Risk Manager
UK

The median Risk Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 769 817 1022
Rank change year-on-year +48 +205 -184
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 138 178 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 101 122 118
10th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £56,381 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £76,250 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +4.10% +8.52%
75th Percentile £87,500 £103,558 £105,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £133,629 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,526 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% +2.63% +5.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +38 109 £70,000 -12.50% 83
UK excluding London -12 75 £65,000 +9.20% 33
London +74 46 £85,000 -1.16% 48
Work from Home +51 46 £70,000 +7.69% 36
Midlands +14 28 £65,000 +4.00% 11
West Midlands +24 23 £65,000 +4.00% 7
North of England +26 15 £72,500 +21.80% 7
South East +28 11 £57,500 +2.14% 4
North West +13 7 £72,500 +14.15% 1
South West -32 7 £72,750 +22.22% 4
Scotland -67 6 £62,500 +3.28% 2
Wales - 6 £40,553 -
Yorkshire +62 5 £75,000 -2.24% 5
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 4
North East -1 3 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East of England +15 2 £62,500 +13.64% 5

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 86 (62.32%) Risk Management
2 77 (55.80%) Finance
3 51 (36.96%) Social Skills
4 40 (28.99%) Legal
5 37 (26.81%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (19.57%) Marketing
6 27 (19.57%) Degree
7 24 (17.39%) Information Security
7 24 (17.39%) Roadmaps
8 22 (15.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 21 (15.22%) CISM
9 21 (15.22%) GDPR
10 20 (14.49%) AWS
11 19 (13.77%) Product Management
11 19 (13.77%) Law
11 19 (13.77%) Customer Experience
12 18 (13.04%) Management Information System
12 18 (13.04%) CISSP
12 18 (13.04%) SaaS
13 17 (12.32%) Azure
13 17 (12.32%) Incident Response
14 16 (11.59%) Risk Register
14 16 (11.59%) CRISC
14 16 (11.59%) Threat Intelligence
14 16 (11.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 15 (10.87%) IT Audit
15 15 (10.87%) Remediation Plan
15 15 (10.87%) Dell
15 15 (10.87%) Value Proposition
16 13 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement

Risk Manager Skill Set
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 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) GlassFish
2 1 (0.72%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.72%) JCAPS
2 1 (0.72%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Adaptiv
1 1 (0.72%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.49%) AWS
2 18 (13.04%) SaaS
3 17 (12.32%) Azure
4 11 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.45%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (1.45%) AWS Step Functions
5 2 (1.45%) Serverless
6 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.72%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.45%) Network Security
2 1 (0.72%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.72%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) FTP
2 1 (0.72%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) Metadata
2 2 (1.45%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.72%) Big Data
3 1 (0.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (0.72%) Ant
2 1 (0.72%) JUnit
2 1 (0.72%) Maven
2 1 (0.72%) Subversion
General
1 77 (55.80%) Finance
2 51 (36.96%) Social Skills
3 40 (28.99%) Legal
4 27 (19.57%) Marketing
5 19 (13.77%) Law
6 12 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (5.80%) Banking
9 6 (4.35%) Police
10 5 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.62%) Retail
11 3 (2.17%) Back Office
11 3 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.45%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.45%) Front Office
12 2 (1.45%) Local Government
13 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.72%) Publishing
13 1 (0.72%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.45%) .NET
1 2 (1.45%) .NET Core
1 2 (1.45%) .NET Framework
1 2 (1.45%) React
1 2 (1.45%) Unity DI Container
2 1 (0.72%) DOM
2 1 (0.72%) Flash
2 1 (0.72%) J2EE
2 1 (0.72%) Java EE
2 1 (0.72%) JDBC
2 1 (0.72%) JMS
2 1 (0.72%) Middleware
2 1 (0.72%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (0.72%) SAX
2 1 (0.72%) Spring
2 1 (0.72%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.52%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.90%) Equities
4 4 (2.90%) Fixed Income
4 4 (2.90%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (2.90%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.90%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.45%) Blog
5 2 (1.45%) CCTV
5 2 (1.45%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.45%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.45%) Derivative
5 2 (1.45%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.45%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.45%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.62%) Windows
2 3 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (62.32%) Risk Management
2 37 (26.81%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (17.39%) Information Security
3 24 (17.39%) Roadmaps
4 19 (13.77%) Customer Experience
4 19 (13.77%) Product Management
5 17 (12.32%) Incident Response
6 16 (11.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 16 (11.59%) Risk Register
6 16 (11.59%) Threat Intelligence
7 15 (10.87%) IT Audit
7 15 (10.87%) Remediation Plan
7 15 (10.87%) Value Proposition
8 13 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (8.70%) Agile
9 12 (8.70%) Business Continuity
9 12 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (8.70%) Risk Assessment
10 11 (7.97%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (7.97%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.35%) Python
2 3 (2.17%) Java
2 3 (2.17%) SQL
3 2 (1.45%) C#
3 2 (1.45%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.45%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.72%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (19.57%) Degree
2 21 (15.22%) CISM
3 18 (13.04%) CISSP
4 16 (11.59%) CRISC
5 6 (4.35%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.62%) CISA
6 5 (3.62%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (3.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.90%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.45%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (1.45%) GSEC
9 2 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.72%) CIMA
10 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.72%) FFIEC
10 1 (0.72%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (15.22%) GDPR
3 12 (8.70%) GRC
3 12 (8.70%) ITGC
3 12 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (7.25%) NIST
5 7 (5.07%) COBIT
5 7 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.62%) ISO 22301
6 5 (3.62%) ISO 9001
7 4 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.90%) QA
7 4 (2.90%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.17%) NCSC
8 3 (2.17%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.17%) PSD2
9 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.45%) PMO
10 1 (0.72%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.72%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.72%) Control-M
Vendors
1 15 (10.87%) Dell
2 6 (4.35%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.45%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.72%) Cadence
5 1 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle
5 1 (0.72%) Qualys
5 1 (0.72%) SAP