Risk Management Job Trends in the North West

Risk Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Risk Management 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 108 35 112
Rank change year-on-year -73 +77 +33
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 79 272 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.24% 5.38% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 5.90% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 45 104 79
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £44,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £48,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -6.67% +4.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,596 £74,375
90th Percentile £99,000 £82,070 £87,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Risk Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Risk Management
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in the North West

Risk Management
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 Management 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
Manchester -53 47 £65,766 +1.18% 21
Cheshire -40 11 £42,500 -22.73% 6
Lancashire -9 10 £73,750 +34.60% 13
Cumbria -14 6 - - 2
Merseyside -6 4 - - 2
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
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 8 (10.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.53%) Confluence
3 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.27%) Jupyter
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.92%) Azure
2 10 (12.66%) Power Platform
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (3.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (3.80%) OCI
5 2 (2.53%) AWS
5 2 (2.53%) GCP
6 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.27%) Boomi
6 1 (1.27%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.27%) Google Gemini
6 1 (1.27%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle CX
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) Network Security
2 3 (3.80%) DMZ
2 3 (3.80%) Modbus
3 2 (2.53%) Firewall
3 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.53%) PPP
4 1 (1.27%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.66%) Power BI
2 4 (5.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (3.80%) Data Lake
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.27%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) JIRA
General
1 28 (35.44%) Finance
2 25 (31.65%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.39%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.33%) Banking
6 4 (5.06%) Legal
6 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.06%) Retail
7 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.53%) Law
8 2 (2.53%) Police
9 1 (1.27%) Advertising
9 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (18.99%) Project Manager
2 12 (15.19%) Senior
3 11 (13.92%) Lead
4 9 (11.39%) IT Manager
5 6 (7.59%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Architect
6 4 (5.06%) Automation Specialist
6 4 (5.06%) Compliance Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Security Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Compliance Officer
7 3 (3.80%) Data Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Risk Officer
7 3 (3.80%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (2.53%) Analyst
8 2 (2.53%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (2.53%) Release Engineer
8 2 (2.53%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.53%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) Middleware
1 1 (1.27%) Pandas
1 1 (1.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Operational Technology
2 8 (10.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 8 (10.13%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (10.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (7.59%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.06%) FMCG
5 3 (3.80%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.80%) SCADA
6 2 (2.53%) CCTV
6 2 (2.53%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.53%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.27%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.27%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.27%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Linux
1 1 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (21.52%) Agile
2 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (18.99%) ITIL
4 13 (16.46%) Business Strategy
4 13 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (16.46%) Mentoring
5 12 (15.19%) Information Security
5 12 (15.19%) Project Management
6 11 (13.92%) Roadmaps
6 11 (13.92%) Security Operations
7 10 (12.66%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (12.66%) Coaching
7 10 (12.66%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 9 (11.39%) Threat Intelligence
9 8 (10.13%) Project Delivery
9 8 (10.13%) Technology Roadmap
9 8 (10.13%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.86%) SQL
2 4 (5.06%) VBA
3 3 (3.80%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.27%) Java
4 1 (1.27%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.27%) Python
4 1 (1.27%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (27.85%) Degree
2 8 (10.13%) CISSP
3 5 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (5.06%) CISM
4 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.80%) HND
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.53%) CRISC
7 1 (1.27%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.27%) CISA
7 1 (1.27%) CISMP
7 1 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.27%) PhD
7 1 (1.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (27.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (24.05%) NIST
3 9 (11.39%) GDPR
4 8 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 6 (7.59%) GRC
6 5 (6.33%) PCI DSS
7 4 (5.06%) Accessibility
8 3 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (3.80%) QA
9 1 (1.27%) COBIT
9 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.27%) IASME
9 1 (1.27%) ISO 14001
9 1 (1.27%) ISO 22301
9 1 (1.27%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Ansible
1 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.53%) Progress Chef
1 2 (2.53%) Puppet
1 2 (2.53%) Terraform
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (16.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.06%) Oracle
3 2 (2.53%) Bloomberg
3 2 (2.53%) UiPath
4 1 (1.27%) Software AG
4 1 (1.27%) webMethods