Risk Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 691 671 842
Rank change year-on-year -20 +171 -182
Permanent jobs citing Risk Analysis 206 314 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.31% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 125 169 220
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,039 £40,625
25th Percentile £42,300 £48,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.74% -5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +38 196 £59,000 -15.71% 73
UK excluding London 0 143 £54,500 +14.74% 46
Work from Home +63 72 £60,000 -14.29% 35
London +70 54 £72,500 +3.57% 35
South East +16 41 £42,300 -19.43% 5
North of England +63 39 £65,000 +62.50% 6
Midlands +26 36 £43,750 -2.78% 11
Yorkshire +98 28 £70,000 +75.00% 3
South West +10 22 £45,000 -47.06% 10
West Midlands +29 18 £43,750 -12.50% 7
East Midlands +1 18 £43,500 +28.66% 4
North West +18 10 £59,000 +38.82% 3
East of England -11 2 £62,500 - 4
Scotland -63 2 - - 8
Wales -3 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £65,000 -

Risk Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.43%) Office Communications Server
3 4 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.46%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (10.68%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (3.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Primavera
1 3 (1.46%) Sage 200
1 3 (1.46%) Sage 300 ERP
2 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 39 (18.93%) Azure
2 8 (3.88%) AWS
3 7 (3.40%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.43%) IaaS
5 5 (2.43%) PaaS
5 5 (2.43%) SaaS
6 4 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.46%) Azure AKS
7 3 (1.46%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.97%) OCI
8 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.49%) GCP
9 1 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 36 (17.48%) Firewall
2 20 (9.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (4.85%) Network Security
4 8 (3.88%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.46%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.97%) Extranet
6 2 (0.97%) Intranet
7 1 (0.49%) ATM
7 1 (0.49%) DKIM
7 1 (0.49%) DMARC
7 1 (0.49%) DNS
7 1 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.40%) Power BI
2 4 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.94%) DTS
2 4 (1.94%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.49%) Git
General
1 65 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.30%) Finance
3 37 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (14.08%) Legal
4 29 (14.08%) Manufacturing
5 24 (11.65%) Law
6 21 (10.19%) Public Sector
7 18 (8.74%) Retail
8 15 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (7.28%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.88%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.40%) Aviation
11 7 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.91%) Games
13 5 (2.43%) Local Government
14 4 (1.94%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.94%) Military
15 3 (1.46%) Advertising
15 3 (1.46%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 39 (18.93%) Analyst
2 37 (17.96%) Project Manager
3 25 (12.14%) Lead
4 24 (11.65%) Senior
5 21 (10.19%) Project Controller
6 17 (8.25%) Team Leader
7 14 (6.80%) Architect
8 13 (6.31%) Consultant
8 13 (6.31%) Security Analyst
9 12 (5.83%) Penetration Tester
9 12 (5.83%) Tester
10 11 (5.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 11 (5.34%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (4.85%) Business Analyst
11 10 (4.85%) Security Consultant
12 9 (4.37%) IT Analyst
13 8 (3.88%) Security Penetration Tester
13 8 (3.88%) Security Tester
14 7 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 7 (3.40%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.94%) XML
2 3 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (1.46%) SAML
3 2 (0.97%) .NET
4 1 (0.49%) CSS
4 1 (0.49%) HTML
4 1 (0.49%) RESTful
4 1 (0.49%) XSLT
4 1 (0.49%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 40 (19.42%) Management Information System
2 18 (8.74%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.85%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.37%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.88%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.43%) FMCG
9 3 (1.46%) PMI
9 3 (1.46%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.46%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.97%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.97%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.49%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (0.49%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.49%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.49%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.49%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.40%) Linux
1 7 (3.40%) Windows
2 4 (1.94%) Unix
3 3 (1.46%) AIX
3 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.10%) Cybersecurity
1 62 (30.10%) Project Management
2 47 (22.82%) Incident Response
3 40 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (16.99%) Project Delivery
5 33 (16.02%) SIEM
6 31 (15.05%) ITIL
7 27 (13.11%) Line Management
7 27 (13.11%) Project Planning
7 27 (13.11%) Risk Management
8 25 (12.14%) Change Management
9 22 (10.68%) Earned Value Management
9 22 (10.68%) Information Security
10 21 (10.19%) Migration
11 20 (9.71%) Computer Science
12 19 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (9.22%) Decision-Making
12 19 (9.22%) Penetration Testing
13 18 (8.74%) ISMS
14 17 (8.25%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.28%) SQL
2 8 (3.88%) Python
3 4 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.97%) C
4 2 (0.97%) VBA
5 1 (0.49%) Bash
5 1 (0.49%) C++
5 1 (0.49%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) R
5 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (19.42%) Degree
2 22 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.77%) CISSP
3 16 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.34%) OSCP
5 10 (4.85%) SANS
6 7 (3.40%) CHECK Team Member
6 7 (3.40%) CISM
6 7 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.40%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.91%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.43%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.43%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.43%) CISA
8 5 (2.43%) CRISC
9 4 (1.94%) CEH
9 4 (1.94%) HND
9 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.94%) PMP
10 3 (1.46%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (9.22%) PCI DSS
3 12 (5.83%) GDPR
3 12 (5.83%) NCSC
3 12 (5.83%) NIST
4 10 (4.85%) GRC
5 8 (3.88%) COBIT
6 6 (2.91%) QA
7 5 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.43%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.94%) HAZOP
9 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.46%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.97%) ECSS
10 2 (0.97%) GLBA
10 2 (0.97%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.97%) RMADS
10 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.97%) SLA
11 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.46%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.46%) Docker
2 3 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (4.85%) CSIRT
2 4 (1.94%) Terraform
3 3 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 51 (24.76%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.91%) Cisco
2 6 (2.91%) Qualys
2 6 (2.91%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.43%) Dell
3 5 (2.43%) VMware
4 3 (1.46%) Citrix
4 3 (1.46%) LogRhythm
4 3 (1.46%) Oracle
4 3 (1.46%) Sage
5 2 (0.97%) ArcSight
5 2 (0.97%) McAfee
5 2 (0.97%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.97%) Sophos
5 2 (0.97%) Splunk
5 2 (0.97%) Tripwire
6 1 (0.49%) Cadence
6 1 (0.49%) HP
6 1 (0.49%) IBM
6 1 (0.49%) Sun