Head of Risk Management Job Trends in Scotland

Head of Risk Management
UK > Scotland

The median Head of Risk Management salary in Scotland is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Risk Management 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,140 3,199 2,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.68% 96.53% 96.72%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,597 1,938
10th Percentile £25,600 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £34,849
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £51,183
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +3.55% -6.94%
75th Percentile £65,750 £69,800 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,850 £80,000 £80,627
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -

Head of Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Risk Management' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Head of Risk Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Head of Risk Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Risk Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Glasgow - 4 £85,000 - 4
Head of Risk Management
UK

Head of Risk Management Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Head of Risk Management job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Head of Risk Management in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) CRISC
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation

Head of Risk Management Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CRISC