Risk Register Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Risk Register skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 457 476
Rank change year-on-year -4 +19 +147
Permanent jobs citing Risk Register 45 107 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.28% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.32% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33 52 49
10th Percentile £38,000 £27,000 £40,939
25th Percentile £44,196 £36,375 £47,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,961 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% -13.40% +33.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £79,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Risk Register 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 33,806 33,408 26,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.20% 88.00% 92.49%
Number of salaries quoted 19,379 15,528 19,886
10th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £38,272
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Risk Register
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Register relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Risk Register job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Risk Register.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Risk Register

Risk Register
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Register in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Register in the UK excluding London

Risk Register
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 Register within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
South East +15 16 £60,000 +122.22% 37
North of England +8 14 £50,000 -11.11% 30
North West +35 11 £50,000 -13.04% 15
Midlands +12 7 £45,390 +0.03% 24
West Midlands +28 4 £50,000 +37.93% 12
East of England +18 3 £67,500 +73.08% 19
East Midlands -4 3 £45,390 -21.06% 11
South West +10 2 - - 19
Scotland -6 2 £70,000 +39.17% 4
Yorkshire -19 2 £55,500 -1.33% 15
Wales -1 1 £74,000 - 6
North East - 1 £45,497 -
Risk Register
UK

Risk Register
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.67%) SaaS
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (2.22%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (2.22%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.22%) IaaS
4 1 (2.22%) OCI
4 1 (2.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (8.89%) Network Security
3 3 (6.67%) DMZ
3 3 (6.67%) Modbus
4 2 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.22%) NAS
5 1 (2.22%) SAN
5 1 (2.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.22%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 20 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.00%) Finance
3 9 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.67%) Law
6 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.22%) Humanities
7 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Legal
7 1 (2.22%) Military
7 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.22%) Public Speaking
7 1 (2.22%) Retail
7 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (17.78%) IT Manager
1 8 (17.78%) Security Manager
2 7 (15.56%) Analyst
2 7 (15.56%) Lead
2 7 (15.56%) Project Manager
3 6 (13.33%) Risk Analyst
3 6 (13.33%) Senior
4 5 (11.11%) Risk Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Senior Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) IT Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) IT Risk Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) IT Risk Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Security Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Service Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Information Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
6 3 (6.67%) IT Security Manager
6 3 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 6 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 5 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (11.11%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 3 (6.67%) SCADA
5 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.22%) PMI
6 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Linux
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) Risk Management
2 16 (35.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (24.44%) Incident Response
5 11 (24.44%) Information Security
6 9 (20.00%) ITIL
7 8 (17.78%) Computer Science
8 7 (15.56%) ISMS
8 7 (15.56%) IT Audit
8 7 (15.56%) Project Management
8 7 (15.56%) Quality Management
9 6 (13.33%) Budget Management
9 6 (13.33%) Information Security Management
9 6 (13.33%) Security Management
9 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (11.11%) Business Continuity
10 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
10 5 (11.11%) Programme Management
10 5 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Degree
2 10 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 8 (17.78%) SC Cleared
4 7 (15.56%) CISSP
5 6 (13.33%) CISM
5 6 (13.33%) HND
6 4 (8.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (8.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (8.89%) DBS Check
6 4 (8.89%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (6.67%) CEH
7 3 (6.67%) HNC
7 3 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.44%) PMI Certification
8 2 (4.44%) Postgraduate
9 1 (2.22%) ACCA
9 1 (2.22%) CIMA
9 1 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (24.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (24.44%) NIST
3 9 (20.00%) GDPR
4 5 (11.11%) GRC
4 5 (11.11%) ISO 9001
5 4 (8.89%) QA
5 4 (8.89%) SOC 2
6 3 (6.67%) PCI DSS
7 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.22%) COBIT
8 1 (2.22%) IASME
8 1 (2.22%) ISO 14001
8 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (2.22%) NEBOSH
8 1 (2.22%) NIST 800
8 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.22%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Canon
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco
2 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
2 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.22%) Tanium
2 1 (2.22%) Tenable
2 1 (2.22%) VMware
2 1 (2.22%) Zscaler