Risk Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Risk Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Risk Manager salary in Birmingham is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 142 128
Rank change year-on-year +75 -14 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 36 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.56% 0.29% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.71% 0.31% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £53,250 £65,000 £43,036
25th Percentile £54,375 £66,875 £43,322
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £46,241
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +51.38% -8.34%
75th Percentile £59,375 £72,500 £62,888
90th Percentile £59,750 - £68,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% +11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,329 2,602 1,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 94.28% 93.23%
Number of salaries quoted 777 2,117 1,390
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,964 £81,525
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in Birmingham

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Risk Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 34 (94.44%) Risk Management
1 34 (94.44%) Finance
2 25 (69.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 25 (69.44%) Creative Thinking
3 24 (66.67%) Blockchain
3 24 (66.67%) ITGC
4 23 (63.89%) Mentoring
4 23 (63.89%) Coaching
4 23 (63.89%) Robotic Process Automation
4 23 (63.89%) Agile
4 23 (63.89%) Retail
4 23 (63.89%) Telecoms
4 23 (63.89%) IT Governance
4 23 (63.89%) Robotics
4 23 (63.89%) Data Analytics
4 23 (63.89%) Analytics
5 21 (58.33%) Marketing
5 21 (58.33%) People Management
5 21 (58.33%) Project Delivery
6 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
7 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (22.22%) Financial Institution
9 7 (19.44%) Test Strategy
9 7 (19.44%) Line Management
9 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 7 (19.44%) Credit Risk
9 7 (19.44%) Avaloq
9 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 34 (94.44%) Finance
2 23 (63.89%) Retail
2 23 (63.89%) Telecoms
3 21 (58.33%) Marketing
4 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
5 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (22.22%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.78%) Law
7 1 (2.78%) Legal
7 1 (2.78%) Prime Brokerage
Miscellaneous
1 24 (66.67%) Blockchain
2 23 (63.89%) Robotics
3 7 (19.44%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.78%) Derivative
4 1 (2.78%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (94.44%) Risk Management
2 25 (69.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 25 (69.44%) Creative Thinking
3 23 (63.89%) Agile
3 23 (63.89%) Analytics
3 23 (63.89%) Coaching
3 23 (63.89%) Data Analytics
3 23 (63.89%) IT Governance
3 23 (63.89%) Mentoring
3 23 (63.89%) Robotic Process Automation
4 21 (58.33%) People Management
4 21 (58.33%) Project Delivery
5 7 (19.44%) Line Management
5 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (19.44%) Test Strategy
6 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.56%) Information Security
7 2 (5.56%) Project Management
7 2 (5.56%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (66.67%) ITGC
2 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (2.78%) COBIT
3 1 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Avaloq