Risk Management Jobs in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 89 58
Rank change year-on-year +76 -31 +19
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 113 15 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.97% 1.00% 5.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.36% 1.13% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 22 9 58
10th Percentile £25,313 £52,000 £34,484
25th Percentile £43,356 £52,500 £46,454
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,832 £104,249 £83,438
90th Percentile £97,128 £108,750 £87,419
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £61,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -16.36% -8.52% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 846 1,331 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.13% 88.56% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 360 934 1,082
10th Percentile £26,156 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,063 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Risk Management in Edinburgh

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in Edinburgh

Risk Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.88%) CMS
2 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.77%) LaTeX
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.19%) AWS
1 7 (6.19%) GCP
2 4 (3.54%) Amazon SageMaker
2 4 (3.54%) Azure
2 4 (3.54%) IaaS
2 4 (3.54%) PaaS
2 4 (3.54%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.19%) Network Security
2 1 (0.88%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.42%) Big Data
1 5 (4.42%) Tableau
2 4 (3.54%) MS Access
3 2 (1.77%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Git
2 2 (1.77%) JIRA
General
1 62 (54.87%) Finance
2 48 (42.48%) Social Skills
3 37 (32.74%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (21.24%) Banking
5 13 (11.50%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (8.85%) Legal
7 9 (7.96%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.65%) Law
8 3 (2.65%) Retail
9 2 (1.77%) Arabic Language
9 2 (1.77%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (1.77%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.77%) Russian Language
9 2 (1.77%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.88%) Electronics
10 1 (0.88%) Games
10 1 (0.88%) Marketing
10 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (23.89%) Risk Manager
2 20 (17.70%) Analyst
3 13 (11.50%) Senior
4 12 (10.62%) Risk Analyst
5 11 (9.73%) Audit Manager
6 8 (7.08%) Auditor
6 8 (7.08%) Senior Auditor
7 7 (6.19%) Credit Risk Manager
7 7 (6.19%) Governance Analyst
7 7 (6.19%) Lead
7 7 (6.19%) Technology Risk Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Technologist
9 4 (3.54%) Data Scientist
9 4 (3.54%) Fraud Manager
9 4 (3.54%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Operations Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Security Auditor
9 4 (3.54%) Senior Data Scientist
10 3 (2.65%) Consultant
10 3 (2.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) Middleware
2 3 (2.65%) RESTful
3 1 (0.88%) Kafka
3 1 (0.88%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.16%) Credit Risk
2 6 (5.31%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.42%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.77%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.77%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.77%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.88%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.88%) Derivative
6 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 37 (32.74%) Coaching
3 34 (30.09%) Decision-Making
4 31 (27.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (18.58%) Analytics
6 20 (17.70%) Artificial Intelligence
6 20 (17.70%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (16.81%) Information Security
8 14 (12.39%) Internal Audit
8 14 (12.39%) Mathematics
9 13 (11.50%) Line Management
9 13 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (10.62%) Project Management
11 11 (9.73%) Risk Assessment
12 10 (8.85%) Agile
13 9 (7.96%) Collaborative Culture
13 9 (7.96%) Cryptography
13 9 (7.96%) Data Analytics
13 9 (7.96%) DevOps
14 8 (7.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.50%) Python
2 5 (4.42%) SQL
3 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (18.58%) Degree
2 16 (14.16%) CRISC
3 8 (7.08%) CISA
4 6 (5.31%) CISSP
5 5 (4.42%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (3.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.77%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.77%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.27%) COBIT
2 13 (11.50%) ITGC
3 12 (10.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (6.19%) NIST
5 4 (3.54%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.77%) GDPR
6 2 (1.77%) NCSC
7 1 (0.88%) QA
7 1 (0.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (6.19%) Avaloq
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.77%) Google
4 1 (0.88%) Symantec