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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 702 653
Rank change year-on-year +90 -49 +155
Permanent jobs citing Risk Analysis 97 212 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.24% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 71 137 174
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £42,300 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,333 £87,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £58,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.88% +10.95% +5.00%

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Top 18 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 30 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 +30 70 £60,000 - 333
UK excluding London +93 50 £67,500 +15.88% 310
London +92 30 £50,250 -30.69% 71
Work from Home +71 26 £70,000 +16.67% 204
North of England +30 17 £75,000 +11.11% 62
North West +15 15 £75,000 +27.12% 26
South East +55 9 £60,000 +41.84% 110
Northern Ireland - 9 £82,801 - 8
South West +90 7 £47,500 +5.56% 31
Midlands +51 4 £45,000 +16.13% 51
West Midlands +39 2 £63,901 +64.90% 24
East Midlands +30 2 £41,500 -4.60% 23
Scotland +117 1 £81,764 - 11
North East +47 1 £81,764 +25.79% 7
Wales +45 1 £81,764 +30.82% 6
East of England +44 1 - - 42
Yorkshire +32 1 £45,000 -35.71% 29
Isle of Man - 1 - - 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 (2.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.03%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.37%) Azure
2 10 (10.31%) AWS
3 7 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.12%) Cloudflare
4 4 (4.12%) Datadog
5 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.09%) SaaS
6 2 (2.06%) AWS KMS
6 2 (2.06%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.06%) IaaS
6 2 (2.06%) PaaS
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (31.96%) Firewall
2 16 (16.49%) Network Security
3 14 (14.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (7.22%) VPN
5 6 (6.19%) BGP
5 6 (6.19%) EIGRP
5 6 (6.19%) HSRP
5 6 (6.19%) IPsec
5 6 (6.19%) OSPF
5 6 (6.19%) SNMP
5 6 (6.19%) VRRP
5 6 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.06%) DHCP
6 2 (2.06%) DNS
6 2 (2.06%) Internet
6 2 (2.06%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.03%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.09%) Power BI
2 2 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.03%) Base SAS
3 1 (1.03%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.03%) Metadata
3 1 (1.03%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.03%) MySQL
3 1 (1.03%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.03%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) JIRA
2 2 (2.06%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.06%) Metasploit
General
1 58 (59.79%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.93%) Finance
3 29 (29.90%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.34%) Banking
5 10 (10.31%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (10.31%) Legal
6 8 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.19%) Investment Banking
8 5 (5.15%) Telecoms
9 4 (4.12%) Aerospace
9 4 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.06%) Financial Institution
11 2 (2.06%) French Language
11 2 (2.06%) German Language
11 2 (2.06%) Marketing
12 1 (1.03%) Back Office
12 1 (1.03%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (24.74%) Architect
2 23 (23.71%) Security Architect
3 21 (21.65%) Analyst
4 16 (16.49%) Lead
5 13 (13.40%) Security Analyst
6 10 (10.31%) Senior
7 8 (8.25%) Principal Architect
7 8 (8.25%) Principal Security Architect
8 6 (6.19%) IT Analyst
8 6 (6.19%) IT Security Analyst
8 6 (6.19%) Network Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Developer
10 3 (3.09%) Penetration Tester
10 3 (3.09%) Risk Analyst
10 3 (3.09%) Security Engineer
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.09%) Tester
11 2 (2.06%) IT Security Engineer
11 2 (2.06%) Senior Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.06%) PyTorch
1 2 (2.06%) scikit-learn
1 2 (2.06%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.03%) .NET
2 1 (1.03%) Django
2 1 (1.03%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.03%) gRPC
2 1 (1.03%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (20.62%) Security Posture
2 18 (18.56%) Management Information System
3 16 (16.49%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (14.43%) Operational Technology
4 14 (14.43%) Social Media
4 14 (14.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (7.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (6.19%) IPTV
7 4 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (2.06%) Algorithms
9 2 (2.06%) Credit Risk
9 2 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (2.06%) Fixed Income
9 2 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (2.06%) Market Risk
9 2 (2.06%) PMI
9 2 (2.06%) Public Cloud
9 2 (2.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.49%) Windows
2 14 (14.43%) Windows Vista
3 2 (2.06%) Linux
3 2 (2.06%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (62.89%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (43.30%) Risk Management
3 40 (41.24%) Information Security
4 26 (26.80%) Incident Response
5 25 (25.77%) Security Architecture
6 24 (24.74%) Computer Science
7 23 (23.71%) Information Assurance
8 22 (22.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (22.68%) TOGAF
9 20 (20.62%) SIEM
10 19 (19.59%) Collaborative Working
11 18 (18.56%) Cloud Security
11 18 (18.56%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (17.53%) Decision-Making
12 17 (17.53%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (16.49%) Data Protection
13 16 (16.49%) DevSecOps
14 15 (15.46%) Risk Assessment
14 15 (15.46%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.28%) Python
2 5 (5.15%) SQL
3 3 (3.09%) VBA
4 2 (2.06%) Bash
4 2 (2.06%) C#
4 2 (2.06%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.03%) Java
5 1 (1.03%) Rust
5 1 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (37.11%) Degree
2 20 (20.62%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (17.53%) Master's Degree
4 16 (16.49%) CISA
4 16 (16.49%) CISM
4 16 (16.49%) CISSP
4 16 (16.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (15.46%) CEH
6 14 (14.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (14.43%) DBS Check
7 11 (11.34%) SC Cleared
7 11 (11.34%) Security Cleared
8 6 (6.19%) CCNA
9 4 (4.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (3.09%) PMI Certification
11 2 (2.06%) CHECK Team Member
11 2 (2.06%) CREST Certified
12 1 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (1.03%) OSCP
12 1 (1.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (35.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (31.96%) NIST
3 15 (15.46%) GDPR
4 9 (9.28%) NCSC
5 8 (8.25%) QA
6 5 (5.15%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.09%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.03%) Basel III
9 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.03%) IFRS
9 1 (1.03%) IFRS 9
9 1 (1.03%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.03%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (2.06%) Nmap
2 1 (1.03%) Grafana
2 1 (1.03%) Nessus
2 1 (1.03%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.19%) Arista
2 6 (6.19%) Bloomberg
2 6 (6.19%) CheckPoint
2 6 (6.19%) Cisco
2 6 (6.19%) Fortinet
2 6 (6.19%) Meraki
2 6 (6.19%) Refinitiv
2 6 (6.19%) SolarWinds
3 3 (3.09%) NEC
4 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.03%) Murex
5 1 (1.03%) Qualys
5 1 (1.03%) Splunk