Risk Manager Jobs in England

Risk Manager
UK > England

The median Risk Manager salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 729 780 971
Rank change year-on-year +51 +191 -180
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 104 165 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 91 113 96
10th Percentile £51,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £59,000 £59,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £103,911 £115,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £135,693 £152,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +10.34% +7.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

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 29 April 2024.

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 29 April 2024. 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 +72 43 £85,000 -1.16% 46
Midlands +25 25 £65,000 +4.00% 12
West Midlands +36 20 £65,000 +4.00% 6
North of England +13 16 £72,500 +21.80% 6
South East +13 11 £57,500 -0.15% 4
North West +6 8 £72,500 +14.15% 2
South West -15 7 £72,750 +22.22% 6
Yorkshire +71 5 £75,000 -2.24% 3
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 6
North East -2 3 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East of England +14 2 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Risk Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 76 (73.08%) Risk Management
2 55 (52.88%) Finance
3 31 (29.81%) Social Skills
4 22 (21.15%) Information Security
5 21 (20.19%) CISM
5 21 (20.19%) Legal
5 21 (20.19%) GDPR
6 19 (18.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 17 (16.35%) Management Information System
7 17 (16.35%) CISSP
7 17 (16.35%) CRISC
8 16 (15.38%) Azure
8 16 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (14.42%) Remediation Plan
9 15 (14.42%) IT Audit
10 14 (13.46%) Risk Register
11 13 (12.50%) AWS
11 13 (12.50%) Degree
11 13 (12.50%) Law
12 12 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (11.54%) ITGC
13 11 (10.58%) Collaborative Working
13 11 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (10.58%) Process Improvement
13 11 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (9.62%) Business Continuity
14 10 (9.62%) Investment Management
14 10 (9.62%) GRC

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 1 (0.96%) GlassFish
1 1 (0.96%) JCAPS
1 1 (0.96%) WebLogic
1 1 (0.96%) WebSphere
1 1 (0.96%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Adaptiv
1 1 (0.96%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.38%) Azure
2 13 (12.50%) AWS
3 5 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.85%) SaaS
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.96%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) Network Security
2 1 (0.96%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.96%) Firewall
2 1 (0.96%) FTP
2 1 (0.96%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.88%) Metadata
2 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Ant
1 1 (0.96%) Git
1 1 (0.96%) JUnit
1 1 (0.96%) Maven
1 1 (0.96%) Subversion
General
1 55 (52.88%) Finance
2 31 (29.81%) Social Skills
3 21 (20.19%) Legal
4 13 (12.50%) Law
5 11 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Marketing
7 5 (4.81%) Banking
7 5 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.81%) Retail
8 4 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.88%) Back Office
10 2 (1.92%) Local Government
11 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.96%) Front Office
11 1 (0.96%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.96%) Publishing
11 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.96%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) .NET
1 1 (0.96%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.96%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.96%) DOM
1 1 (0.96%) Flash
1 1 (0.96%) J2EE
1 1 (0.96%) Java EE
1 1 (0.96%) JDBC
1 1 (0.96%) JMS
1 1 (0.96%) Middleware
1 1 (0.96%) React
1 1 (0.96%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (0.96%) SAX
1 1 (0.96%) Spring
1 1 (0.96%) Unity DI Container
1 1 (0.96%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.62%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.85%) Equities
4 4 (3.85%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.85%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.92%) CCTV
5 2 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.96%) Blog
6 1 (0.96%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.96%) Derivative
6 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.96%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.96%) PKI
6 1 (0.96%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.85%) Windows
2 3 (2.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (73.08%) Risk Management
2 22 (21.15%) Information Security
3 16 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (14.42%) IT Audit
4 15 (14.42%) Remediation Plan
5 14 (13.46%) Risk Register
6 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (10.58%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (10.58%) Process Improvement
8 10 (9.62%) Business Continuity
8 10 (9.62%) Investment Management
9 9 (8.65%) IT Governance
10 7 (6.73%) Agile
10 7 (6.73%) Risk Assessment
11 6 (5.77%) Data Security
11 6 (5.77%) Project Management
11 6 (5.77%) Risk Analysis
12 5 (4.81%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.81%) Python
2 2 (1.92%) Java
2 2 (1.92%) SQL
3 1 (0.96%) C#
3 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.96%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.96%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (20.19%) CISM
2 17 (16.35%) CISSP
2 17 (16.35%) CRISC
3 13 (12.50%) Degree
4 6 (5.77%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (5.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (4.81%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.85%) CISA
6 4 (3.85%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.92%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.92%) GSEC
8 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.96%) CIMA
9 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.96%) FFIEC
9 1 (0.96%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (20.19%) GDPR
2 19 (18.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (11.54%) ITGC
3 12 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (9.62%) GRC
5 7 (6.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (4.81%) COBIT
6 5 (4.81%) ISO 22301
6 5 (4.81%) ISO 9001
6 5 (4.81%) NIST
7 4 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (3.85%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.88%) PSD2
8 3 (2.88%) QA
9 2 (1.92%) NCSC
9 2 (1.92%) PMO
10 1 (0.96%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.96%) COSO
10 1 (0.96%) ISO 31000
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (5.77%) ServiceNow
2 1 (0.96%) Bloomberg
2 1 (0.96%) Cadence
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle