Risk Management Job Trends in Kent

Risk Management
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Risk Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 49 37
Rank change year-on-year -27 -12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 11 26 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.05% 3.65% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 4.10% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 16
10th Percentile £57,750 £46,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £59,938 £50,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +36.59% -46.05%
75th Percentile £88,438 £72,500 £54,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,250 £60,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +21.74% +3.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Risk Management 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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 860 634 507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.06% 89.04% 78.85%
Number of salaries quoted 455 202 402
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,500 £23,525
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Kent

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Kent over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in Kent

Risk Management
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Kent region over the 6 months to 14 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
Chatham +2 6 £66,500 - 1
Canterbury - 2 £90,000 -
Tunbridge Wells +3 1 - -
Risk Management
South East

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 2 (18.18%) OneDrive
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Police
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Head of Technology
2 2 (18.18%) Head of IT
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Business Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Advisor
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 3 (27.27%) Budgeting
3 3 (27.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
3 3 (27.27%) Cost Control
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (27.27%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) High Availability
4 2 (18.18%) IT Governance
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) GDPR
1 3 (27.27%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix
1 2 (18.18%) IFS
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft