Risk Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Risk Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 671 784
Rank change year-on-year -6 +113 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 78 75 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.13% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.14% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 65 49 33
10th Percentile £48,000 £47,036 £45,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,526 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% +2.63% +5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £103,911 £71,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £74,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +7.38% +6.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,720 52,840 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,860 30,029 42,498
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Midlands +15 32 £65,000 +6.12% 8
West Midlands +23 25 £65,000 +6.12% 4
North of England +24 15 £72,500 +21.80% 9
South East +9 11 £57,500 +2.14% 5
East Midlands - 7 £60,000 - 4
Yorkshire +60 6 £75,000 -2.24% 6
North West -1 6 £72,500 +14.15% 2
South West -30 6 £58,000 -2.56% 3
Scotland -72 6 £62,500 +3.28% 4
Wales - 6 £40,553 -
North East -5 3 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East of England +4 2 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Risk Manager
UK

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 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 UK excluding London region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 49 (62.82%) Risk Management
2 32 (41.03%) Finance
3 16 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (19.23%) Law
4 15 (19.23%) Remediation Plan
5 14 (17.95%) IT Audit
5 14 (17.95%) Social Skills
6 12 (15.38%) ITGC
7 11 (14.10%) Information Security
7 11 (14.10%) Legal
7 11 (14.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (14.10%) Process Improvement
8 10 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (12.82%) Risk Register
9 9 (11.54%) GRC
9 9 (11.54%) Agile
10 8 (10.26%) Project Management
10 8 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (8.97%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (8.97%) Business Continuity
12 6 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
12 6 (7.69%) Marketing
12 6 (7.69%) Management Information System
12 6 (7.69%) CISM
12 6 (7.69%) Service Delivery
12 6 (7.69%) CISSP
12 6 (7.69%) NIST
12 6 (7.69%) Police
12 6 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.41%) AWS
2 5 (6.41%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) SaaS
4 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.85%) Metadata
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
General
1 32 (41.03%) Finance
2 15 (19.23%) Law
3 14 (17.95%) Social Skills
4 11 (14.10%) Legal
5 6 (7.69%) Marketing
5 6 (7.69%) Police
6 5 (6.41%) Banking
6 5 (6.41%) Retail
7 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.56%) Local Government
9 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.28%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.13%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.13%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.28%) SCADA
4 1 (1.28%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.85%) Windows
1 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (62.82%) Risk Management
2 15 (19.23%) Remediation Plan
3 14 (17.95%) IT Audit
4 11 (14.10%) Information Security
4 11 (14.10%) Process Improvement
5 10 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (12.82%) Risk Register
6 9 (11.54%) Agile
7 8 (10.26%) Project Management
8 7 (8.97%) Business Continuity
9 6 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
9 6 (7.69%) Roadmaps
9 6 (7.69%) Service Delivery
10 5 (6.41%) Product Roadmap
11 4 (5.13%) Customer Service
11 4 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (5.13%) Systems Engineering
11 4 (5.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 6 (7.69%) CISM
1 6 (7.69%) CISSP
2 5 (6.41%) CRISC
2 5 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.13%) Degree
4 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.28%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (1.28%) CISA
5 1 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (15.38%) ITGC
3 11 (14.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (11.54%) GRC
5 7 (8.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (7.69%) NIST
7 5 (6.41%) GDPR
7 5 (6.41%) ISO 9001
8 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (5.13%) SOC 2
9 3 (3.85%) COBIT
9 3 (3.85%) PCI DSS
10 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (2.56%) NCSC
10 2 (2.56%) PMO
10 2 (2.56%) QA
11 1 (1.28%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.28%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.28%) NIST 800
11 1 (1.28%) PSD2
Vendors
1 1 (1.28%) Cadence
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow