Information Risk Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Information Risk Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Risk Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £57,028 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 - 564
Rank change year-on-year - - +197
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Risk Manager 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% - 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,028 - £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.89%
75th Percentile - - £62,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £58,514 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Information Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Risk Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Information Risk Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Information Risk Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Information Risk Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Information Risk Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Information Risk Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Risk Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Yorkshire - 1 £57,028 -
North of England - 1 £57,028 -
Information Risk Manager
UK

Information Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Information Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Information Risk Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Information Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC