Risk Manager Jobs in England

Risk Manager
UK > England

The median Risk Manager salary in England is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 730 717
Rank change year-on-year +230 -13 +280
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 182 120 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.14% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 42 98 136
10th Percentile £54,950 £48,375 £53,047
25th Percentile £60,686 £58,000 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -16.13% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £103,911
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,125 £135,693
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -13.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in England.

Salary trend for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in England

Risk Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
London +122 63 £72,500 -8.81% 73
Midlands +80 47 £75,000 +15.38% 9
North of England +63 41 £70,000 -3.45% 7
West Midlands +72 39 £67,500 +3.85% 1
North West +27 30 £40,000 -44.83% 4
South East +83 22 £70,000 +16.67% 9
South West +125 19 £64,627 +11.43% 1
East Midlands +42 8 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Yorkshire +55 7 £73,750 -1.67% 3
North East +51 4 £71,250 +1.79%
East of England +49 1 £90,000 +44.00%
Risk Manager
UK

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 144 (79.12%) Risk Management
2 129 (70.88%) Finance
3 91 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 57 (31.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (28.57%) Coaching
6 51 (28.02%) Blockchain
6 51 (28.02%) Creative Thinking
7 49 (26.92%) Agile
8 48 (26.37%) Financial Institution
8 48 (26.37%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (23.63%) Legal
10 42 (23.08%) Mentoring
11 39 (21.43%) Information Security
12 37 (20.33%) Artificial Intelligence
13 36 (19.78%) Retail
13 36 (19.78%) Credit Risk
14 35 (19.23%) ITGC
15 34 (18.68%) Analytics
16 31 (17.03%) Data Analytics
16 31 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 30 (16.48%) CRISC
17 30 (16.48%) Robotic Process Automation
17 30 (16.48%) Robotics
17 30 (16.48%) Telecoms
17 30 (16.48%) CISSP
18 29 (15.93%) Project Delivery
18 29 (15.93%) GDPR
19 27 (14.84%) Decision-Making
19 27 (14.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 27 (14.84%) Risk Assessment

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (1.65%) SAS
2 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.55%) Stata
Business Applications
1 3 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.69%) Azure
2 8 (4.40%) AWS
3 7 (3.85%) IBM Watson
3 7 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.30%) GCP
5 2 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.55%) GitHub
6 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.20%) Network Security
2 3 (1.65%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.85%) Power BI
1 7 (3.85%) QlikView
1 7 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.30%) Tableau
3 5 (2.75%) MS Access
4 4 (2.20%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.65%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.55%) DTS
6 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.55%) HBase
6 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Git
2 1 (0.55%) GitLab
2 1 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 129 (70.88%) Finance
2 91 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 48 (26.37%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (26.37%) Financial Institution
4 43 (23.63%) Legal
5 36 (19.78%) Retail
6 30 (16.48%) Telecoms
7 22 (12.09%) Marketing
8 21 (11.54%) Law
8 21 (11.54%) Prime Brokerage
9 12 (6.59%) Banking
10 7 (3.85%) Front Office
11 5 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Aviation
12 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.55%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.65%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 51 (28.02%) Blockchain
2 36 (19.78%) Credit Risk
3 30 (16.48%) Robotics
4 22 (12.09%) Derivative
5 21 (11.54%) Hedge funds
6 17 (9.34%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.20%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.55%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.55%) Linux
1 1 (0.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (79.12%) Risk Management
2 57 (31.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 52 (28.57%) Coaching
4 51 (28.02%) Creative Thinking
5 49 (26.92%) Agile
6 42 (23.08%) Mentoring
7 39 (21.43%) Information Security
8 37 (20.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 34 (18.68%) Analytics
10 31 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (17.03%) Data Analytics
11 30 (16.48%) Robotic Process Automation
12 29 (15.93%) Project Delivery
13 27 (14.84%) Decision-Making
13 27 (14.84%) Risk Assessment
14 26 (14.29%) IT Governance
14 26 (14.29%) Line Management
14 26 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
14 26 (14.29%) Test Strategy
15 22 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.09%) Python
2 16 (8.79%) R
3 13 (7.14%) SQL
4 2 (1.10%) VBA
5 1 (0.55%) C#
5 1 (0.55%) C++
5 1 (0.55%) Java
5 1 (0.55%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 30 (16.48%) CISSP
1 30 (16.48%) CRISC
2 23 (12.64%) Degree
3 20 (10.99%) CISM
4 19 (10.44%) CISA
5 10 (5.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 10 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (5.49%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (3.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 5 (2.75%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.20%) CCSP
8 4 (2.20%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.65%) CCSK
9 3 (1.65%) CESG Certified Professional
9 3 (1.65%) CISMP
9 3 (1.65%) PhD
10 2 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.10%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (19.23%) ITGC
2 29 (15.93%) GDPR
3 27 (14.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (11.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 20 (10.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (7.14%) COBIT
7 12 (6.59%) GRC
8 10 (5.49%) NIST
8 10 (5.49%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (1.10%) PMO
12 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.55%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.55%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.55%) Docker
1 1 (0.55%) HDFS
Vendors
1 26 (14.29%) Avaloq
2 15 (8.24%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.85%) Databricks
3 7 (3.85%) Google
3 7 (3.85%) IBM
4 6 (3.30%) VMware
5 5 (2.75%) Oracle
6 3 (1.65%) SAP
7 1 (0.55%) NEC
7 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.55%) Sybase