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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 47 107
Rank change year-on-year -3 +60 -13
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 608 899 534
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.40% 5.78% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.99% 6.12% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 294 304 372
10th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,313 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £115,000 £98,688 £101,250
90th Percentile £137,500 £120,000 £137,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,328 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.97% +3.58% -3.70%

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 12,177 14,695 16,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.08% 94.46% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,790 8,093 13,210
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 6 January 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 6 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
Central London -2 86 £80,000 - 55
East London -13 24 £88,750 - 6
West London -29 19 £74,000 +37.04% 5
South London -32 5 £80,000 +60.00% 5
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 26 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (1.32%) Confluence
3 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.66%) SAS
5 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 59 (9.70%) Maya
2 18 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.49%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.33%) Trello
7 1 (0.16%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 27 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.63%) SAP IBP
4 11 (1.81%) Endur
5 10 (1.64%) SAP CO
5 10 (1.64%) SAP FI
5 10 (1.64%) SAP FI/CO
5 10 (1.64%) SAP FSCM
6 9 (1.48%) SAP IS-U
7 6 (0.99%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.49%) SAP CX
8 3 (0.49%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.33%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.16%) Magento
10 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
10 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
10 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 91 (14.97%) AWS
2 81 (13.32%) Azure
3 48 (7.89%) GCP
4 38 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 30 (4.93%) dbt
6 27 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.11%) Cloud Computing
8 24 (3.95%) SaaS
9 17 (2.80%) OCI
10 14 (2.30%) Boomi
10 14 (2.30%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (1.64%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.48%) Nutanix
14 9 (1.48%) Serverless
15 8 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.32%) PaaS
16 7 (1.15%) IaaS
17 6 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.11%) Firewall
2 12 (1.97%) CHAP
3 10 (1.64%) WAN
4 9 (1.48%) Network Security
4 9 (1.48%) SD-WAN
5 5 (0.82%) VPN
6 4 (0.66%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.49%) Multicast
8 2 (0.33%) ATM
8 2 (0.33%) DKIM
8 2 (0.33%) DMARC
9 1 (0.16%) 5G
9 1 (0.16%) Broadband
9 1 (0.16%) FTP
9 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.16%) LAN
9 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.53%) Tableau
2 36 (5.92%) Power BI
3 28 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (4.44%) Amazon Athena
4 27 (4.44%) Apache Iceberg
5 26 (4.28%) Apache Arrow
5 26 (4.28%) Dremio
6 23 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (2.96%) SAP BW
8 17 (2.80%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.82%) Metadata
9 5 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.82%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.66%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.49%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.49%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 20 (3.29%) JIRA
2 7 (1.15%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.82%) Selenium
4 4 (0.66%) CircleCI
4 4 (0.66%) GitLab
5 3 (0.49%) NUnit
5 3 (0.49%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.33%) VisualVM
6 2 (0.33%) webpack
6 2 (0.33%) YourKit
7 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.16%) GCC
7 1 (0.16%) GDB
7 1 (0.16%) Git
General
1 404 (66.45%) Finance
2 269 (44.24%) Social Skills
3 215 (35.36%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (23.03%) Banking
5 101 (16.61%) Law
6 80 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (12.83%) Legal
8 75 (12.34%) Financial Institution
9 67 (11.02%) Games
10 60 (9.87%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (8.22%) Retail
12 40 (6.58%) Marketing
13 37 (6.09%) Front Office
14 35 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (4.11%) Public Sector
16 17 (2.80%) Local Government
17 16 (2.63%) Dutch Language
17 16 (2.63%) French Language
18 15 (2.47%) Back Office
19 12 (1.97%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 123 (20.23%) Senior
2 81 (13.32%) Analyst
3 63 (10.36%) Lead
4 51 (8.39%) Consultant
4 51 (8.39%) Developer
4 51 (8.39%) Senior Manager
5 48 (7.89%) Architect
6 40 (6.58%) Data Analyst
6 40 (6.58%) IT Manager
7 34 (5.59%) Python Engineer
8 28 (4.61%) AWS Engineer
9 27 (4.44%) AWS Developer
9 27 (4.44%) Python Developer
9 27 (4.44%) Software Engineer
10 26 (4.28%) AWS Software Engineer
10 26 (4.28%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 26 (4.28%) Python Software Engineer
10 26 (4.28%) Risk Manager
11 24 (3.95%) Audit Manager
11 24 (3.95%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.93%) React
2 28 (4.61%) NumPy
2 28 (4.61%) Pandas
3 27 (4.44%) AngularJS
4 26 (4.28%) Node.js
4 26 (4.28%) SciPy
4 26 (4.28%) Vue
5 14 (2.30%) Middleware
6 7 (1.15%) Kafka
7 6 (0.99%) RESTful
8 5 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.82%) XML
9 4 (0.66%) .NET
9 4 (0.66%) CSS
9 4 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.66%) gRPC
9 4 (0.66%) HTML
9 4 (0.66%) REST
9 4 (0.66%) web3js
10 3 (0.49%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 86 (14.14%) Management Information System
2 69 (11.35%) Enterprise Software
3 56 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (6.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 32 (5.26%) Fixed Income
6 31 (5.10%) Blockchain
6 31 (5.10%) Cloud Native
6 31 (5.10%) Security Posture
7 30 (4.93%) Equities
8 24 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 20 (3.29%) Credit Risk
10 19 (3.13%) Onboarding
11 16 (2.63%) Data Centre
11 16 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (2.47%) NHS
13 11 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.81%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.81%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.64%) Reinsurance
15 8 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.95%) Linux
2 17 (2.80%) Windows
3 9 (1.48%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.33%) Unix
4 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.16%) Android
5 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (35.53%) Cybersecurity
2 184 (30.26%) Agile
3 173 (28.45%) Information Security
4 156 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
5 152 (25.00%) Analytics
6 116 (19.08%) Business Strategy
7 106 (17.43%) AI
7 106 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 105 (17.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 101 (16.61%) Project Management
10 93 (15.30%) Roadmaps
11 89 (14.64%) Decision-Making
12 88 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 84 (13.82%) Business Intelligence
14 80 (13.16%) Migration
15 76 (12.50%) Incident Response
15 76 (12.50%) Mentoring
16 75 (12.34%) Computer Science
17 69 (11.35%) Mathematics
18 67 (11.02%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 88 (14.47%) Python
2 46 (7.57%) SQL
3 30 (4.93%) JavaScript
3 30 (4.93%) TypeScript
4 16 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 11 (1.81%) Java
6 6 (0.99%) C#
6 6 (0.99%) C++
7 5 (0.82%) Scala
8 4 (0.66%) Go
9 3 (0.49%) F#
9 3 (0.49%) Haskell
9 3 (0.49%) OCaml
9 3 (0.49%) R
9 3 (0.49%) RPG
9 3 (0.49%) VBA
10 2 (0.33%) C
11 1 (0.16%) ABAP
11 1 (0.16%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 218 (35.86%) Degree
2 145 (23.85%) CISSP
3 118 (19.41%) CISM
4 79 (12.99%) CISA
5 65 (10.69%) CRISC
6 46 (7.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (6.41%) Master's Degree
8 36 (5.92%) Numerate Degree
9 33 (5.43%) PMI Certification
10 27 (4.44%) ACCA
11 25 (4.11%) PMP
12 17 (2.80%) CGEIT
12 17 (2.80%) FFIEC
12 17 (2.80%) SANS
13 14 (2.30%) Security Cleared
14 12 (1.97%) CEH
15 11 (1.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
16 10 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 8 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 115 (18.91%) NIST
3 66 (10.86%) GRC
4 62 (10.20%) GDPR
5 54 (8.88%) Data Quality
6 32 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (4.77%) COBIT
8 24 (3.95%) SOC 2
9 22 (3.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 22 (3.62%) PCI DSS
10 16 (2.63%) IFRS
10 16 (2.63%) QA
11 13 (2.14%) NIST 800
11 13 (2.14%) PMO
12 12 (1.97%) ITGC
12 12 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 10 (1.64%) EMIR
13 10 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 10 (1.64%) SLA
14 9 (1.48%) SOC 1
System Software
1 12 (1.97%) Docker
2 7 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.16%) Postfix
3 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.97%) RSA Archer
4 11 (1.81%) CASB
4 11 (1.81%) Terraform
5 7 (1.15%) SCCM
6 5 (0.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (0.66%) Ansible
7 4 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.49%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.49%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 2 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.16%) Control-M
Vendors
1 81 (13.32%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.06%) SAP
3 32 (5.26%) Bloomberg
3 32 (5.26%) Oracle
4 31 (5.10%) Alteryx
5 21 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.96%) Dell
7 14 (2.30%) Adobe
7 14 (2.30%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.97%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.48%) Ariba
9 9 (1.48%) Google
10 8 (1.32%) OpenLink
11 7 (1.15%) Progress
12 5 (0.82%) Foundry
13 4 (0.66%) Databricks
14 3 (0.49%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.49%) IBM
14 3 (0.49%) Murex
14 3 (0.49%) Zoho