Risk Register
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Register skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Register 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 670 652 900
Rank change year-on-year -18 +248 -130
Permanent jobs citing Risk Register 227 336 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.34% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 164 95 230
10th Percentile £39,300 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,736 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% -4.65% +20.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.55% +11.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Register 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 Register
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Risk Register in the UK

Risk Register
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Register 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 +92 215 £52,500 -12.50% 97
UK excluding London -65 157 £50,000 -9.09% 81
Work from Home +124 101 £52,500 -16.00% 41
London +132 64 £60,000 - 29
North of England +44 48 £50,000 +11.11% 21
South East +33 39 £45,000 -28.00% 16
Midlands +11 30 £52,500 -4.55% 16
South West +2 28 £48,750 -25.00% 15
West Midlands +43 26 £52,500 -7.49% 11
North West +2 21 £55,000 +22.22% 9
North East +6 14 £41,000 +21.24% 4
Yorkshire +88 13 £55,000 -24.14% 9
East of England -6 7 £53,500 +1.90% 3
Scotland -92 7 £63,500 +24.66% 10
East Midlands -28 4 £51,716 -5.97% 5

Risk Register
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 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.76%) Confluence
3 3 (1.32%) SAS
4 2 (0.88%) Alfresco
4 2 (0.88%) Captiva
4 2 (0.88%) Documentum
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.88%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.44%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 40 (17.62%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (12.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (6.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.52%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.32%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.32%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.88%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.88%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.44%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (9.69%) Azure
3 16 (7.05%) AWS
4 8 (3.52%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.52%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.52%) Serverless
5 3 (1.32%) Dropbox
6 2 (0.88%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.88%) Smartsheet
6 2 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.44%) GitHub
7 1 (0.44%) SaaS
7 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.17%) Firewall
2 8 (3.52%) Network Security
3 6 (2.64%) Cisco IPT
4 4 (1.76%) LAN
5 3 (1.32%) WAN
5 3 (1.32%) Wireless
6 2 (0.88%) DMZ
6 2 (0.88%) VoIP
7 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.49%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.96%) MySQL
3 8 (3.52%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.52%) Power BI
3 8 (3.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.20%) RDBMS
4 5 (2.20%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.32%) Big Data
5 3 (1.32%) EDRMS
6 2 (0.88%) EDMS
6 2 (0.88%) Metadata
6 2 (0.88%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.44%) MS Access
7 1 (0.44%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 15 (6.61%) JIRA
General
1 75 (33.04%) Finance
2 51 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.98%) Legal
4 18 (7.93%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.85%) Retail
8 10 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.96%) Marketing
10 8 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.08%) Advertising
11 7 (3.08%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.64%) Billing
13 5 (2.20%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (2.20%) Law
13 5 (2.20%) Local Government
14 4 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.32%) Banking
15 3 (1.32%) Military
15 3 (1.32%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (15.42%) IT Manager
2 33 (14.54%) Project Manager
3 26 (11.45%) Lead
4 22 (9.69%) Analyst
5 17 (7.49%) Service Manager
6 16 (7.05%) Risk Manager
6 16 (7.05%) Senior
7 15 (6.61%) Security Manager
8 14 (6.17%) Consultant
9 12 (5.29%) Development Manager
10 11 (4.85%) Information Security Consultant
10 11 (4.85%) Security Consultant
11 9 (3.96%) Coordinator
11 9 (3.96%) Security Analyst
12 8 (3.52%) Senior Manager
12 8 (3.52%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.52%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.52%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.52%) Technical Support
12 8 (3.52%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.52%) Node.js
2 7 (3.08%) Flash
3 4 (1.76%) EDI
4 2 (0.88%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 52 (22.91%) Management Information System
2 22 (9.69%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (9.25%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (7.93%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (6.17%) NHS
6 13 (5.73%) Housing Association
7 9 (3.96%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.20%) CMDB
8 5 (2.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.76%) CESG
9 4 (1.76%) CESG CLAS
9 4 (1.76%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.76%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.32%) Blog
10 3 (1.32%) Cybercrime
11 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.88%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.88%) Social Media
11 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.22%) Windows
2 9 (3.96%) Linux
3 8 (3.52%) Unix
4 5 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (33.48%) Risk Management
2 66 (29.07%) Cybersecurity
3 65 (28.63%) Information Security
4 51 (22.47%) Project Management
5 39 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (15.42%) Agile
7 34 (14.98%) Business Continuity
7 34 (14.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 28 (12.33%) Decision-Making
8 28 (12.33%) ITIL
9 27 (11.89%) Data Protection
9 27 (11.89%) Service Delivery
10 26 (11.45%) Data Security
10 26 (11.45%) Incident Management
11 24 (10.57%) Change Management
11 24 (10.57%) Incident Response
11 24 (10.57%) Roadmaps
12 23 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (9.25%) Security Operations
14 18 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.93%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.96%) Python
3 8 (3.52%) Java
3 8 (3.52%) Perl
3 8 (3.52%) PL/SQL
3 8 (3.52%) Ruby
3 8 (3.52%) SQL
3 8 (3.52%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.88%) ABAP
4 2 (0.88%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 73 (32.16%) Degree
2 21 (9.25%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.49%) CISSP
4 14 (6.17%) AWS Certification
4 14 (6.17%) CISM
5 8 (3.52%) CRISC
6 6 (2.64%) CISA
6 6 (2.64%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.64%) ISEB
6 6 (2.64%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.20%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.20%) SANS
8 4 (1.76%) CESG Certified Professional
8 4 (1.76%) CLAS
8 4 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (1.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (1.76%) ISSMP
9 2 (0.88%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (22.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (15.86%) NIST
3 34 (14.98%) GDPR
4 28 (12.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (9.25%) GRC
6 15 (6.61%) COBIT
7 12 (5.29%) SLA
8 11 (4.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (4.85%) ISO 9001
8 11 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (4.41%) PCI DSS
9 10 (4.41%) PMO
10 9 (3.96%) NCSC
11 7 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (2.64%) HIPAA
12 6 (2.64%) QA
13 5 (2.20%) ISO 22301
13 5 (2.20%) ISO 31000
13 5 (2.20%) TickIT
14 4 (1.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 25 (11.01%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 52 (22.91%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.96%) Qualys
3 8 (3.52%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (3.52%) Facebook
4 7 (3.08%) Cisco
5 5 (2.20%) Rapid7
5 5 (2.20%) SAP
6 4 (1.76%) Citrix
6 4 (1.76%) Dell
6 4 (1.76%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.32%) NEC
8 2 (0.88%) Ariba
8 2 (0.88%) Concur
8 2 (0.88%) Oracle
9 1 (0.44%) Cadence
9 1 (0.44%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.44%) Splunk