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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 29 60
Rank change year-on-year -9 +31 +27
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 235 791 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.75% 11.59% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.41% 12.71% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 128 54 70
10th Percentile - £48,469 £35,733
25th Percentile - £53,892 £46,766
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £61,250 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.68% -10.91% +5.77%
75th Percentile - £71,825 £83,438
90th Percentile £70,000 £103,349 £90,125
UK median annual salary £69,373 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.62% -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 2,794 6,223 4,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.12% 91.17% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 2,465 2,077
10th Percentile £30,400 £28,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

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 31 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 31 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 +80 113 £70,000 - 32
Renfrewshire - 53 £51,645 - 12
Inverclyde - 36 £51,645 -
Glasgow -24 27 £51,645 -15.68% 27
Aberdeen +27 1 - - 5
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 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) CMS
2 1 (0.43%) SAS
Applications
1 98 (41.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) LaTeX
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.40%) AWS
1 8 (3.40%) GCP
2 5 (2.13%) Azure
3 4 (1.70%) Amazon SageMaker
3 4 (1.70%) IaaS
3 4 (1.70%) PaaS
3 4 (1.70%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.43%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.83%) Network Security
2 1 (0.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.98%) Big Data
2 5 (2.13%) Tableau
3 4 (1.70%) MS Access
4 2 (0.85%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.43%) CockroachDB
5 1 (0.43%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (1.70%) JIRA
2 3 (1.28%) Git
General
1 152 (64.68%) Social Skills
2 98 (41.70%) Presentation Skills
3 76 (32.34%) Finance
4 38 (16.17%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.06%) Banking
6 18 (7.66%) Legal
7 16 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.81%) Law
8 13 (5.53%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (4.26%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.70%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.28%) Electronics
11 3 (1.28%) Marketing
11 3 (1.28%) Retail
12 2 (0.85%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.85%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.85%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.85%) Russian Language
12 2 (0.85%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 111 (47.23%) Senior
2 28 (11.91%) Risk Manager
3 23 (9.79%) Analyst
4 14 (5.96%) Software Engineer
5 12 (5.11%) Risk Analyst
6 11 (4.68%) Audit Manager
6 11 (4.68%) Lead
7 8 (3.40%) Auditor
7 8 (3.40%) Java Engineer
7 8 (3.40%) Java Software Engineer
7 8 (3.40%) Senior Auditor
8 7 (2.98%) Credit Risk Manager
8 7 (2.98%) Governance Analyst
8 7 (2.98%) Technology Risk Manager
9 5 (2.13%) Security Analyst
9 5 (2.13%) Technologist
10 4 (1.70%) Consultant
10 4 (1.70%) IT Manager
10 4 (1.70%) Lead Software Engineer
10 4 (1.70%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.55%) Kafka
1 6 (2.55%) Spring
2 5 (2.13%) RESTful
3 4 (1.70%) Middleware
3 4 (1.70%) React
3 4 (1.70%) Web Services
4 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.85%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.43%) Memcached
5 1 (0.43%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 106 (45.11%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.66%) Credit Risk
3 6 (2.55%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.55%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.13%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.13%) SCADA
5 4 (1.70%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.70%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.85%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.85%) Derivative
7 2 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.85%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.85%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.85%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.85%) Online Banking
7 2 (0.85%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.43%) Android
1 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (57.87%) Decision-Making
2 109 (46.38%) Risk Assessment
3 47 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (16.17%) Coaching
5 37 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (12.77%) Artificial Intelligence
7 25 (10.64%) Agile
8 24 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (9.79%) Information Security
10 21 (8.94%) Analytics
11 15 (6.38%) CI/CD
11 15 (6.38%) Operational Stability
11 15 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (6.38%) Software Engineering
12 14 (5.96%) Internal Audit
12 14 (5.96%) Mathematics
12 14 (5.96%) Project Management
13 13 (5.53%) Line Management
13 13 (5.53%) Machine Learning
14 12 (5.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.81%) Python
2 10 (4.26%) SQL
3 9 (3.83%) Java
4 3 (1.28%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.85%) Scala
5 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.43%) C
6 1 (0.43%) C#
6 1 (0.43%) C++
Qualifications
1 121 (51.49%) Degree
2 98 (41.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 33 (14.04%) Chartered Engineer
4 17 (7.23%) CRISC
5 8 (3.40%) CISA
6 7 (2.98%) CISSP
7 5 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.28%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.28%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.85%) CISM
10 2 (0.85%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.43%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.38%) COBIT
2 13 (5.53%) ITGC
3 12 (5.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.68%) NIST
5 5 (2.13%) NCSC
6 4 (1.70%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.28%) GDPR
8 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.43%) P3O
9 1 (0.43%) QA
9 1 (0.43%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (2.98%) Avaloq
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.28%) Oracle
3 2 (0.85%) Google
4 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.43%) Splunk
4 1 (0.43%) Sybase
4 1 (0.43%) Symantec