Risk Assessment Jobs in Scotland

Risk Assessment
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 235 197
Rank change year-on-year +139 -38 +15
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 81 8 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.36% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 73 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £93,750 £47,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £97,500 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year -47.03% +94.46% -3.58%
75th Percentile - £101,250 £61,462
90th Percentile - - £66,585
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -14.81% +22.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,915 4,963 3,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 85.08% 88.20% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,378 1,992 1,952
10th Percentile £26,929 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,851 £41,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £63,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,315
% change year-on-year - -8.81% +0.53%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland.

Salary trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
Renfrewshire - 35 £51,645 -
Inverclyde - 24 £51,645 -
Edinburgh +37 12 £55,000 - 2
Glasgow +116 9 £51,645 -47.03% 4
Aberdeen - 1 - - 2
Risk Assessment
UK

Risk Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 66 (81.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.23%) AWS
1 1 (1.23%) Azure
1 1 (1.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Git
General
1 75 (92.59%) Social Skills
2 65 (80.25%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (13.58%) Finance
4 5 (6.17%) Legal
5 4 (4.94%) Banking
5 4 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Aviation
6 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Law
6 1 (1.23%) Marketing
6 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 65 (80.25%) Senior
2 5 (6.17%) Risk Manager
3 4 (4.94%) Operations Manager
4 3 (3.70%) Technologist
5 2 (2.47%) Analyst
5 2 (2.47%) Architect
5 2 (2.47%) Lead
5 2 (2.47%) Security Architect
6 1 (1.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (1.23%) Disaster Recovery Manager
6 1 (1.23%) Information Manager
6 1 (1.23%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (1.23%) Lead Architect
6 1 (1.23%) Lead Security Architect
6 1 (1.23%) Principal Architect
6 1 (1.23%) Principal Security Architect
6 1 (1.23%) Product Analyst
6 1 (1.23%) Security Analyst
6 1 (1.23%) Security Manager
6 1 (1.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) Hugging Face
1 1 (1.23%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 68 (83.95%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.23%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.23%) SCADA
2 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (93.83%) Risk Management
2 67 (82.72%) Decision-Making
3 11 (13.58%) Information Security
4 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (6.17%) Project Management
5 5 (6.17%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (4.94%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (4.94%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (4.94%) Mathematics
6 4 (4.94%) Regulatory Change
7 3 (3.70%) Cryptography
7 3 (3.70%) Fintech
7 3 (3.70%) Information Security Management
7 3 (3.70%) Line Management
7 3 (3.70%) Mentoring
7 3 (3.70%) Security Management
7 3 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.47%) Architectural Patterns
8 2 (2.47%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.23%) Python
1 1 (1.23%) R
Qualifications
1 69 (85.19%) Degree
2 65 (80.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.17%) CISSP
4 4 (4.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (4.94%) CISA
4 4 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.94%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (4.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.47%) CISM
6 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.94%) NIST
2 4 (4.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.47%) GDPR
3 2 (2.47%) NCSC
4 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.23%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.23%) PMO
4 1 (1.23%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft