Quantitative Risk Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Quantitative Risk Management (QRM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Quantitative Risk Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 475 714
Rank change year-on-year -69 +239 -
Permanent jobs citing Quantitative Risk Management 4 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.058% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% 0.063% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
UK median annual salary £87,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Quantitative 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41,675 23,660 53,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 74.31% 91.68% 85.08%
Number of salaries quoted 25,151 13,525 39,029
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,754 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Quantitative Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quantitative Risk Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Quantitative Risk Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Quantitative Risk Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Quantitative Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Quantitative Risk Management

Quantitative Risk Management
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 Quantitative Risk Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
North West - 2 - - 1
North of England - 2 - - 2
South East -46 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 2
Midlands - 1 £75,000 - 2
Quantitative Risk Management
UK

Quantitative Risk Management
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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Information Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Coaching
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security
1 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (25.00%) OWASP
1 1 (25.00%) People Management
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)