IT Risk Manager Job Trends

IT Risk Manager
UK

The median IT Risk Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 642 687 700
Rank change year-on-year +45 +13 +308
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Risk Manager 8 32 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.058% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.062% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 6 21 13
10th Percentile - £52,500 £56,322
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -11.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £70,500 £92,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 53,660 51,710 49,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 93.38% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,065 27,370 37,929
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,549 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,458 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

IT Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Risk Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Risk Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for IT Risk Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for IT Risk Manager job vacancies in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +50 7 £60,000 -7.69% 10
UK excluding London +45 6 £60,000 - 7
Work from Home +76 3 £60,000 -25.00% 6
South East +37 3 £60,000 -11.11% 4
London +37 2 - - 3
North West +22 2 £60,000 - 3
North of England +4 2 £60,000 - 3
Wales - 1 £74,000 -

IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, IT Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring IT Risk Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) IT Audit
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Register
4 3 (37.50%) BCP
4 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
4 3 (37.50%) Firewall
4 3 (37.50%) Information Governance
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security Management
4 3 (37.50%) ISMS
4 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 3 (37.50%) Security Management
4 3 (37.50%) SOC 2
5 2 (25.00%) CISA
5 2 (25.00%) COBIT
5 2 (25.00%) CRISC
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Internal Audit
5 2 (25.00%) IT Governance
5 2 (25.00%) ITGC
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
6 1 (12.50%) AI

IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) IT Audit
2 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Register
4 3 (37.50%) BCP
4 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
4 3 (37.50%) Information Governance
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security Management
4 3 (37.50%) ISMS
4 3 (37.50%) Security Management
5 2 (25.00%) Internal Audit
5 2 (25.00%) IT Governance
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
6 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (25.00%) CISA
2 2 (25.00%) CRISC
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (37.50%) SOC 2
3 2 (25.00%) COBIT
3 2 (25.00%) ITGC
4 1 (12.50%) EU AI Act
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
4 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google