Risk Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Risk Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Risk Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 745 731
Rank change year-on-year +190 -14 +117
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Officer 20 18 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.051% 0.025% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.027% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 2
10th Percentile £39,725 - £26,200
25th Percentile £40,813 £45,000 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +38.46%
75th Percentile £46,813 £48,750 £57,375
90th Percentile £47,975 £52,500 £64,200
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year - -24.60% +48.24%

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 35,759 67,300 52,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.85% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18,598 47,582 30,032
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Risk Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Officer in the UK excluding London

Risk Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Risk Officer in the UK excluding London

Risk Officer
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 Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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 +117 9 - -
South East +92 7 - - 1
North of England - 3 £47,500 - 1
North West - 3 £47,500 - 1
South West - 1 £40,000 -
Risk Officer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Risk Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Legal
2 10 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (45.00%) Data Protection
4 8 (40.00%) Information Security
4 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (40.00%) Finance
4 8 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 8 (40.00%) Due Diligence
4 8 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (35.00%) People Management
5 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
5 7 (35.00%) Coaching
5 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 7 (35.00%) CRISC
5 7 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (35.00%) Quantitative Risk Management
5 7 (35.00%) Quantitative Finance
5 7 (35.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (35.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (35.00%) Model Validation
5 7 (35.00%) Impact Analysis
5 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
5 7 (35.00%) CISSP
5 7 (35.00%) Project Management
5 7 (35.00%) CISM
5 7 (35.00%) GAP Analysis

Risk Officer 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 1 (5.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) LaTeX
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
1 2 (10.00%) GCP
1 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 14 (70.00%) Legal
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Finance
4 5 (25.00%) Front Office
5 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 8 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (35.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (10.00%) Credit Risk
3 2 (10.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 9 (45.00%) Data Protection
2 9 (45.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (40.00%) Due Diligence
3 8 (40.00%) Information Security
3 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (35.00%) Agile
4 7 (35.00%) Coaching
4 7 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (35.00%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (35.00%) Impact Analysis
4 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
4 7 (35.00%) Model Validation
4 7 (35.00%) OWASP
4 7 (35.00%) People Management
4 7 (35.00%) Performance Management
4 7 (35.00%) Project Management
4 7 (35.00%) Quantitative Finance
4 7 (35.00%) Quantitative Risk Management
4 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) CISM
1 7 (35.00%) CISSP
1 7 (35.00%) CRISC
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 5 (25.00%) PhD
3 2 (10.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (35.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (35.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (10.00%) Data Quality