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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 172 178
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +94
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 13 33 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.20% 0.65% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.72% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 11
10th Percentile £36,507 £46,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £38,755 £50,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.55% -15.00% +39.32%
75th Percentile £48,375 £57,500 £84,375
90th Percentile £48,900 £76,493 £100,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +26.13% -20.71% +9.38%

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 5,173 4,612 3,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.20% 91.25% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,546 2,263 3,047
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,445 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
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
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 14 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 +11 6 £41,755 -24.77% 2
Merseyside +1 5 £45,000 - 2
Manchester +13 1 - - 7
Lancashire +1 1 - - 5
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) QC Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Information Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Network Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) 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 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (23.08%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) Coaching
4 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
4 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
5 1 (7.69%) Information Security Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) CISM
3 2 (15.38%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSK
4 1 (7.69%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CISMP
4 1 (7.69%) City & Guilds
4 1 (7.69%) CRISC
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) GMP
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 2 (15.38%) GRC
4 1 (7.69%) ISO 22301
4 1 (7.69%) NIST 800