Risk Assessment Jobs in the UK excluding London

Risk Assessment
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 545 490
Rank change year-on-year +241 -55 +10
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 325 222 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.82% 0.30% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.36% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 191 155 154
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £47,025
25th Percentile - £46,199 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £55,875 £73,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,258 £81,786 £78,750
UK median annual salary £51,645 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.93% -11.11% +22.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Risk Assessment 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 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in the UK excluding London

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Risk Assessment in the UK excluding London

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK excluding London

Risk Assessment
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 Assessment within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Scotland +211 119 £51,645 +3.29% 19
South East +112 55 £67,500 +17.39% 50
East of England +82 52 £50,000 -13.04% 12
North of England +16 50 £55,500 +0.91% 33
North West -16 33 £57,750 +5.00% 17
Midlands +43 31 £55,000 -8.33% 53
West Midlands +36 26 £55,000 -8.33% 31
Yorkshire +56 13 £50,500 +3.06% 12
Northern Ireland +48 9 £82,801 - 9
South West +80 7 £55,000 -15.38% 28
East Midlands +42 5 £37,500 -52.09% 22
North East +46 4 £69,384 -12.32% 4
Wales +40 2 £75,574 +15.58% 7
Risk Assessment
UK

Risk Assessment
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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.62%) TPMS
Applications
1 103 (31.69%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (10.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.92%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.15%) Azure
1 7 (2.15%) Entra ID
2 5 (1.54%) SaaS
3 4 (1.23%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.92%) AWS
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.62%) GCP
5 2 (0.62%) IaaS
5 2 (0.62%) Lucidchart
5 2 (0.62%) Mimecast
5 2 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (8.00%) Network Security
2 11 (3.38%) Modbus
3 10 (3.08%) Ethernet
4 6 (1.85%) Profibus
5 5 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.23%) MQTT
7 2 (0.62%) Firewall
7 2 (0.62%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) Broadband
8 1 (0.31%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.85%) Tableau
2 4 (1.23%) Power BI
3 2 (0.62%) Big Data
3 2 (0.62%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.62%) Looker
3 2 (0.62%) Metadata
3 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.31%) GIS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.62%) ERwin
2 2 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.31%) Git
General
1 223 (68.62%) Social Skills
2 100 (30.77%) Presentation Skills
3 97 (29.85%) Finance
4 53 (16.31%) Legal
5 50 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (14.77%) Banking
7 46 (14.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (13.23%) German Language
9 35 (10.77%) Financial Institution
10 28 (8.62%) French Language
11 23 (7.08%) Manufacturing
12 19 (5.85%) Public Sector
13 12 (3.69%) Retail
14 11 (3.38%) Local Government
14 11 (3.38%) Telecoms
15 8 (2.46%) Electronics
15 8 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.46%) Law
16 7 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (38.77%) Senior
2 70 (21.54%) Analyst
3 28 (8.62%) Credit Analyst
3 28 (8.62%) Research Analyst
4 27 (8.31%) Risk Manager
4 27 (8.31%) Security Analyst
5 19 (5.85%) Architect
5 19 (5.85%) Security Architect
6 18 (5.54%) Lead
7 17 (5.23%) Information Specialist
8 15 (4.62%) Information Security Specialist
8 15 (4.62%) Security Specialist
9 13 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (3.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.69%) Operations Manager
11 10 (3.08%) Civil Engineer
11 10 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (2.77%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.77%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.62%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.62%) .NET
2 2 (0.62%) CSS
2 2 (0.62%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.31%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.31%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 155 (47.69%) Management Information System
2 28 (8.62%) Credit Risk
2 28 (8.62%) Fixed Income
3 15 (4.62%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.69%) NHS
4 12 (3.69%) SCADA
5 9 (2.77%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.85%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.54%) Biopharmaceutical
9 4 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.23%) Industry 4.0
9 4 (1.23%) IoT
10 3 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.62%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.92%) Windows
2 2 (0.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (68.92%) Risk Management
2 144 (44.31%) Decision-Making
3 95 (29.23%) Information Security
4 73 (22.46%) Cybersecurity
5 58 (17.85%) Mentoring
6 48 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (13.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (12.00%) Regulatory Compliance
9 36 (11.08%) Asset Management
10 33 (10.15%) Business Strategy
11 32 (9.85%) Project Management
12 30 (9.23%) Agile
12 30 (9.23%) Due Diligence
12 30 (9.23%) Financial Modelling
13 28 (8.62%) Credit Risk Analysis
13 28 (8.62%) Portfolio Management
13 28 (8.62%) Project Delivery
14 25 (7.69%) Coaching
15 23 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 22 (6.77%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.23%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.85%) Ladder Logic
2 6 (1.85%) Python
2 6 (1.85%) R
3 4 (1.23%) C#
3 4 (1.23%) SQL
4 2 (0.62%) C++
4 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 188 (57.85%) Degree
2 98 (30.15%) BPSS Clearance
3 45 (13.85%) CISSP
4 40 (12.31%) Chartered Engineer
5 39 (12.00%) Master's Degree
6 31 (9.54%) CISM
7 28 (8.62%) CFA
8 19 (5.85%) Security Cleared
9 18 (5.54%) CRISC
10 15 (4.62%) SC Cleared
11 13 (4.00%) CISA
11 13 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
11 13 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 12 (3.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (2.15%) HNC
14 7 (2.15%) HND
15 5 (1.54%) Postgraduate
15 5 (1.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (18.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (10.46%) NIST
3 18 (5.54%) SOC 2
4 15 (4.62%) Accessibility
5 13 (4.00%) NCSC
6 12 (3.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (3.38%) GDPR
8 10 (3.08%) QA
9 6 (1.85%) GRC
10 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.92%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.92%) PMO
12 2 (0.62%) SLA
13 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.31%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 20 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.62%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.54%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.62%) Ansible
3 2 (0.62%) CASB
3 2 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (8.62%) Bloomberg
2 20 (6.15%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.62%) Okta
3 15 (4.62%) Salesforce
4 11 (3.38%) Siemens
5 10 (3.08%) Rockwell
6 7 (2.15%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (1.54%) VMware
8 4 (1.23%) AVEVA
8 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.23%) Tenable
9 3 (0.92%) NEC
9 3 (0.92%) Oracle
10 2 (0.62%) Cisco
10 2 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.62%) Databricks
10 2 (0.62%) EMC
10 2 (0.62%) Pure Storage
10 2 (0.62%) SAP
10 2 (0.62%) Varonis