Risk Management Jobs in the South West

Risk Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 73 99
Rank change year-on-year +25 +26 0
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 174 302 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.88% 3.26% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.23% 3.91% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 43 193 119
10th Percentile £42,658 £40,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,250 £52,500 £43,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,875 £70,250 £81,875
90th Percentile £97,029 £82,000 £92,321
England median annual salary £70,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +17.50% -7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,324 7,721 6,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.29% 83.42% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,907 5,559 3,544
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the South West

Risk Management
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Management in the South West.

Salary trend for Risk Management in the South West

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in the South West

Risk Management
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Somerset +26 57 £46,250 -22.92% 10
Bristol -20 57 £67,500 -1.46% 64
Devon +53 43 £37,500 -31.82% 10
Wiltshire +37 10 £57,000 -5.00% 6
Gloucestershire +53 6 £57,500 -11.54% 49
Dorset -6 3 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Cornwall - 1 - -
Risk Management
England

Risk Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.34%) Azure
2 15 (8.62%) AWS
3 5 (2.87%) Entra ID
3 5 (2.87%) GCP
3 5 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.72%) Collibra
4 3 (1.72%) SaaS
5 2 (1.15%) IaaS
5 2 (1.15%) PaaS
5 2 (1.15%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.75%) Firewall
2 7 (4.02%) DHCP
2 7 (4.02%) DNS
3 6 (3.45%) Network Security
4 3 (1.72%) DMZ
4 3 (1.72%) LAN
4 3 (1.72%) VLAN
4 3 (1.72%) VPN
4 3 (1.72%) WAN
4 3 (1.72%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.02%) Metadata
2 4 (2.30%) Metadata Repository
2 4 (2.30%) MS Access
3 3 (1.72%) Ataccama
4 2 (1.15%) Power BI
5 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.57%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Git
1 1 (0.57%) JIRA
1 1 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
General
1 138 (79.31%) Finance
2 123 (70.69%) Social Skills
3 18 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.75%) Banking
5 9 (5.17%) Financial Institution
6 8 (4.60%) Retail
7 5 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.30%) Marketing
9 3 (1.72%) Legal
9 3 (1.72%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.15%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.15%) French Language
10 2 (1.15%) German Language
10 2 (1.15%) Law
10 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.15%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 98 (56.32%) Project Manager
1 98 (56.32%) Senior
2 93 (53.45%) Senior Manager
3 92 (52.87%) Senior Project Manager
4 14 (8.05%) Risk Manager
5 10 (5.75%) Architect
6 8 (4.60%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.02%) Analyst
7 7 (4.02%) Credit Risk Manager
8 6 (3.45%) Lead
9 5 (2.87%) Data Manager
10 4 (2.30%) IT Manager
10 4 (2.30%) Security Manager
11 3 (1.72%) Coordinator
11 3 (1.72%) Information Manager
11 3 (1.72%) Information Security Manager
11 3 (1.72%) Security Analyst
11 3 (1.72%) Security Assurance Coordinator
11 3 (1.72%) Security Engineer
12 2 (1.15%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (0.57%) Hugging Face
1 1 (0.57%) Pandas
1 1 (0.57%) PySpark
1 1 (0.57%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 94 (54.02%) Driving Licence
2 8 (4.60%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (4.60%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.02%) Credit Risk
4 6 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.87%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.15%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.15%) Derivative
6 2 (1.15%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.15%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.57%) CUDA
7 1 (0.57%) Life Science
7 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.57%) PMI
7 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.45%) Windows
2 5 (2.87%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.72%) Linux
3 3 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (58.62%) Project Management
2 94 (54.02%) Balanced Scorecard
2 94 (54.02%) Scorecard
3 20 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (7.47%) Agile
6 13 (7.47%) Analytics
7 11 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (6.32%) Information Security
8 10 (5.75%) DevOps
9 9 (5.17%) Business Case
9 9 (5.17%) Line Management
9 9 (5.17%) Roadmaps
10 8 (4.60%) Data Management
10 8 (4.60%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (4.02%) Business Continuity
11 7 (4.02%) Data Lineage
11 7 (4.02%) Metadata Management
11 7 (4.02%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.60%) Python
2 7 (4.02%) SQL
3 5 (2.87%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.72%) Bash
5 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 16 (9.20%) Degree
2 12 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.45%) CISSP
4 5 (2.87%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.87%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.72%) CCNA
5 3 (1.72%) CCSK
5 3 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.72%) CISM
5 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.72%) MCP
5 3 (1.72%) MCSA
5 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.72%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.15%) CEH
6 2 (1.15%) PMP
6 2 (1.15%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.77%) NIST
2 13 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (5.75%) GDPR
4 8 (4.60%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.45%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.87%) GRC
6 5 (2.87%) JSP 440
7 4 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.30%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.72%) Def Stans
8 3 (1.72%) RMADS
9 2 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (1.15%) COBIT
9 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.15%) SLA
9 2 (1.15%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.57%) ITGC
10 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.45%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.72%) Docker
3 3 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.72%) vSphere
4 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.72%) Iperf
1 3 (1.72%) Terraform
2 2 (1.15%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (1.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (4.02%) Avaloq
1 7 (4.02%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.30%) Cisco
2 4 (2.30%) Databricks
3 3 (1.72%) Fortinet
3 3 (1.72%) Ruckus Wireless
3 3 (1.72%) SonicWALL
3 3 (1.72%) Splunk
3 3 (1.72%) VMware
4 2 (1.15%) Google
4 2 (1.15%) Nimble Storage
4 2 (1.15%) SAP
4 2 (1.15%) SolarWinds
4 2 (1.15%) Veeam
4 2 (1.15%) Zscaler
5 1 (0.57%) 3PAR
5 1 (0.57%) Hyperion
5 1 (0.57%) Juniper
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle