Risk Manager Jobs in the South West

Risk Manager
England > South West

The median Risk Manager salary in the South West is £64,627 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 280 257
Rank change year-on-year +122 -23 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 21 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.59% 0.065% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.067% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 8
10th Percentile £57,500 - £52,111
25th Percentile £60,686 - £55,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £58,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -2.56% +3.52%
75th Percentile £68,568 £73,375 £74,728
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,600 £103,911
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -15.63% +4.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,363 8,935 6,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 96.22% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,035 6,536 3,754
10th Percentile £27,350 £28,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,336 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,400 £77,500 £79,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the South West

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the South West

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the South West

Risk Manager
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 Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Bristol +61 12 £90,000 +55.17%
Wiltshire - 8 £63,564 -
Devon - 1 - -
Risk Manager
England

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 15 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 13 (61.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (42.86%) Credit Risk
3 9 (42.86%) Financial Institution
3 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 7 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 7 (33.33%) Line Management
4 7 (33.33%) Avaloq
5 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 6 (28.57%) Information Security
6 4 (19.05%) Retail
6 4 (19.05%) Data Management
6 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (19.05%) MS Access
6 4 (19.05%) Information Assurance
6 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (19.05%) Degree
6 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
6 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security
7 2 (9.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (9.52%) Blockchain
7 2 (9.52%) Prime Brokerage
7 2 (9.52%) Rehypothecation
7 2 (9.52%) GDPR
7 2 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring

Risk Manager Skill Set
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 2 (9.52%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) MS Access
General
1 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 9 (42.86%) Financial Institution
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Retail
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Law
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 2 (9.52%) Prime Brokerage
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Credit Risk
2 2 (9.52%) Blockchain
2 2 (9.52%) Derivative
2 2 (9.52%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 13 (61.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (33.33%) Line Management
3 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 7 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 6 (28.57%) Information Security
5 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security
5 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
5 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (19.05%) Data Management
5 4 (19.05%) Information Assurance
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) Coaching
6 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
6 2 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (9.52%) Rehypothecation
6 2 (9.52%) Stress Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Time Management
7 1 (4.76%) Credit Risk Analytics
7 1 (4.76%) Risk Analytics
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 2 (9.52%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Avaloq