
What compliance officer roles are usually Outside IR35?
Outside IR35 compliance officer contracts are rare in the current market. Compliance work is inherently operational and ongoing: monitoring regulatory adherence, managing compliance reporting calendars, and advising business units on regulatory risk. These activities integrate the contractor into the client's second line of defence from day one. The narrow outside IR35 window exists for specific regulatory implementation projects, framework reviews, or gap analyses with a measurable deliverable and timeline.
How much do compliance officer contractors usually earn when working Outside IR35?
Contract rates for compliance officer roles typically range from £400 to £750 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Rates shown are for outside IR35 engagements and reflect the gross day rate paid to the contractor's limited company before any personal tax obligations.
How many Outside IR35 compliance officer vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 200 compliance officer contract roles across the site. Of the roles currently listed on our site, around one in four are Outside IR35. Data reviewed up to June 2026.