Risk Management Job Trends in the East Midlands

Risk Management
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands 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 76 69 83
Rank change year-on-year -7 +14 +18
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 71 65 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.81% 2.93% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 3.32% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 33 34 34
10th Percentile £38,110 £50,000 £29,862
25th Percentile £41,375 £52,000 £47,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £64,000 £80,500 £83,875
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,017 1,960 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.69% 88.45% 85.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 828 1,272
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Risk Management
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Risk Management in the East Midlands

Risk Management
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the East Midlands 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
Derbyshire -11 23 £55,750 -3.04% 6
Leicestershire +8 21 £45,000 -13.88% 6
Nottinghamshire +1 13 £42,000 -26.96% 7
Lincolnshire - 9 £44,250 - 3
Northamptonshire +3 5 £55,000 +1.85% 3
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (8.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Primavera
1 1 (1.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.68%) Azure
2 7 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.86%) SaaS
3 6 (8.45%) iPaaS
4 2 (2.82%) AWS
5 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.45%) DHCP
1 6 (8.45%) DNS
1 6 (8.45%) Firewall
1 6 (8.45%) SAN
1 6 (8.45%) TCP/IP
1 6 (8.45%) VLAN
2 1 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 32 (45.07%) Finance
2 27 (38.03%) Social Skills
3 18 (25.35%) Banking
4 11 (15.49%) Law
5 9 (12.68%) Public Sector
6 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.23%) Legal
9 2 (2.82%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.41%) Local Government
10 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.41%) Marketing
10 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (23.94%) Lead
2 9 (12.68%) IT Manager
3 7 (9.86%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (8.45%) IT Engineer
4 6 (8.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (8.45%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (7.04%) Analyst
5 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Support
5 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 5 (7.04%) IT Support
5 5 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (7.04%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) Contracts Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Finance Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Senior
7 2 (2.82%) IT Change Manager
7 2 (2.82%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (2.82%) Risk Manager
7 2 (2.82%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.54%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (21.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 15 (21.13%) Operational Technology
2 15 (21.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (8.45%) Clustering
3 6 (8.45%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.23%) Credit Risk
4 3 (4.23%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.82%) NHS
6 1 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Windows
1 6 (8.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (47.89%) Roadmaps
2 25 (35.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (30.99%) Information Security
4 20 (28.17%) Risk Assessment
5 19 (26.76%) Process Improvement
6 18 (25.35%) Business Continuity
6 18 (25.35%) Business Continuity Management
6 18 (25.35%) Due Diligence
6 18 (25.35%) ITIL
6 18 (25.35%) Mentoring
6 18 (25.35%) Operations Management
6 18 (25.35%) Supply Chain Management
7 17 (23.94%) Coaching
8 16 (22.54%) Change Advisory Board
8 16 (22.54%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (21.13%) Business Strategy
9 15 (21.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 15 (21.13%) SABSA
9 15 (21.13%) Technology Roadmap
9 15 (21.13%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) SQL
2 2 (2.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) CISSP
2 19 (26.76%) CRISC
3 18 (25.35%) CISA
4 11 (15.49%) Degree
5 3 (4.23%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.82%) CEH
6 2 (2.82%) GCIH
6 2 (2.82%) OSCP
6 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.82%) PMP
6 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.41%) MCSE
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (46.48%) NIST
2 18 (25.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (25.35%) PCI DSS
3 15 (21.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 9 (12.68%) GDPR
5 3 (4.23%) QA
6 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.41%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (9.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (8.45%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.41%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) Veeam
3 3 (4.23%) SAP
4 2 (2.82%) Databricks
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.82%) Workday
5 1 (1.41%) Cognos
5 1 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.41%) Informatica
5 1 (1.41%) NEC