Risk Management Job Trends in South Wales

Risk Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Risk Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 29 55
Rank change year-on-year -24 +26 +23
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 9 38 13
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.13% 5.91% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 7.18% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 13
10th Percentile £58,275 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £60,563 £44,063 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £78,404 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.50% +35.18% +0.33%
75th Percentile £72,063 £91,250 £71,649
90th Percentile £74,425 £91,375 £78,750
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.51% - +6.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 601 529 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.60% 82.27% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 420 277 408
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +1.12%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £64,625
90th Percentile £77,581 £78,340 £72,453
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

Risk Management
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in South Wales over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in South Wales

Risk Management
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Newport -13 6 £66,250 -24.29% 7
Cardiff +2 3 - - 6
Risk Management
Wales

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (44.44%) Google Workspace
1 4 (44.44%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Bluetooth
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (44.44%) Modbus
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) VLAN
1 4 (44.44%) Wireshark
1 4 (44.44%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Burp Suite
1 4 (44.44%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (44.44%) Aerospace
1 4 (44.44%) Law
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Governance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Governance Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Risk Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (88.89%) Operational Technology
2 4 (44.44%) CAN bus
2 4 (44.44%) IoT
2 4 (44.44%) SCADA
3 3 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Kali Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) AI
2 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
2 4 (44.44%) Cognitive Science
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Cryptography
2 4 (44.44%) Data Science
2 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
2 4 (44.44%) Ergonomics
2 4 (44.44%) Human Factors
2 4 (44.44%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
2 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
2 4 (44.44%) Psychology
2 4 (44.44%) Security Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (44.44%) Smart Manufacturing
2 4 (44.44%) Statistics
2 4 (44.44%) User Experience
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C++
1 4 (44.44%) Java
1 4 (44.44%) Python
1 4 (44.44%) R
1 4 (44.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (11.11%) GRC
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Nessus
1 4 (44.44%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Google
1 4 (44.44%) Qualtrics
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
1 4 (44.44%) Splunk