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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 549 497
Rank change year-on-year +245 -52 -1
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 316 217 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.81% 0.31% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.36% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 186 150 151
10th Percentile £42,750 £40,000 £47,025
25th Percentile - £45,300 £49,144
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £74,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,750 £81,786 £78,750
UK median annual salary £51,645 £63,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -18.99% -5.56% +22.73%

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 36,236 59,478 57,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.94% 83.96% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,875 41,116 29,652
10th Percentile £26,968 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £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 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 14 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 14 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 +201 120 £51,645 +3.29% 21
East of England +84 57 £50,000 -13.04% 19
South East +126 48 £68,750 +19.57% 64
North of England +26 44 £55,250 +0.45% 58
North West -13 29 £55,500 +4.72% 34
Midlands +31 23 £55,000 -8.33% 47
West Midlands +27 20 £55,000 -8.33% 19
Yorkshire +75 13 £50,500 +3.06% 15
South West +83 10 £55,000 -20.00% 24
Northern Ireland +51 10 £96,401 - 14
Wales +42 4 £43,302 -33.78% 4
East Midlands +31 3 £67,250 -14.08% 27
North East +37 2 £60,432 -22.79% 9
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 18 (5.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) TPMS
Applications
1 106 (33.54%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (12.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 6 (1.90%) Azure
1 6 (1.90%) Entra ID
2 5 (1.58%) SaaS
3 4 (1.27%) AWS
3 4 (1.27%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.95%) GCP
5 2 (0.63%) IaaS
5 2 (0.63%) Lucidchart
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.63%) Mimecast
5 2 (0.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.01%) Network Security
2 5 (1.58%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.27%) Modbus
3 4 (1.27%) Profibus
4 2 (0.63%) Firewall
4 2 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.63%) VPN
5 1 (0.32%) Broadband
5 1 (0.32%) DNS
5 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.27%) Power BI
1 4 (1.27%) Tableau
2 2 (0.63%) Big Data
2 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.63%) Looker
2 2 (0.63%) Metadata
2 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.32%) GIS
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.63%) ERwin
2 2 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.32%) Git
General
1 227 (71.84%) Social Skills
2 106 (33.54%) Finance
3 100 (31.65%) Presentation Skills
4 59 (18.67%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (17.72%) Banking
6 51 (16.14%) German Language
7 48 (15.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (14.56%) Legal
9 44 (13.92%) Financial Institution
10 35 (11.08%) French Language
11 18 (5.70%) Manufacturing
12 14 (4.43%) Public Sector
13 12 (3.80%) Telecoms
14 11 (3.48%) Retail
15 8 (2.53%) Law
16 7 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (1.90%) Electronics
18 4 (1.27%) Local Government
18 4 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
19 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (38.61%) Senior
2 77 (24.37%) Analyst
3 35 (11.08%) Credit Analyst
3 35 (11.08%) Research Analyst
4 23 (7.28%) Risk Manager
5 22 (6.96%) Security Analyst
6 18 (5.70%) Information Specialist
7 16 (5.06%) Information Security Specialist
7 16 (5.06%) Security Specialist
8 13 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (3.80%) Architect
9 12 (3.80%) Operations Manager
9 12 (3.80%) Security Architect
10 11 (3.48%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.85%) Lead
11 9 (2.85%) Technologist
12 8 (2.53%) Onboarding Analyst
13 7 (2.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 7 (2.22%) Risk Analyst
13 7 (2.22%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.06%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.63%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.32%) Pandas
3 1 (0.32%) PySpark
3 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 156 (49.37%) Management Information System
2 35 (11.08%) Credit Risk
2 35 (11.08%) Fixed Income
3 17 (5.38%) Virtual Team
4 10 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.90%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.58%) NHS
6 5 (1.58%) SCADA
7 4 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.63%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.63%) LIMS
9 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.63%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.63%) Linux
1 2 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (70.57%) Risk Management
2 148 (46.84%) Decision-Making
3 86 (27.22%) Information Security
4 57 (18.04%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (12.66%) Business Strategy
7 39 (12.34%) Mentoring
8 38 (12.03%) Asset Management
9 37 (11.71%) Financial Modelling
9 37 (11.71%) Regulatory Compliance
9 37 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (11.08%) Credit Risk Analysis
10 35 (11.08%) Portfolio Management
11 30 (9.49%) Project Management
12 26 (8.23%) Agile
12 26 (8.23%) Due Diligence
12 26 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (7.91%) Coaching
13 25 (7.91%) Collaborative Working
14 24 (7.59%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.70%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.90%) R
3 5 (1.58%) Python
4 4 (1.27%) Ladder Logic
4 4 (1.27%) SQL
5 2 (0.63%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) C++
5 2 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 192 (60.76%) Degree
2 98 (31.01%) BPSS Clearance
3 44 (13.92%) Master's Degree
4 41 (12.97%) CISSP
5 36 (11.39%) Chartered Engineer
6 35 (11.08%) CFA
7 26 (8.23%) CISM
8 16 (5.06%) CRISC
9 13 (4.11%) CISA
9 13 (4.11%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (4.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 13 (4.11%) Security Cleared
10 12 (3.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 12 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (3.16%) SC Cleared
12 3 (0.95%) CEH
12 3 (0.95%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.95%) HNC
12 3 (0.95%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (16.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (9.18%) NIST
3 16 (5.06%) SOC 2
4 12 (3.80%) GDPR
4 12 (3.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (3.16%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.53%) GRC
6 8 (2.53%) QA
7 6 (1.90%) NCSC
8 5 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.58%) PMO
9 3 (0.95%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.63%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.63%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.63%) SLA
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.32%) FISMA
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (6.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.63%) vSphere
3 1 (0.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (0.95%) Terraform
2 2 (0.63%) Ansible
2 2 (0.63%) CASB
3 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (11.08%) Bloomberg
2 17 (5.38%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.06%) Okta
3 16 (5.06%) Salesforce
4 5 (1.58%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (1.58%) Siemens
5 4 (1.27%) Rockwell
5 4 (1.27%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.27%) Tenable
6 3 (0.95%) Databricks
6 3 (0.95%) NEC
6 3 (0.95%) Oracle
6 3 (0.95%) SAP
7 2 (0.63%) Cisco
7 2 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.63%) EMC
7 2 (0.63%) Pure Storage
7 2 (0.63%) Varonis
7 2 (0.63%) VMware
8 1 (0.32%) OneTrust