Risk Management Job Trends in Manchester

Risk Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester 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 86 33 82
Rank change year-on-year -53 +49 +66
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 47 164 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.64% 6.15% 2.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 6.57% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 33 51 56
10th Percentile £38,250 £41,250 £45,653
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £48,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,766 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,800 £87,500 £96,539
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
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 2,284 2,498 2,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.72% 93.66% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,169 1,842
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £84,056
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 Manchester

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

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 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
Stockport -1 1 £55,000 - 5
Oldham - 1 £55,000 - 1
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 7 (14.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.13%) Jupyter
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.13%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) Azure
2 5 (10.64%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (6.38%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (6.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.26%) AWS
4 2 (4.26%) GCP
4 2 (4.26%) OCI
5 1 (2.13%) Boomi
5 1 (2.13%) iPaaS
5 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.13%) Firewall
2 1 (2.13%) Network Security
2 1 (2.13%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Power BI
2 4 (8.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (6.38%) Data Lake
3 3 (6.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.13%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.13%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 23 (48.94%) Finance
2 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
3 9 (19.15%) Public Sector
4 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.51%) Banking
5 4 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Legal
6 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.26%) Law
7 2 (4.26%) Police
8 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.89%) IT Manager
3 5 (10.64%) IT Project Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Lead
3 5 (10.64%) Senior
4 4 (8.51%) Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Assistant IT Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Assistant Project Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) IT Assistant
6 2 (4.26%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Oracle Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Release Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Release Train Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Middleware
1 1 (2.13%) Pandas
1 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (8.51%) Operational Technology
2 4 (8.51%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.13%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.13%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (2.13%) Market Risk
5 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (27.66%) Agile
2 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (23.40%) ITIL
4 10 (21.28%) Project Management
5 9 (19.15%) Information Security
6 8 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (17.02%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (17.02%) Mentoring
7 7 (14.89%) Data Protection
7 7 (14.89%) Project Delivery
7 7 (14.89%) Roadmaps
7 7 (14.89%) Waterfall
8 6 (12.77%) AI
8 6 (12.77%) Analytics
8 6 (12.77%) Budget Management
8 6 (12.77%) Business Strategy
8 6 (12.77%) PRINCE2
8 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (12.77%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.13%) Java
3 1 (2.13%) MATLAB
3 1 (2.13%) Python
3 1 (2.13%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) Degree
2 7 (14.89%) CISSP
3 3 (6.38%) CISM
3 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.26%) CRISC
5 1 (2.13%) CISA
5 1 (2.13%) CISMP
5 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.13%) MBA
5 1 (2.13%) PhD
5 1 (2.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (21.28%) NIST
3 7 (14.89%) GDPR
4 6 (12.77%) GRC
5 5 (10.64%) PCI DSS
6 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 3 (6.38%) QA
8 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
8 1 (2.13%) ISO 14001
8 1 (2.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (2.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Ansible
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.26%) Progress Chef
1 2 (4.26%) Puppet
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle
3 2 (4.26%) Bloomberg
3 2 (4.26%) UiPath
4 1 (2.13%) Software AG
4 1 (2.13%) webMethods