Senior Risk Manager Job Trends in England

Senior Risk Manager
UK > England

The median Senior Risk Manager salary in England is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 644 659
Rank change year-on-year +74 +15 +314
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Risk Manager 30 32 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.058% 0.065% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.069% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £63,217 - £74,650
25th Percentile £72,500 - £76,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £70,000 £87,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -19.54% -8.42%
75th Percentile £83,750 - £90,500
90th Percentile - - £90,950
UK median annual salary £82,500 £70,000 £87,000
% change year-on-year +17.86% -19.54% -8.42%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,162 46,092 43,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 92.95% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,558 24,542 33,827
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,205 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Risk Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Risk Manager job vacancy trend in England

Senior Risk Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Risk Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Risk Manager job vacancies in England

Senior Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Risk Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Risk Manager in England

Senior 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 Senior Risk Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 +44 22 £82,500 - 7
Midlands +24 6 £82,500 - 1
East Midlands -3 5 - -
West Midlands +17 1 £82,500 - 1
North of England +12 1 £57,028 -18.53%
Yorkshire -8 1 £57,028 -18.53%
South East - 1 £75,000 - 4
Senior Risk Manager
UK

Senior Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Senior Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Senior Risk Manager in the job title.

1 17 (56.67%) Analytics
2 14 (46.67%) Decision-Making
2 14 (46.67%) Risk Management
3 13 (43.33%) Creative Thinking
4 11 (36.67%) Data Quality
5 10 (33.33%) Data Governance
5 10 (33.33%) Degree
5 10 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (33.33%) People Management
5 10 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 10 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
6 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (26.67%) AI
7 8 (26.67%) CISM
7 8 (26.67%) CISSP
7 8 (26.67%) CRISC
7 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (26.67%) Data Analytics
7 8 (26.67%) Information Security
7 8 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (23.33%) Change Management
8 7 (23.33%) CISA
8 7 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (23.33%) Data Privacy
8 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
8 7 (23.33%) Machine Learning
9 4 (13.33%) Coaching
9 4 (13.33%) Data Science
9 4 (13.33%) Economics
9 4 (13.33%) GRC

Senior Risk Manager Skill Set
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 3 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) AWS
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Tableau
General
1 20 (66.67%) Finance
2 16 (53.33%) Marketing
2 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (30.00%) Automotive
5 7 (23.33%) Legal
6 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (10.00%) Financial Institution
8 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (3.33%) Banking
9 1 (3.33%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Algorithms
1 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
1 7 (23.33%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (13.33%) Credit Risk
3 3 (10.00%) Derivative
4 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Analytics
2 14 (46.67%) Decision-Making
2 14 (46.67%) Risk Management
3 13 (43.33%) Creative Thinking
4 10 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 10 (33.33%) People Management
4 10 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 10 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
5 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (26.67%) AI
6 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (26.67%) Data Analytics
6 8 (26.67%) Information Security
6 8 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (23.33%) Change Management
7 7 (23.33%) Data Privacy
7 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
7 7 (23.33%) Machine Learning
8 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (13.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) Python
1 4 (13.33%) R
2 3 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (10.00%) VBA
3 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (26.67%) CISM
2 8 (26.67%) CISSP
2 8 (26.67%) CRISC
3 7 (23.33%) CISA
4 3 (10.00%) CFA
4 3 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (36.67%) Data Quality
2 10 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (13.33%) GRC
5 3 (10.00%) GDPR
6 2 (6.67%) NIST
6 2 (6.67%) QA
7 1 (3.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Google
1 1 (3.33%) Salesforce