Risk Analysis Jobs in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Risk Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 606 588
Rank change year-on-year +86 -18 +79
Permanent jobs citing Risk Analysis 48 149 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.25% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 35 98 71
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £42,300 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.17% +16.50% -
75th Percentile £82,138 £67,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £88,333 £72,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Risk Analysis 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 35,974 60,639 55,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.75% 82.65% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,037 41,817 28,998
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Analysis in the UK excluding London

Risk Analysis
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 Risk Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
North of England +28 18 £75,000 +15.38% 48
North West +5 16 £75,000 +27.12% 19
South East +52 9 £60,000 +41.84% 104
Northern Ireland - 9 £82,801 - 6
South West +93 7 £47,500 +5.56% 24
West Midlands +50 2 £63,901 +64.90% 17
Midlands +31 2 £63,901 +64.90% 37
Scotland +113 1 £81,764 - 9
North East +49 1 £81,764 +25.79% 7
Wales +43 1 £81,764 +30.82% 5
Yorkshire +37 1 £45,000 -35.71% 22
East of England +33 1 - - 31
Risk Analysis
UK

Risk Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 5 (10.42%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) AWS KMS
3 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.17%) IaaS
3 2 (4.17%) PaaS
3 2 (4.17%) SaaS
4 1 (2.08%) Cloudflare
4 1 (2.08%) Datadog
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.08%) Firewall
1 13 (27.08%) Network Security
2 8 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.17%) DHCP
3 2 (4.17%) DNS
3 2 (4.17%) Internet
3 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Burp Suite
1 2 (4.17%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 33 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 16 (33.33%) Finance
3 15 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (16.67%) Legal
5 7 (14.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (14.58%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (8.33%) Aerospace
6 4 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.25%) Banking
8 2 (4.17%) French Language
8 2 (4.17%) German Language
8 2 (4.17%) Marketing
8 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (2.08%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Architect
2 15 (31.25%) Security Architect
3 9 (18.75%) Lead
4 7 (14.58%) Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Principal Architect
4 7 (14.58%) Principal Security Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Senior
6 3 (6.25%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Security Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Business Development Executive
7 2 (4.17%) Category Manager
7 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Marketing Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.17%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) PyTorch
1 2 (4.17%) scikit-learn
1 2 (4.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.08%) Security Posture
2 12 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 8 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (16.67%) Social Media
3 8 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 7 (14.58%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.17%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 2 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.08%) Credit Risk
6 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.83%) Windows
2 8 (16.67%) Windows Vista
3 2 (4.17%) Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (72.92%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (56.25%) Information Security
3 23 (47.92%) Risk Management
4 17 (35.42%) Security Architecture
5 15 (31.25%) Information Assurance
5 15 (31.25%) TOGAF
6 14 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (27.08%) SIEM
8 12 (25.00%) Incident Response
9 11 (22.92%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (22.92%) Computer Science
9 11 (22.92%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (22.92%) Risk Assessment
9 11 (22.92%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (22.92%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (20.83%) Cloud Security
10 10 (20.83%) Decision-Making
10 10 (20.83%) DevSecOps
11 9 (18.75%) Innovative Thinking
11 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) Python
2 2 (4.17%) Bash
2 2 (4.17%) C#
2 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.08%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (37.50%) Degree
2 10 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (20.83%) Master's Degree
3 9 (18.75%) CEH
3 9 (18.75%) CISSP
4 8 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (16.67%) CISA
4 8 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (16.67%) CISM
4 8 (16.67%) DBS Check
5 7 (14.58%) SC Cleared
5 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (4.17%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (4.17%) CREST Certified
8 1 (2.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (39.58%) NIST
3 8 (16.67%) GDPR
4 7 (14.58%) NCSC
4 7 (14.58%) QA
5 2 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.08%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (4.17%) Nmap
2 1 (2.08%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) NEC
3 1 (2.08%) Qualys