Risk Management Job Trends in Central London

Risk Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Risk Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 58 78
Rank change year-on-year -2 +20 +32
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 88 145 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.43% 4.51% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 4.70% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55 61 90
10th Percentile £51,750 £57,670 £49,750
25th Percentile £71,375 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £116,875 £93,750 £102,188
90th Percentile £135,000 £115,000 £145,000
London median annual salary £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% - +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,238 3,082 2,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.22% 95.89% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,843 2,523
10th Percentile £41,850 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,625
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Central London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in Central London

Risk Management
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
City of London -6 77 £80,000 +6.67% 39
West End of London +9 1 - - 3
Southwark +7 1 £82,500 -31.25%
Risk Management
London

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.14%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Adaptiv
2 1 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.14%) Magento
2 1 (1.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.77%) Azure
2 12 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.55%) AWS
4 4 (4.55%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (3.41%) dbt
5 3 (3.41%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.27%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.27%) SaaS
6 2 (2.27%) Tessian
7 1 (1.14%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.14%) GCP
7 1 (1.14%) GitHub
7 1 (1.14%) IaaS
7 1 (1.14%) PaaS
7 1 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.95%) Firewall
2 5 (5.68%) Network Security
3 3 (3.41%) VPN
4 2 (2.27%) DKIM
4 2 (2.27%) DMARC
5 1 (1.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.09%) Tableau
2 5 (5.68%) Power BI
3 4 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.41%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.14%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (1.14%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (1.14%) Metadata
5 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.14%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.14%) JIRA
1 1 (1.14%) NUnit
1 1 (1.14%) Selenium
1 1 (1.14%) SpecFlow
1 1 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (65.91%) Finance
2 47 (53.41%) Social Skills
3 30 (34.09%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (23.86%) Banking
5 20 (22.73%) Legal
6 11 (12.50%) Financial Institution
6 11 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (10.23%) Retail
8 8 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (5.68%) Front Office
9 5 (5.68%) Law
10 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (3.41%) International Banking
10 3 (3.41%) Investment Banking
10 3 (3.41%) Marketing
11 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (1.14%) Advertising
12 1 (1.14%) Games
12 1 (1.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (15.91%) Lead
1 14 (15.91%) Senior
2 13 (14.77%) Consultant
3 8 (9.09%) Developer
3 8 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 7 (7.95%) CISSP Engineer
4 7 (7.95%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 7 (7.95%) PowerShell Engineer
4 7 (7.95%) Python Engineer
4 7 (7.95%) Risk Manager
4 7 (7.95%) Senior Manager
5 6 (6.82%) Senior Risk Manager
6 5 (5.68%) Security Specialist
6 5 (5.68%) Technology Risk Manager
7 4 (4.55%) Analyst
7 4 (4.55%) C# Developer
7 4 (4.55%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.55%) Lead Consultant
7 4 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
7 4 (4.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.41%) .NET
2 2 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.27%) PyTorch
2 2 (2.27%) TensorFlow
2 2 (2.27%) XML
3 1 (1.14%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.14%) PySpark
3 1 (1.14%) React
3 1 (1.14%) Redux
3 1 (1.14%) Web Services
3 1 (1.14%) WebSockets
3 1 (1.14%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.23%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (9.09%) Hedge funds
3 8 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.82%) Credit Risk
4 6 (6.82%) Security Posture
5 5 (5.68%) Algorithms
6 4 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.41%) CMDB
7 3 (3.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (3.41%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.41%) Market Risk
7 3 (3.41%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.27%) Derivative
8 2 (2.27%) Fixed Income
8 2 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.27%) PKI
8 2 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.50%) Linux
2 10 (11.36%) Windows
3 7 (7.95%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (38.64%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (34.09%) Information Security
3 25 (28.41%) Agile
4 21 (23.86%) Decision-Making
5 19 (21.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (20.45%) AI
7 16 (18.18%) Analytics
7 16 (18.18%) ITIL
8 15 (17.05%) Incident Response
8 15 (17.05%) Mentoring
9 14 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (15.91%) Strategic Thinking
10 13 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (14.77%) Roadmaps
11 12 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
12 11 (12.50%) Coaching
12 11 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
12 11 (12.50%) Security Operations
12 11 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.32%) Python
1 17 (19.32%) SQL
2 10 (11.36%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.68%) C#
4 4 (4.55%) C++
5 3 (3.41%) Java
6 1 (1.14%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (35.23%) CISSP
2 17 (19.32%) CISM
3 14 (15.91%) CISA
4 13 (14.77%) CRISC
5 11 (12.50%) Degree
6 7 (7.95%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (4.55%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.41%) CEH
8 3 (3.41%) Master's Degree
8 3 (3.41%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.41%) Novell Certification
8 3 (3.41%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.41%) PMP
9 2 (2.27%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (28.41%) NIST
3 9 (10.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (7.95%) Data Quality
5 7 (7.95%) GDPR
5 7 (7.95%) GRC
6 5 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (3.41%) PMO
7 3 (3.41%) QA
8 2 (2.27%) NIST 800
8 2 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.14%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.14%) COBIT
9 1 (1.14%) EU AI Act
9 1 (1.14%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 4 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (3.41%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.14%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.95%) Google
3 2 (2.27%) FIS
3 2 (2.27%) Murex
3 2 (2.27%) SAP
3 2 (2.27%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.14%) Ariba
4 1 (1.14%) Databricks
4 1 (1.14%) HP
4 1 (1.14%) IBM
4 1 (1.14%) Juniper
4 1 (1.14%) Siebel
4 1 (1.14%) Workday