IT Risk Manager
UK
The median IT Risk Manager salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 697 | 842 | 959 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +145 | +117 | +272 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Risk Manager | 15 | 48 | 18 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.027% | 0.048% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.030% | 0.051% | 0.020% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 42 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £58,500 | £47,625 | £43,608 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,750 | £56,250 | £50,420 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £61,250 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.37% | +2.08% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £67,500 | £68,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,000 | - | £86,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £63,750 | £61,250 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.08% | +11.36% | -6.38% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 50,683 | 94,601 | 90,752 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.72% | 94.69% | 91.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,196 | 67,610 | 57,343 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,320 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.37% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
IT Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Risk Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Risk Manager.
IT Risk Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Risk Manager over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.
IT Risk Manager
Top 11 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 19 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 |
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| England | +116 | 12 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | +153 | 10 | £63,750 | +4.08% | 15 |
| London | +113 | 5 | £72,500 | -9.38% | 11 |
| Scotland | +120 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | +49 | 3 | £60,000 | -7.69% | |
| West Midlands | +29 | 3 | £60,000 | -7.69% | |
| South West | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +112 | 1 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 5 |
| North of England | +42 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| East of England | +38 | 1 | £90,000 | +44.00% | 1 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, IT 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 featuring IT Risk Manager in the job title.
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IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: