Risk Register Job Trends in the North West

Risk Register
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Risk Register skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 205 170
Rank change year-on-year +36 -35 +122
Permanent jobs citing Risk Register 11 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.18% 0.15% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.17% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 9
10th Percentile £42,730 £48,982 £43,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £52,375 £45,847
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +46.67%
75th Percentile £54,063 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £59,875 £67,500 £65,620
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Risk Register 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 5,153 4,771 3,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.34% 90.07% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,477 2,376 2,443
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,067 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Risk Register job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in the North West over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Register in the North West

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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 Register within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Lancashire +12 5 £45,497 -2.08% 5
Cheshire -13 2 £53,750 -17.31% 3
Merseyside - 2 £50,000 - 2
Manchester - 2 £50,000 - 9
Risk Register
England

Risk Register
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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DMZ
1 3 (27.27%) Modbus
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) IT Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
1 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Service Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Audit Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Driving Licence
2 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
2 3 (27.27%) SCADA
3 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
1 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
3 3 (27.27%) Business Case
3 3 (27.27%) Critical Success Factor
3 3 (27.27%) Digital Forensics
3 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
3 3 (27.27%) QMS
3 3 (27.27%) Quality Management
3 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
3 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 6 (54.55%) HND
3 3 (27.27%) HNC
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) IASME
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 14001
2 1 (9.09%) ISO 9001
2 1 (9.09%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft