Risk Analyst
UK
The median Risk Analyst salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 634 | 802 | 744 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +168 | -58 | +198 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Analyst | 75 | 110 | 218 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.11% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.11% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 57 | 111 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £29,000 | £35,733 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,125 | £42,500 | £40,401 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +14.29% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,000 | £66,250 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,000 | £72,000 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £43,750 | £45,000 | £41,312 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +8.93% | -8.20% |
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Risk Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Risk Analyst
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Analyst.
Risk Analyst
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Analyst over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Risk Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analyst 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 | +118 | 50 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 43 |
| UK excluding London | +167 | 42 | £43,750 | -2.78% | 28 |
| London | +103 | 30 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 29 |
| Work from Home | +108 | 24 | £52,500 | +31.59% | 22 |
| Scotland | +114 | 16 | - | - | |
| North of England | +40 | 8 | - | - | |
| North West | +6 | 6 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| Midlands | +84 | 5 | £40,000 | -27.27% | |
| South East | +75 | 5 | £53,750 | +15.59% | 27 |
| East Midlands | +46 | 3 | £40,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | +56 | 2 | £48,000 | -12.73% | |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 2 | - | - | |
| South West | +102 | 1 | - | - | |
| East of England | - | 1 | £51,422 | - |
Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Risk Analyst 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 Risk Analyst in the job title.
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Risk Analyst 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: