Risk Register Job Trends in England

Risk Register
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Risk Register skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 541 577
Rank change year-on-year +21 +36 +143
Permanent jobs citing Risk Register 91 151 91
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.33% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 54 77 77
10th Percentile £43,009 £27,000 £45,758
25th Percentile £44,972 £32,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,250 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.45% -12.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Risk Register 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,062 45,241 40,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.83% 89.95% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 25,700 22,847 31,024
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,238 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Register relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Risk Register job vacancy trend in England

Risk Register
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Register.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Risk Register

Risk Register
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Register in England

Risk Register
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 Register within the England region over the 6 months to 23 December 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 +40 46 £80,000 +28.00% 43
South East +15 16 £60,000 +122.22% 42
North of England +2 14 £50,000 -11.11% 35
North West +36 11 £50,000 -13.04% 17
Midlands +14 7 £45,390 +0.03% 30
West Midlands +24 4 £50,000 +37.93% 15
East of England +18 3 £67,500 +73.08% 27
East Midlands -5 3 £45,390 -21.06% 12
South West +2 2 - - 25
Yorkshire -25 2 £55,500 -1.33% 17
North East - 1 £45,497 - 1
Risk Register
UK

Risk Register
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (5.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.10%) Abaqus
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) Siemens NX
2 1 (1.10%) Trello
2 1 (1.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) DELMIA
1 1 (1.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.99%) Azure
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.30%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (2.20%) AWS
4 2 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.10%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (1.10%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.10%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.10%) IaaS
5 1 (1.10%) OCI
5 1 (1.10%) PaaS
5 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.08%) Firewall
2 10 (10.99%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (9.89%) Network Security
4 3 (3.30%) DMZ
4 3 (3.30%) Modbus
5 1 (1.10%) DHCP
5 1 (1.10%) DNS
5 1 (1.10%) LAN
5 1 (1.10%) NAS
5 1 (1.10%) SAN
5 1 (1.10%) VLAN
5 1 (1.10%) VPN
5 1 (1.10%) WAN
5 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.10%) DTS
Development Applications
1 7 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Burp Suite
General
1 45 (49.45%) Social Skills
2 34 (37.36%) Finance
3 17 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.79%) Banking
5 8 (8.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.49%) Legal
9 4 (4.40%) Financial Institution
9 4 (4.40%) Law
9 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.20%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.20%) Marketing
11 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.10%) Military
11 1 (1.10%) Public Speaking
11 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (23.08%) Analyst
2 13 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 11 (12.09%) Lead
3 11 (12.09%) Project Manager
3 11 (12.09%) Security Specialist
4 10 (10.99%) Risk Analyst
4 10 (10.99%) Senior
5 9 (9.89%) Information Analyst
5 9 (9.89%) Service Manager
6 8 (8.79%) IT Analyst
6 8 (8.79%) IT Services Manager
6 8 (8.79%) Security Analyst
7 7 (7.69%) Security Manager
7 7 (7.69%) Senior Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Business Information Analyst
8 5 (5.49%) Information Risk Analyst
8 5 (5.49%) Security Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Senior IT Manager
8 5 (5.49%) Senior Service Manager
9 4 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.10%) OAuth
1 1 (1.10%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.98%) Management Information System
2 13 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 9 (9.89%) Taxonomies
4 8 (8.79%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (6.59%) CMDB
5 6 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (5.49%) Driving Licence
7 4 (4.40%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (4.40%) Onboarding
7 4 (4.40%) Operational Technology
8 3 (3.30%) SCADA
9 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.20%) Shadow IT
10 1 (1.10%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (1.10%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (1.10%) IoT
10 1 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (1.10%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.99%) Linux
1 10 (10.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 36 (39.56%) Information Security
3 28 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (29.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (26.37%) Incident Response
6 23 (25.27%) ITIL
7 22 (24.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (21.98%) Incident Management
10 16 (17.58%) Computer Science
11 15 (16.48%) Agile
12 12 (13.19%) Data Protection
12 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (13.19%) Vulnerability Management
13 11 (12.09%) Coaching
13 11 (12.09%) Mentoring
14 10 (10.99%) PRINCE2
14 10 (10.99%) Roadmaps
14 10 (10.99%) Service Management
15 9 (9.89%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.10%) Python
1 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (35.16%) Degree
2 21 (23.08%) CISM
2 21 (23.08%) CISSP
3 15 (16.48%) CRISC
4 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 12 (13.19%) Master's Degree
6 11 (12.09%) SC Cleared
7 10 (10.99%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (8.79%) DBS Check
9 6 (6.59%) CISA
9 6 (6.59%) HND
10 5 (5.49%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (5.49%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (5.49%) Postgraduate
11 4 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (4.40%) DV Cleared
11 4 (4.40%) GIAC
11 4 (4.40%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (32.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (25.27%) NIST
3 16 (17.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (17.58%) GDPR
4 14 (15.38%) GRC
5 12 (13.19%) SOC 2
6 9 (9.89%) NIST 800
6 9 (9.89%) SOC 1
7 6 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (5.49%) ISO 9001
8 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (4.40%) PCI DSS
9 4 (4.40%) QA
10 3 (3.30%) ITGC
11 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
11 2 (2.20%) NCSC
12 1 (1.10%) Def Stans
12 1 (1.10%) IASME
12 1 (1.10%) ISO 22301
12 1 (1.10%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 6 (6.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (9.89%) RSA Archer
2 4 (4.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (4.40%) CSIRT
3 3 (3.30%) ArcSight ESM
3 3 (3.30%) QRadar
4 1 (1.10%) Grafana
4 1 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.10%) MOM
4 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (16.48%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.40%) SolarWinds
3 3 (3.30%) ArcSight
3 3 (3.30%) LogLogic
3 3 (3.30%) McAfee
3 3 (3.30%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.30%) Splunk
4 2 (2.20%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.10%) ANSYS
5 1 (1.10%) Canon
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco
5 1 (1.10%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.10%) Google
5 1 (1.10%) PTC
5 1 (1.10%) SAP
5 1 (1.10%) Siemens
5 1 (1.10%) Tanium
5 1 (1.10%) Tenable
5 1 (1.10%) Zscaler