Risk Management Job Trends in Lancashire

Risk Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Risk Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 46 35
Rank change year-on-year -6 -11 +16
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 10 31 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.88% 3.88% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 4.27% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2 21 12
10th Percentile £51,625 £37,000 £47,958
25th Percentile £59,688 £40,000 £52,084
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £54,793 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +34.60% -5.47% +20.76%
75th Percentile £87,188 £61,110 £62,500
90th Percentile £94,875 £65,000 £64,750
North West median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £59,460
% change year-on-year +2.68% -5.82% +3.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 963 726 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.85% 90.98% 77.62%
Number of salaries quoted 280 435 298
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,250 £27,850
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £46,275
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +8.17% +2.83%
75th Percentile £54,795 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,525 £67,200 £70,375
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Lancashire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in Lancashire

Risk Management
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Skelmersdale - 4 - -
Blackburn - 2 £73,750 -
Preston 0 1 - - 6
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DMZ
1 3 (30.00%) Modbus
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Automation Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Assurance Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) FMCG
2 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (30.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (30.00%) SCADA
3 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Server Management
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Digital Forensics
3 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (30.00%) Risk Register
4 2 (20.00%) Compliance Management
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
5 1 (10.00%) Attestation
5 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) HND
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) CCSK
2 1 (10.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 4 (40.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (10.00%) COBIT
4 1 (10.00%) NIST 800