Risk Management Job Trends in the City of London

Risk Management
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 53 71
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 +34
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 76 124 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.49% 4.65% 3.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 4.87% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 52 58 92
10th Percentile £52,550 £58,725 £50,000
25th Percentile £72,188 £61,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% -1.54%
75th Percentile £117,813 £90,938 £101,563
90th Percentile £135,000 £115,000 £144,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £80,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,893 2,545 2,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.99% 95.50% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,634 2,379
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,750
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 £96,625
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £74,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.68% -0.33% -

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Risk Management
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Risk Management in the City of London

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Adaptiv
2 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.32%) Magento
2 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.16%) Azure
2 7 (9.21%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.26%) AWS
3 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (3.95%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.95%) dbt
4 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.95%) SaaS
4 3 (3.95%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.63%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.63%) Tessian
6 1 (1.32%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.32%) GCP
6 1 (1.32%) GitHub
6 1 (1.32%) IaaS
6 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.21%) Firewall
2 5 (6.58%) Network Security
3 3 (3.95%) VPN
4 2 (2.63%) DKIM
4 2 (2.63%) DMARC
5 1 (1.32%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) Power BI
2 3 (3.95%) Data Mining
2 3 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.32%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (1.32%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (1.32%) Metadata
3 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.32%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.32%) JIRA
1 1 (1.32%) NUnit
1 1 (1.32%) Selenium
1 1 (1.32%) SpecFlow
1 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (61.84%) Finance
2 37 (48.68%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (26.32%) Banking
5 12 (15.79%) Legal
6 11 (14.47%) Financial Institution
7 10 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (11.84%) Retail
9 7 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (5.26%) Front Office
10 4 (5.26%) Law
11 3 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (3.95%) International Banking
11 3 (3.95%) Marketing
12 2 (2.63%) Investment Banking
12 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (1.32%) Advertising
13 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.32%) Local Government
13 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (18.42%) Lead
2 13 (17.11%) Consultant
2 13 (17.11%) Senior
3 7 (9.21%) Developer
3 7 (9.21%) Risk Manager
3 7 (9.21%) Senior Manager
4 6 (7.89%) Senior Risk Manager
5 5 (6.58%) Security Specialist
5 5 (6.58%) Technology Risk Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Analyst
6 4 (5.26%) IT Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Lead Consultant
6 4 (5.26%) Security Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (5.26%) Technical Leader
7 3 (3.95%) Information Security Specialist
7 3 (3.95%) Information Specialist
7 3 (3.95%) Security Consultant
7 3 (3.95%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 3 (3.95%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) .NET
1 2 (2.63%) PyTorch
1 2 (2.63%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.32%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.32%) PySpark
2 1 (1.32%) React
2 1 (1.32%) Redux
2 1 (1.32%) Web Services
2 1 (1.32%) WebSockets
2 1 (1.32%) XML
2 1 (1.32%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.89%) Credit Risk
3 6 (7.89%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.58%) Algorithms
5 4 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.95%) CMDB
6 3 (3.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (3.95%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (3.95%) Market Risk
6 3 (3.95%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.63%) Derivative
7 2 (2.63%) Fixed Income
7 2 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.63%) PKI
7 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Linux
2 3 (3.95%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.89%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (31.58%) Information Security
3 22 (28.95%) Agile
4 18 (23.68%) Decision-Making
5 17 (22.37%) AI
6 16 (21.05%) Analytics
6 16 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (21.05%) ITIL
7 15 (19.74%) Mentoring
8 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.11%) Roadmaps
8 13 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (14.47%) Regulatory Compliance
9 11 (14.47%) Security Operations
9 11 (14.47%) Strategic Thinking
9 11 (14.47%) Threat Intelligence
10 10 (13.16%) Coaching
10 10 (13.16%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (11.84%) Business Strategy
11 9 (11.84%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) Python
2 9 (11.84%) SQL
3 4 (5.26%) C#
3 4 (5.26%) C++
4 3 (3.95%) Java
4 3 (3.95%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (31.58%) CISSP
2 17 (22.37%) CISM
3 13 (17.11%) CRISC
4 10 (13.16%) Degree
5 7 (9.21%) CISA
6 4 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.95%) CEH
7 3 (3.95%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.95%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (3.95%) Novell Certification
7 3 (3.95%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.63%) CFA
8 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.63%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.63%) PMP
8 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (38.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (25.00%) NIST
3 10 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (9.21%) Data Quality
5 6 (7.89%) GDPR
5 6 (7.89%) GRC
6 5 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (3.95%) QA
8 2 (2.63%) NIST 800
8 2 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.32%) COBIT
9 1 (1.32%) EU AI Act
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.32%) PMO
9 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (3.95%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.32%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.63%) FIS
2 2 (2.63%) Murex
2 2 (2.63%) SAP
2 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.32%) Ariba
3 1 (1.32%) Databricks
3 1 (1.32%) HP
3 1 (1.32%) Juniper
3 1 (1.32%) Siebel
3 1 (1.32%) Workday