Risk Assessment Jobs in Edinburgh

Risk Assessment
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 19 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.08% - 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% - 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile - - £51,883
25th Percentile £25,313 - £58,677
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £61,488 - £72,500
90th Percentile £74,258 - £74,000
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -28.57% +70.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Risk Assessment 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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 891 1,333 1,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.48% 89.52% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 403 935 1,121
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £79,648 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in Edinburgh

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Risk Assessment in Edinburgh

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in Edinburgh

Risk Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Network Security
General
1 17 (89.47%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 9 (47.37%) Banking
4 5 (26.32%) Legal
5 4 (21.05%) Financial Institution
6 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Technologist
3 4 (21.05%) Onboarding Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Operations Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Risk Manager
3 4 (21.05%) Senior
3 4 (21.05%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Security Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Lead Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Lead Security Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Principal Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Principal Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Information Security
1 11 (57.89%) Risk Management
2 10 (52.63%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (47.37%) Fintech
4 7 (36.84%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (26.32%) Cryptography
5 5 (26.32%) Line Management
5 5 (26.32%) Mathematics
6 4 (21.05%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 4 (21.05%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (21.05%) Coaching
6 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (21.05%) Due Diligence
6 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
6 4 (21.05%) Project Management
6 4 (21.05%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (15.79%) Application Security
7 3 (15.79%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (21.05%) CISA
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (21.05%) CISSP
2 4 (21.05%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (21.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (26.32%) NIST
3 4 (21.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
4 3 (15.79%) GDPR
5 2 (10.53%) NCSC
6 1 (5.26%) ISO 22301
6 1 (5.26%) QA