Risk Management Jobs in Manchester

Risk Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 110 163
Rank change year-on-year +56 +53 -75
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 106 109 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.97% 2.13% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.23% 2.46% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41 82 48
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,607 £53,728
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,965 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.39% -10.82% +17.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,063 £77,715
90th Percentile £87,500 £104,000 £89,750
North West median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.28% +7.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,025 4,439 4,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.03% 86.82% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 3,402 2,563
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,920 £69,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in Manchester

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in Manchester.

Salary trend for Risk Management in Manchester

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in Manchester

Risk Management
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bolton -7 14 £75,000 +7.14% 4
Cheadle - 1 £75,000 -
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.94%) CMS
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.94%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.55%) Azure
2 5 (4.72%) AWS
3 4 (3.77%) GCP
4 3 (2.83%) SaaS
5 2 (1.89%) IaaS
5 2 (1.89%) PaaS
5 2 (1.89%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.94%) Apigee
6 1 (0.94%) AWS KMS
6 1 (0.94%) Cloud Composer
6 1 (0.94%) dbt
6 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.21%) Firewall
1 14 (13.21%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.94%) Network Security
2 1 (0.94%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.89%) Data Mining
1 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.89%) Tableau
2 1 (0.94%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.94%) Cloud Spanner
2 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.94%) MySQL
2 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) GitLab
2 1 (0.94%) JIRA
General
1 59 (55.66%) Social Skills
2 42 (39.62%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (38.68%) Finance
4 11 (10.38%) Legal
5 8 (7.55%) Financial Institution
6 6 (5.66%) Banking
7 5 (4.72%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.89%) Games
8 2 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.89%) Law
8 2 (1.89%) Marketing
8 2 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.94%) Retail
9 1 (0.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (20.75%) Risk Manager
2 15 (14.15%) Architect
3 14 (13.21%) Security Architect
4 13 (12.26%) Analyst
5 11 (10.38%) Lead
6 9 (8.49%) Senior
7 7 (6.60%) Credit Risk Manager
8 6 (5.66%) IT Manager
8 6 (5.66%) Technology Risk Manager
9 4 (3.77%) Operations Manager
9 4 (3.77%) Security Analyst
9 4 (3.77%) Security Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Compliance Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Cyber Threat Analyst
10 3 (2.83%) Project Manager
10 3 (2.83%) Risk Analyst
10 3 (2.83%) Service Transition Leader
11 2 (1.89%) IT Director
11 2 (1.89%) Risk Management Analyst
11 2 (1.89%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.83%) .NET
2 2 (1.89%) Hibernate
2 2 (1.89%) RESTful
2 2 (1.89%) Spring
2 2 (1.89%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.89%) Web Services
3 1 (0.94%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.98%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (16.04%) Security Posture
3 16 (15.09%) Social Media
4 15 (14.15%) Management Information System
5 14 (13.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 9 (8.49%) Credit Risk
7 4 (3.77%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (2.83%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.89%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.89%) Blog
9 2 (1.89%) NHS
9 2 (1.89%) Online Banking
9 2 (1.89%) Sports Betting
10 1 (0.94%) CSOC
10 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.15%) Windows
2 14 (13.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (51.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 35 (33.02%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (30.19%) Decision-Making
4 31 (29.25%) Information Security
5 29 (27.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (26.42%) Coaching
6 28 (26.42%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (21.70%) Vulnerability Management
8 21 (19.81%) Cloud Security
8 21 (19.81%) Data Protection
9 20 (18.87%) Incident Response
10 17 (16.04%) Computer Science
11 15 (14.15%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (14.15%) SIEM
12 14 (13.21%) DevSecOps
12 14 (13.21%) Information Assurance
12 14 (13.21%) Proactive Management
12 14 (13.21%) Risk Analysis
12 14 (13.21%) Security Architecture
12 14 (13.21%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.72%) SQL
2 4 (3.77%) Python
3 3 (2.83%) Bash
4 1 (0.94%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (29.25%) Degree
2 23 (21.70%) CISSP
3 21 (19.81%) CISA
3 21 (19.81%) CRISC
4 18 (16.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 18 (16.98%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (16.98%) CISM
5 17 (16.04%) Master's Degree
6 16 (15.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (13.21%) CEH
7 14 (13.21%) DBS Check
8 6 (5.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.83%) ACCA
10 3 (2.83%) CCAB
10 3 (2.83%) CIMA
10 3 (2.83%) CIPFA
10 3 (2.83%) ICAEW
11 2 (1.89%) MBA
11 2 (1.89%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (24.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (21.70%) NIST
3 19 (17.92%) COBIT
4 18 (16.98%) GDPR
5 11 (10.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (8.49%) ITGC
7 5 (4.72%) GRC
8 4 (3.77%) Data Quality
9 3 (2.83%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.89%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.94%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.94%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.72%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.94%) Istio
2 1 (0.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (7.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.60%) Avaloq
3 2 (1.89%) Facebook
3 2 (1.89%) Rapid7
3 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.94%) Bloomberg
4 1 (0.94%) Cisco
4 1 (0.94%) Confluent
4 1 (0.94%) Proofpoint
4 1 (0.94%) Sophos