Risk Management Job Trends in London

Risk Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Risk Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 23 93
Rank change year-on-year -42 +70 -4
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 628 1,070 743
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.10% 8.53% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 8.87% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 360 412 416
10th Percentile £60,000 £53,875 £50,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £86,250 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +11.29% -1.27%
75th Percentile £111,250 £117,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £116,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £73,238 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.41% +22.06% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,535 12,058 21,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.71% 96.07% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11,114 7,346 16,001
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,357 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in London

Risk Management
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in London

Risk Management
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Central London -33 82 £85,000 +3.03% 77
East London -3 34 £107,500 +11.69% 8
West London -45 20 £95,000 +35.71% 13
South London -50 3 £74,600 +8.51% 1
North London -10 1 £80,000 -
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 14 (2.23%) Palantir Foundry
2 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.11%) Confluence
4 5 (0.80%) SAS
4 5 (0.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.23%) Maya
4 11 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.32%) Endur
3 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.32%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.16%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG-M
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG-S
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 103 (16.40%) Azure
2 83 (13.22%) AWS
3 42 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (6.21%) SaaS
5 34 (5.41%) GCP
6 28 (4.46%) Power Platform
7 24 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (3.03%) Datadog
9 17 (2.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 17 (2.71%) Amazon S3
9 17 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (2.71%) Serverless
10 16 (2.55%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (2.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 13 (2.07%) Entra ID
13 10 (1.59%) PaaS
14 9 (1.43%) Nutanix
15 7 (1.11%) IaaS
15 7 (1.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (5.41%) Firewall
2 28 (4.46%) Network Security
3 25 (3.98%) CHAP
4 21 (3.34%) WAN
5 17 (2.71%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.59%) LAN
7 9 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (0.96%) VPN
9 3 (0.48%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.32%) DKIM
10 2 (0.32%) DMARC
11 1 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.16%) CTI
11 1 (0.16%) DNS
11 1 (0.16%) IPv4
11 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.16%) Multicast
11 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.14%) Power BI
2 21 (3.34%) Tableau
3 16 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.55%) DynamoDB
3 16 (2.55%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.59%) DB2
6 9 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.11%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.64%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.64%) Metadata
8 4 (0.64%) QlikView
9 3 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.48%) SAS EBI
10 2 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.32%) SQLPlus
11 1 (0.16%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.16%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 20 (3.18%) Jenkins
2 16 (2.55%) CircleCI
2 16 (2.55%) GitLab
3 9 (1.43%) JIRA
4 4 (0.64%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.48%) Git
5 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.32%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.32%) Selenium
6 2 (0.32%) webpack
7 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 390 (62.10%) Finance
2 231 (36.78%) Social Skills
3 150 (23.89%) Banking
4 143 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (17.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 87 (13.85%) Retail
7 67 (10.67%) Legal
8 65 (10.35%) Law
9 62 (9.87%) Financial Institution
10 44 (7.01%) Public Sector
11 38 (6.05%) Local Government
12 24 (3.82%) Games
13 23 (3.66%) Marketing
14 21 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (3.03%) Back Office
15 19 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (2.39%) Front Office
17 13 (2.07%) Aviation
17 13 (2.07%) Retail Banking
18 10 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (17.99%) Senior
2 67 (10.67%) Analyst
3 45 (7.17%) Consultant
3 45 (7.17%) Lead
4 40 (6.37%) Auditor
4 40 (6.37%) Developer
5 35 (5.57%) Senior Manager
6 33 (5.25%) Architect
7 32 (5.10%) Security Manager
8 28 (4.46%) Security Analyst
9 26 (4.14%) Head of Security
10 25 (3.98%) Security Auditor
11 22 (3.50%) Internal Auditor
11 22 (3.50%) Senior Consultant
12 21 (3.34%) Head of IT
12 21 (3.34%) Risk Manager
13 20 (3.18%) IT Manager
13 20 (3.18%) Project Manager
13 20 (3.18%) Risk Analyst
13 20 (3.18%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.03%) Kafka
1 19 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
1 19 (3.03%) RESTful
2 17 (2.71%) gRPC
3 16 (2.55%) web3js
4 10 (1.59%) React
5 8 (1.27%) .NET
6 7 (1.11%) WebSockets
7 6 (0.96%) Gherkin
8 5 (0.80%) Middleware
8 5 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (0.64%) REST
10 3 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.48%) HTML
11 2 (0.32%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.32%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.32%) CSS
11 2 (0.32%) SOAP
11 2 (0.32%) Spring
11 2 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 106 (16.88%) Management Information System
2 76 (12.10%) Security Posture
3 45 (7.17%) Cloud Native
4 36 (5.73%) Blockchain
5 26 (4.14%) Data Centre
5 26 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.66%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.87%) Web3
8 17 (2.71%) Cyber Threat
9 16 (2.55%) Fixed Income
9 16 (2.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 16 (2.55%) Hedge funds
10 15 (2.39%) Product Ownership
11 13 (2.07%) Market Risk
11 13 (2.07%) Operational Technology
12 11 (1.75%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
14 9 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.43%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.14%) Windows
2 23 (3.66%) Linux
3 10 (1.59%) Mac OS
4 6 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.48%) AIX
7 3 (0.48%) Android
7 3 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (33.60%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (32.48%) Information Security
3 135 (21.50%) Agile
4 130 (20.70%) Project Management
4 130 (20.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 122 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 107 (17.04%) Mentoring
7 106 (16.88%) Analytics
8 104 (16.56%) Incident Response
9 102 (16.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 99 (15.76%) AI
11 96 (15.29%) Decision-Making
12 91 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
12 91 (14.49%) Roadmaps
13 71 (11.31%) Business Development
13 71 (11.31%) Vulnerability Management
14 67 (10.67%) Internal Audit
15 64 (10.19%) Strategic Thinking
16 62 (9.87%) Coaching
17 58 (9.24%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 72 (11.46%) Python
2 43 (6.85%) SQL
3 32 (5.10%) Java
4 19 (3.03%) Go
5 14 (2.23%) PowerShell
5 14 (2.23%) R
6 10 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.59%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.43%) C#
8 4 (0.64%) C
8 4 (0.64%) RPG
9 3 (0.48%) Bash
10 2 (0.32%) C++
10 2 (0.32%) VB
11 1 (0.16%) Groovy
11 1 (0.16%) RPG IV
11 1 (0.16%) Scala
11 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 178 (28.34%) CISSP
2 136 (21.66%) CISM
3 124 (19.75%) Degree
4 88 (14.01%) CISA
5 63 (10.03%) CRISC
6 41 (6.53%) Security Cleared
7 40 (6.37%) SANS
8 38 (6.05%) Master's Degree
9 33 (5.25%) FFIEC
10 27 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
11 25 (3.98%) CGEIT
12 23 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (3.66%) SC Cleared
13 22 (3.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 20 (3.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 19 (3.03%) ACCA
15 19 (3.03%) CCSP
16 18 (2.87%) PMI Certification
16 18 (2.87%) PMP
17 14 (2.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (25.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 147 (23.41%) NIST
3 90 (14.33%) GRC
4 73 (11.62%) GDPR
5 46 (7.32%) QA
6 35 (5.57%) COBIT
7 32 (5.10%) PCI DSS
8 29 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (4.62%) NIST 800
9 26 (4.14%) PMO
10 21 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 21 (3.34%) Data Quality
11 18 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 15 (2.39%) SOC 2
13 10 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (1.27%) Accessibility
15 8 (1.27%) IFRS
15 8 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 8 (1.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (3.50%) Docker
2 14 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) vSphere
5 1 (0.16%) IAG
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.82%) Terraform
3 18 (2.87%) Prometheus
4 15 (2.39%) RSA Archer
5 14 (2.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 9 (1.43%) CASB
6 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.80%) SCCM
7 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.64%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 3 (0.48%) Ansible
9 3 (0.48%) CSIRT
9 3 (0.48%) Grafana
10 2 (0.32%) Thomson Reuters DACS
11 1 (0.16%) Control-M
11 1 (0.16%) Nessus
11 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 65 (10.35%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.82%) Google
3 22 (3.50%) Oracle
4 21 (3.34%) SAP
5 16 (2.55%) Foundry
6 14 (2.23%) Palantir
7 10 (1.59%) Alteryx
8 9 (1.43%) Bloomberg
8 9 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.27%) FIS
9 8 (1.27%) ION Trading
9 8 (1.27%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.11%) iManage
10 7 (1.11%) VMware
11 5 (0.80%) Citrix
11 5 (0.80%) CyberArk
11 5 (0.80%) IBM
11 5 (0.80%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.80%) Splunk
12 4 (0.64%) Databricks