Compliance hires dip, but Brexit effect is still unclear

2018 saw a challenging and unpredictablecompliance recruitment market in London, along with a greater focus on EUjurisdictions. By Caleb Hawkins and Harry Rogers.

Caleb Hawkins is team leader for temporary compliancerecruitment and Harry Rogers is a seniorconsultant for permanent compliance recruitment at Morgan McKinley (www.morganmckinley.co.uk).

Permanentcompliance recruitment during 2018 was similar to 2017, with a slight decreasein jobs during Q1-Q3 of 2018 compared to the same period of the previous year.The political uncertainty produced by Brexit hasn’t necessarily had a majorimpact on the appetite to hire exceptional compliance talent – 67 per cent ofcompliance employers in our survey responded that their recruitment plans havenot changed at all. Clients have looked to add compliance specialists withinthe key regulatory areas they need to bolster out.