The first table below looks at the demand for the Risk Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Risk Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Analyst
Rank 145 150 142
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Analyst 12 4 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.383% 0.116% 0.407%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.406% 0.123% 0.430%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 11
Average salary £33,750 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.62% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,000 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £52,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Risk Analyst
UK

Risk Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Risk Analyst across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Risk Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Risk Analyst across the Scotland region.

Scotland Risk Analyst Salary Trend

Risk Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Risk Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland Risk Analyst Salary Histogram

Risk Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow - 9 £32,500 -
Edinburgh +2 3 £35,000 -26.31%
Risk Analyst
UK

Risk Analyst
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Risk Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Risk Analyst in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (78.57%) Credit Risk
3 10 (71.43%) SQL
4 9 (64.29%) VBA
5 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
5 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
5 6 (42.86%) MS Access
5 6 (42.86%) VBScript
6 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Retail
6 2 (14.29%) QA
6 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (14.29%) SAS
7 1 (7.143%) Project Management
7 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (7.143%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (7.143%) Advertising
7 1 (7.143%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (7.143%) Marketing
7 1 (7.143%) Analytics
7 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (7.143%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (7.143%) Stress Testing

Risk Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Risk Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Risk Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
1 6 (42.86%) MS Access
2 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
General
1 14 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (7.143%) Marketing
3 1 (7.143%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
1 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (7.143%) Analytics
2 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (7.143%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (7.143%) Project Management
2 1 (7.143%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (7.143%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (7.143%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) SQL
2 9 (64.29%) VBA
3 6 (42.86%) VBScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013