Risk Management Jobs in Scotland

Risk Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 29 65
Rank change year-on-year -4 +36 +25
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 233 795 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.78% 11.86% 4.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.37% 12.82% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 133 52 76
10th Percentile - £50,017 £35,733
25th Percentile - £53,413 £46,454
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £58,250 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.34% -15.27% +5.77%
75th Percentile - £75,938 £77,813
90th Percentile £70,000 £104,925 £87,419
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,783 6,201 4,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.95% 92.47% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,366 2,420 2,190
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,375 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +6.20%
75th Percentile £63,608 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,979 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Risk Management in Scotland

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in Scotland

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 Risk Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Edinburgh +74 114 £70,000 +12.00% 39
Renfrewshire - 53 £51,645 - 16
Inverclyde - 36 £51,645 -
Glasgow -8 21 £53,086 -16.40% 31
Argyll and Bute +8 2 £66,250 +30.86%
Aberdeen +27 1 - - 6
Fife - 1 - - 1
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
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 2 (0.86%) Confluence
1 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) CMS
2 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 98 (42.06%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.86%) LaTeX
Cloud Services
1 7 (3.00%) AWS
2 6 (2.58%) GCP
3 3 (1.29%) Amazon SageMaker
3 3 (1.29%) Azure
3 3 (1.29%) IaaS
3 3 (1.29%) PaaS
3 3 (1.29%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.43%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.86%) Network Security
2 1 (0.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.72%) Big Data
1 4 (1.72%) MS Access
2 2 (0.86%) Data Mining
2 2 (0.86%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.15%) JIRA
2 3 (1.29%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
General
1 152 (65.24%) Social Skills
2 98 (42.06%) Presentation Skills
3 63 (27.04%) Finance
4 38 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.30%) Banking
6 13 (5.58%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (5.15%) Legal
8 10 (4.29%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.15%) Law
10 4 (1.72%) Electronics
10 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.29%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.86%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.86%) Military
12 2 (0.86%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.86%) Russian Language
13 1 (0.43%) Retail
13 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 115 (49.36%) Senior
2 28 (12.02%) Analyst
3 27 (11.59%) Risk Manager
4 14 (6.01%) Risk Analyst
5 11 (4.72%) Audit Manager
6 9 (3.86%) Auditor
6 9 (3.86%) Senior Auditor
7 7 (3.00%) Credit Risk Manager
7 7 (3.00%) Governance Analyst
7 7 (3.00%) Technology Risk Manager
8 6 (2.58%) Lead
9 5 (2.15%) Security Analyst
9 5 (2.15%) Technologist
10 4 (1.72%) Data Scientist
10 4 (1.72%) Fraud Manager
10 4 (1.72%) IT Manager
10 4 (1.72%) Operations Manager
10 4 (1.72%) Project Manager
10 4 (1.72%) Senior Data Scientist
11 3 (1.29%) IT Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.29%) Middleware
1 3 (1.29%) RESTful
2 1 (0.43%) .NET
2 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.43%) PySpark
2 1 (0.43%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 109 (46.78%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.87%) Credit Risk
3 5 (2.15%) Operational Technology
3 5 (2.15%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.15%) SCADA
4 4 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.86%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.86%) Derivative
6 2 (0.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (0.86%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.86%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.86%) Online Banking
6 2 (0.86%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.86%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (57.51%) Decision-Making
2 111 (47.64%) Risk Assessment
3 45 (19.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (18.88%) Coaching
5 39 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (10.73%) Information Security
8 21 (9.01%) Artificial Intelligence
9 20 (8.58%) Analytics
10 17 (7.30%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (6.44%) Agile
11 15 (6.44%) Project Management
12 14 (6.01%) Internal Audit
13 13 (5.58%) Line Management
13 13 (5.58%) Mathematics
14 9 (3.86%) Vulnerability Management
15 8 (3.43%) Data Analytics
15 8 (3.43%) Fintech
15 8 (3.43%) Mentoring
15 8 (3.43%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.29%) Python
2 2 (0.86%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 120 (51.50%) Degree
2 99 (42.49%) BPSS Clearance
3 33 (14.16%) Chartered Engineer
4 20 (8.58%) CRISC
5 9 (3.86%) CISSP
6 8 (3.43%) CISA
7 5 (2.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 5 (2.15%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.72%) CISM
8 4 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.72%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.29%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.15%) COBIT
2 13 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (5.58%) ITGC
2 13 (5.58%) NIST
3 12 (5.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (2.15%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.72%) NCSC
6 3 (1.29%) GRC
6 3 (1.29%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.86%) GDPR
8 1 (0.43%) P3O
8 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (3.00%) Avaloq
2 2 (0.86%) Google
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.43%) Symantec