Risk Assessment Job Trends in the North West

Risk Assessment
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Risk Assessment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 171 166
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +121
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 13 34 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.21% 0.65% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.72% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 11
10th Percentile £37,256 £46,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £40,627 £50,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £55,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -15.00% +39.32%
75th Percentile £54,438 £57,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £63,775 £76,493 £123,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +26.70% -21.07% +7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Risk Assessment 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,116 4,694 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.01% 90.27% 89.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,311 2,675
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,320 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Assessment relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Risk Assessment job vacancy trend in the North West

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Risk Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in the North West over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the North West

Risk Assessment
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cumbria +4 6 £41,755 -24.77% 3
Merseyside +2 5 £45,000 -
Manchester +8 1 - - 5
Cheshire -14 1 £70,000 +8.53% 1
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) QC Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Information Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Network Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
2 4 (30.77%) Change Control
2 4 (30.77%) Component Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Data Interpretation
2 4 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Safety Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Validation
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Information Security
3 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Management
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Software Licensing
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) CISM
2 1 (7.69%) CISMP
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) City & Guilds
2 1 (7.69%) CRISC
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) GMP
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) GRC
3 2 (15.38%) NIST
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (7.69%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft