Risk Manager Jobs in the North of England

Risk Manager
England > North of England

The median Risk Manager salary in the North of England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 364 400
Rank change year-on-year +66 +36 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 31 15 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.086% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.090% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 11
10th Percentile £40,000 £54,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £41,875 £68,750 £54,360
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +21.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £88,831
90th Percentile £74,125 £81,250 £103,911
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 10,443 16,576 15,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 94.91% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,850 12,833 8,151
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the North of England

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the North of England.

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the North of England

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the North of England

Risk Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +32 26 £42,500 -41.38% 10
North East +50 3 £71,250 +1.79%
Yorkshire +58 2 £73,750 -1.67% 3
Risk Manager
England

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 29 (93.55%) Risk Management
2 18 (58.06%) Finance
3 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
4 12 (38.71%) Information Security
4 12 (38.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (35.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (35.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (32.26%) CISSP
6 10 (32.26%) CISA
7 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (29.03%) Decision-Making
8 8 (25.81%) ITGC
8 8 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (25.81%) CRISC
8 8 (25.81%) COBIT
9 7 (22.58%) Credit Risk
9 7 (22.58%) Avaloq
9 7 (22.58%) Financial Institution
9 7 (22.58%) Project Management
9 7 (22.58%) Test Strategy
9 7 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (22.58%) Line Management
9 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 6 (19.35%) Creative Thinking
10 6 (19.35%) Coaching
10 6 (19.35%) Risk Assessment
10 6 (19.35%) Collaborative Culture
11 5 (16.13%) GDPR
11 5 (16.13%) Internal Audit
11 5 (16.13%) Legal

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Tableau
General
1 18 (58.06%) Finance
2 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
3 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Financial Institution
5 5 (16.13%) Legal
6 3 (9.68%) Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Credit Risk
2 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (93.55%) Risk Management
2 12 (38.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (38.71%) Information Security
3 11 (35.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (29.03%) Decision-Making
5 7 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (22.58%) Line Management
5 7 (22.58%) Project Management
5 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 7 (22.58%) Test Strategy
6 6 (19.35%) Coaching
6 6 (19.35%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (19.35%) Creative Thinking
6 6 (19.35%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (16.13%) Internal Audit
8 4 (12.90%) Business Continuity
8 4 (12.90%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (12.90%) Regulatory Compliance
9 2 (6.45%) Customer Experience
9 2 (6.45%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) CISA
1 10 (32.26%) CISSP
2 8 (25.81%) CRISC
3 4 (12.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (12.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) CISM
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 8 (25.81%) COBIT
2 8 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (25.81%) ITGC
3 5 (16.13%) GDPR
4 4 (12.90%) GRC
4 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.23%) ISO 14001
5 1 (3.23%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.23%) NIST
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Avaloq