Risk Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Risk Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £64,627 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 673 679
Rank change year-on-year +254 +6 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 169 75 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29 63 49
10th Percentile £50,500 £49,000 £47,036
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +9.20% +0.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,718 £77,250 £103,911
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% -16.13% +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,502 67,301 53,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,783 47,644 30,431
10th Percentile £27,377 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

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 Risk Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Midlands +91 50 £63,750 -1.92% 13
West Midlands +79 41 £60,000 -7.69% 3
North of England +86 39 £62,500 -13.79% 13
Scotland +140 34 £77,606 +24.17% 4
North West +23 28 £42,500 -41.38% 10
South West +121 21 £64,627 +11.43% 1
South East +106 20 £70,000 +21.74% 22
East Midlands +45 9 £75,000 +25.00% 10
Yorkshire +72 7 £73,750 -1.67% 3
North East +47 4 £71,250 +1.79%
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2
East of England +45 1 £90,000 +44.00% 1
Risk Manager
UK

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 137 (81.07%) Risk Management
2 132 (78.11%) Finance
3 83 (49.11%) Social Skills
4 55 (32.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 54 (31.95%) Blockchain
6 53 (31.36%) Coaching
7 51 (30.18%) Creative Thinking
8 50 (29.59%) Financial Institution
9 42 (24.85%) Legal
10 41 (24.26%) Mentoring
11 40 (23.67%) ITGC
12 38 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
12 38 (22.49%) Analytics
12 38 (22.49%) Artificial Intelligence
12 38 (22.49%) Agile
13 37 (21.89%) Information Security
13 37 (21.89%) Credit Risk
13 37 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (21.30%) Retail
15 32 (18.93%) Robotics
15 32 (18.93%) Telecoms
15 32 (18.93%) Robotic Process Automation
15 32 (18.93%) Data Analytics
16 30 (17.75%) Project Delivery
17 29 (17.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 28 (16.57%) Test Strategy
18 28 (16.57%) Avaloq
18 28 (16.57%) Line Management
18 28 (16.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
19 27 (15.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley

Risk Manager Skill Set
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 5 (2.96%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.33%) Azure
1 9 (5.33%) IBM Watson
1 9 (5.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (1.78%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.33%) MS Access
1 9 (5.33%) Power BI
1 9 (5.33%) QlikView
1 9 (5.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.59%) DTS
2 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Git
1 3 (1.78%) GitLab
General
1 132 (78.11%) Finance
2 83 (49.11%) Social Skills
3 50 (29.59%) Financial Institution
4 42 (24.85%) Legal
5 38 (22.49%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (21.30%) Retail
7 32 (18.93%) Telecoms
8 22 (13.02%) Law
8 22 (13.02%) Prime Brokerage
9 21 (12.43%) Marketing
10 15 (8.88%) Banking
11 3 (1.78%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.78%) Social Science
12 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.59%) Front Office
13 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.59%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.78%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 54 (31.95%) Blockchain
2 37 (21.89%) Credit Risk
3 32 (18.93%) Robotics
4 22 (13.02%) Derivative
4 22 (13.02%) Hedge funds
5 10 (5.92%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.37%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (81.07%) Risk Management
2 55 (32.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (31.36%) Coaching
4 51 (30.18%) Creative Thinking
5 41 (24.26%) Mentoring
6 38 (22.49%) Agile
6 38 (22.49%) Analytics
6 38 (22.49%) Artificial Intelligence
7 37 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (21.89%) Information Security
8 32 (18.93%) Data Analytics
8 32 (18.93%) Robotic Process Automation
9 30 (17.75%) Project Delivery
10 28 (16.57%) Line Management
10 28 (16.57%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 28 (16.57%) Test Strategy
11 25 (14.79%) IT Governance
12 24 (14.20%) People Management
12 24 (14.20%) Project Management
13 22 (13.02%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.06%) Python
2 16 (9.47%) SQL
3 10 (5.92%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (14.79%) CISSP
2 23 (13.61%) CRISC
3 20 (11.83%) CISA
4 14 (8.28%) Degree
5 12 (7.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 12 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (7.10%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (7.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 10 (5.92%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.73%) CISM
8 6 (3.55%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.78%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.59%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (23.67%) ITGC
2 29 (17.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (15.98%) GDPR
3 27 (15.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 22 (13.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 16 (9.47%) COBIT
6 6 (3.55%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.96%) GRC
8 4 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.78%) CRD IV
9 3 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.78%) IFRS
9 3 (1.78%) IFRS 9
9 3 (1.78%) QA
10 1 (0.59%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.59%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.59%) NIST
10 1 (0.59%) PMO
Vendors
1 28 (16.57%) Avaloq
2 9 (5.33%) Databricks
2 9 (5.33%) IBM
2 9 (5.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.59%) NEC