Risk Manager Jobs in England

Risk Manager
UK > England

The median Risk Manager salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 737 765 963
Rank change year-on-year +28 +198 -159
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 105 164 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 91 112 96
10th Percentile £51,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £59,000 £59,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.47% +9.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £103,911 £111,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £135,693 £152,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% +4.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,536 84,581 127,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,273 53,585 75,560
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,595 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,820 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in England.

Salary trend for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +69 43 £85,000 -1.16% 49
Midlands +18 26 £65,000 +4.00% 11
West Midlands +30 21 £65,000 +4.00% 6
North of England +27 16 £72,500 +21.80% 4
South East +27 11 £57,500 -0.15% 2
North West +5 8 £72,500 +14.15% 2
South West -27 7 £72,750 +22.22% 6
Yorkshire +73 5 £75,000 -2.24% 1
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 5
North East -5 3 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East of England +14 2 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Risk Manager
UK

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 77 (73.33%) Risk Management
2 56 (53.33%) Finance
3 31 (29.52%) Social Skills
4 23 (21.90%) Information Security
5 21 (20.00%) CISM
5 21 (20.00%) Legal
5 21 (20.00%) GDPR
6 20 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (17.14%) Management Information System
7 18 (17.14%) CISSP
8 17 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (15.24%) Azure
9 16 (15.24%) CRISC
10 15 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
10 15 (14.29%) IT Audit
11 14 (13.33%) AWS
11 14 (13.33%) Law
11 14 (13.33%) Risk Register
12 13 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (11.43%) ITGC
13 12 (11.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (11.43%) Degree
14 11 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
14 11 (10.48%) Process Improvement
14 11 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (10.48%) Collaborative Working
15 10 (9.52%) Investment Management
15 10 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (9.52%) GRC
16 9 (8.57%) Security Posture

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.95%) GlassFish
1 1 (0.95%) JCAPS
1 1 (0.95%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.95%) WebLogic
1 1 (0.95%) WebSphere
1 1 (0.95%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Adaptiv
1 1 (0.95%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.24%) Azure
2 14 (13.33%) AWS
3 5 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.81%) SaaS
5 1 (0.95%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.95%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.95%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.90%) Network Security
2 1 (0.95%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.95%) Firewall
2 1 (0.95%) FTP
2 1 (0.95%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.86%) Metadata
2 1 (0.95%) Big Data
2 1 (0.95%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.95%) Power BI
2 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Ant
1 1 (0.95%) Git
1 1 (0.95%) JUnit
1 1 (0.95%) Maven
1 1 (0.95%) Subversion
General
1 56 (53.33%) Finance
2 31 (29.52%) Social Skills
3 21 (20.00%) Legal
4 14 (13.33%) Law
5 11 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.67%) Marketing
7 6 (5.71%) Banking
7 6 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.76%) Retail
9 4 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.86%) Back Office
11 2 (1.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.90%) Local Government
12 1 (0.95%) Front Office
12 1 (0.95%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.95%) Publishing
12 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.95%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.95%) .NET
1 1 (0.95%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.95%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.95%) DOM
1 1 (0.95%) Flash
1 1 (0.95%) J2EE
1 1 (0.95%) Java EE
1 1 (0.95%) JDBC
1 1 (0.95%) JMS
1 1 (0.95%) Middleware
1 1 (0.95%) React
1 1 (0.95%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (0.95%) SAX
1 1 (0.95%) Spring
1 1 (0.95%) Unity DI Container
1 1 (0.95%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.14%) Management Information System
2 9 (8.57%) Security Posture
3 6 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.81%) Equities
4 4 (3.81%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.81%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.90%) CCTV
5 2 (1.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.95%) Blog
6 1 (0.95%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.95%) Derivative
6 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.95%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.95%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.95%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.95%) PKI
6 1 (0.95%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) SCADA
6 1 (0.95%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.81%) Windows
2 3 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (73.33%) Risk Management
2 23 (21.90%) Information Security
3 17 (16.19%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (14.29%) IT Audit
4 15 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
5 14 (13.33%) Risk Register
6 13 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (10.48%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (10.48%) Process Improvement
8 10 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (9.52%) Investment Management
9 9 (8.57%) Business Continuity
9 9 (8.57%) IT Governance
10 8 (7.62%) Agile
11 7 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
12 6 (5.71%) Data Security
12 6 (5.71%) Project Management
12 6 (5.71%) Risk Analysis
13 5 (4.76%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.76%) Python
2 2 (1.90%) Java
2 2 (1.90%) SQL
3 1 (0.95%) C#
3 1 (0.95%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.95%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.95%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (20.00%) CISM
2 18 (17.14%) CISSP
3 16 (15.24%) CRISC
4 12 (11.43%) Degree
5 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
6 5 (4.76%) CISA
6 5 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.90%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.90%) GSEC
9 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.95%) CIMA
10 1 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.95%) FFIEC
10 1 (0.95%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.00%) GDPR
2 20 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (11.43%) ITGC
3 12 (11.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (9.52%) GRC
5 7 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (5.71%) NIST
7 5 (4.76%) COBIT
7 5 (4.76%) ISO 22301
7 5 (4.76%) ISO 9001
8 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (3.81%) SOC 2
9 3 (2.86%) NCSC
9 3 (2.86%) PCI DSS
9 3 (2.86%) PSD2
9 3 (2.86%) QA
10 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (1.90%) PMO
11 1 (0.95%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.95%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 2 (1.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.95%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.95%) Cadence
3 1 (0.95%) Oracle