Senior Risk Analyst Jobs in England

Senior Risk Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Risk Analyst salary in England is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 816 839
Rank change year-on-year +145 +23 +284
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Risk Analyst 12 26 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.029% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.031% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 23
10th Percentile £48,800 £34,900 -
25th Percentile £58,250 £43,750 £47,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £63,500 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year +16.14% +26.65% -49.86%
75th Percentile £84,375 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,500 £86,050 £85,000
UK median annual salary £73,750 £63,500 £50,139
% change year-on-year +16.14% +26.65% -49.86%

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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Risk Analyst in England

Senior Risk Analyst
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Risk Analyst in England

Senior Risk Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Risk Analyst in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Risk Analyst in England

Senior Risk Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Risk Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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 +113 6 £82,500 +26.92% 13
North of England +36 4 - -
North West +1 4 - -
West Midlands +63 1 £45,000 -18.18%
Midlands +58 1 £45,000 -18.18%
South East - 1 £65,000 - 3
Senior Risk Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior Risk Analyst 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 Senior Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 8 (66.67%) Python
3 7 (58.33%) Finance
3 7 (58.33%) Analytics
4 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) Banking
5 4 (33.33%) Retail
5 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 4 (33.33%) SQL
5 4 (33.33%) SAS
5 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 4 (33.33%) CRISC
5 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (33.33%) Wholesale Banking
5 4 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
5 4 (33.33%) Mathematical Modelling
5 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 4 (33.33%) GRC
6 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (25.00%) NIST
6 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
6 3 (25.00%) Model Validation
6 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) Due Diligence
6 3 (25.00%) Master's Degree

Senior Risk Analyst 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 4 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Intranet
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 4 (33.33%) Wholesale Banking
4 3 (25.00%) Legal
4 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Derivative
1 3 (25.00%) Market Risk
1 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 4 (33.33%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Mathematical Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 4 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) Due Diligence
4 3 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Model Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Validation
5 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (8.33%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (8.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) CRISC
3 3 (25.00%) CISM
3 3 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) GRC
2 3 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) COBIT
3 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft