Risk Analysis Jobs

Risk Analysis
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Risk Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 611 689 679
Rank change year-on-year +78 -10 +132
Permanent jobs citing Risk Analysis 81 207 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.21% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.24% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 64 126 171
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £34,227
25th Percentile £47,188 £42,300 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,250 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +29.55% +22.22% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Analysis 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Analysis.

Salary trend for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +46 67 £60,000 +1.69% 108
UK excluding London +105 40 £71,250 +29.55% 60
London +84 28 £60,000 -17.24% 59
North of England +65 19 £75,000 +15.38% 15
Work from Home +141 18 £60,000 - 59
North West +40 18 £75,000 +27.12% 10
South West +93 8 £51,250 +13.89% 3
South East +74 6 £57,500 +35.93% 23
Midlands +49 3 £60,000 +37.14% 8
West Midlands +35 3 £60,000 +37.14% 2
Wales +46 2 - - 2
East of England +56 1 - - 6
Yorkshire +49 1 £45,000 -35.71% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Risk Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.05%) Azure
2 10 (12.35%) AWS
3 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.94%) Cloudflare
4 4 (4.94%) Datadog
4 4 (4.94%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.70%) SaaS
6 2 (2.47%) AWS KMS
6 2 (2.47%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.47%) IaaS
6 2 (2.47%) PaaS
6 2 (2.47%) Veeva
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 32 (39.51%) Firewall
2 21 (25.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (7.41%) Network Security
4 3 (3.70%) BGP
4 3 (3.70%) EIGRP
4 3 (3.70%) HSRP
4 3 (3.70%) IPsec
4 3 (3.70%) OSPF
4 3 (3.70%) SNMP
4 3 (3.70%) VPN
4 3 (3.70%) VRRP
4 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.47%) DHCP
5 2 (2.47%) DNS
5 2 (2.47%) Internet
5 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Base SAS
2 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.23%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.23%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.23%) MySQL
2 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.23%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (1.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.47%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.47%) Postman
2 2 (2.47%) SoapUI
General
1 38 (46.91%) Social Skills
2 35 (43.21%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (30.86%) Finance
4 7 (8.64%) Banking
5 4 (4.94%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.94%) French Language
6 3 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.70%) Investment Banking
6 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.47%) German Language
7 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Legal
7 2 (2.47%) Marketing
7 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (27.16%) Architect
2 21 (25.93%) Security Architect
3 17 (20.99%) Analyst
4 12 (14.81%) Senior
5 9 (11.11%) Security Analyst
6 7 (8.64%) IT Manager
7 5 (6.17%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.94%) Developer
8 4 (4.94%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.94%) Lead
8 4 (4.94%) Quantitative Developer
9 3 (3.70%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.70%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.70%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.70%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
9 3 (3.70%) IT Support
9 3 (3.70%) Risk Analyst
9 3 (3.70%) Risk Manager
9 3 (3.70%) Security Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) ADO
1 2 (2.47%) PyTorch
1 2 (2.47%) scikit-learn
1 2 (2.47%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.23%) Django
2 1 (1.23%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.23%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 25 (30.86%) Management Information System
1 25 (30.86%) Security Posture
2 23 (28.40%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (25.93%) Social Media
3 21 (25.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (4.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.94%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.70%) Derivative
5 3 (3.70%) IPTV
5 3 (3.70%) Market Risk
6 2 (2.47%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.47%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (2.47%) Credit Risk
6 2 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.47%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) Life Science
6 2 (2.47%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) Replication
6 2 (2.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.93%) Windows
1 21 (25.93%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (53.09%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (46.91%) Risk Management
3 33 (40.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (37.04%) Incident Response
5 29 (35.80%) Information Security
6 28 (34.57%) Computer Science
7 25 (30.86%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (29.63%) Cloud Security
8 24 (29.63%) Data Protection
8 24 (29.63%) SIEM
9 23 (28.40%) DevSecOps
9 23 (28.40%) Security Architecture
10 22 (27.16%) Information Assurance
10 22 (27.16%) Vulnerability Management
11 21 (25.93%) Ethical Hacking
11 21 (25.93%) Identity Management
11 21 (25.93%) Proactive Management
11 21 (25.93%) TOGAF
12 14 (17.28%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.11%) Python
2 4 (4.94%) SQL
3 3 (3.70%) VBA
4 2 (2.47%) Bash
4 2 (2.47%) C#
4 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.23%) Rust
Qualifications
1 40 (49.38%) Degree
2 26 (32.10%) Master's Degree
3 24 (29.63%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (27.16%) CEH
4 22 (27.16%) CISM
4 22 (27.16%) CISSP
4 22 (27.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (25.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 21 (25.93%) CISA
5 21 (25.93%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.70%) CCNA
6 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.47%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (2.47%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.47%) ISTQB
7 2 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.23%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (39.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (35.80%) NIST
3 22 (27.16%) GDPR
4 5 (6.17%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (2.47%) QA
7 1 (1.23%) Basel III
7 1 (1.23%) GRC
7 1 (1.23%) IFRS
7 1 (1.23%) IFRS 9
7 1 (1.23%) ISO 14001
7 1 (1.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.23%) NEBOSH
7 1 (1.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.47%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (2.47%) Nmap
2 1 (1.23%) Grafana
2 1 (1.23%) Nessus
2 1 (1.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.70%) Arista
2 3 (3.70%) Bloomberg
2 3 (3.70%) CheckPoint
2 3 (3.70%) Cisco
2 3 (3.70%) Fortinet
2 3 (3.70%) Meraki
2 3 (3.70%) Refinitiv
2 3 (3.70%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.23%) NEC
3 1 (1.23%) Qualys
3 1 (1.23%) SAP
3 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.23%) Splunk