Risk Assessment Job Trends

Risk Assessment
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Risk Assessment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 230 547
Rank change year-on-year -288 +317 -60
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 220 610 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 1.43% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 1.53% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 157 152 274
10th Percentile £47,500 £39,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,041 £51,645 £47,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,444 £77,500
90th Percentile £118,000 £104,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Assessment 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 68,427 39,782 82,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.76% 93.32% 84.70%
Number of salaries quoted 44,356 20,831 59,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,797 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Assessment relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Risk Assessment job vacancy trend in the UK

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
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 Assessment within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2026. 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 -270 205 £70,000 +16.67% 119
London -182 124 £75,000 -11.76% 46
UK excluding London -170 87 £55,000 - 87
Work from Home -38 76 £80,000 +15.30% 51
North of England -64 36 £55,000 -0.90% 25
North West -8 27 £50,000 -9.91% 13
South East -44 27 £55,000 -20.00% 27
Yorkshire -46 9 £72,500 +43.56% 7
Midlands -49 9 £62,500 +13.64% 12
West Midlands -52 7 £62,500 +13.64% 6
Scotland -16 6 - - 6
South West -55 6 £65,130 +18.42% 13
East Midlands -32 2 - - 6
Wales -35 2 £51,709 -25.47% 1
East of England -65 1 £62,500 +25.00% 5

Risk Assessment
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.91%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.91%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.45%) AWS
2 22 (10.00%) Azure
3 15 (6.82%) SaaS
4 14 (6.36%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (5.00%) GCP
6 5 (2.27%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.91%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.45%) CHAP
2 9 (4.09%) Network Security
3 3 (1.36%) Firewall
4 2 (0.91%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.91%) Multicast
5 1 (0.45%) Broadband
5 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.82%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.36%) DB2
3 2 (0.91%) Power BI
3 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 124 (56.36%) Finance
2 88 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 65 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (17.73%) Banking
5 33 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (14.55%) Law
7 31 (14.09%) Financial Institution
8 21 (9.55%) Retail
9 18 (8.18%) Legal
9 18 (8.18%) Public Sector
10 13 (5.91%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (5.00%) Retail Banking
12 10 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (3.18%) Back Office
13 7 (3.18%) Japanese Language
13 7 (3.18%) Marketing
14 6 (2.73%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.82%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.82%) Italian Language
15 4 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (16.82%) Auditor
2 35 (15.91%) Senior
3 34 (15.45%) Analyst
4 33 (15.00%) IT Manager
5 23 (10.45%) Security Auditor
6 20 (9.09%) Internal Auditor
7 19 (8.64%) Architect
7 19 (8.64%) Security Architect
8 14 (6.36%) IT Auditor
8 14 (6.36%) Security Manager
9 13 (5.91%) Senior Auditor
9 13 (5.91%) Senior IT Auditor
10 12 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 12 (5.45%) Lead
11 11 (5.00%) Security Analyst
12 9 (4.09%) Change Manager
12 9 (4.09%) Consultant
12 9 (4.09%) Information Analyst
12 9 (4.09%) IT Change Manager
12 9 (4.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.36%) Middleware
2 2 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.45%) CSS
3 1 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (24.55%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.36%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.45%) Blockchain
4 11 (5.00%) Credit Risk
5 10 (4.55%) CMDB
5 10 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.27%) Life Science
8 4 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.82%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.82%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.82%) NHS
9 3 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.36%) PKI
10 2 (0.91%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.91%) Eurex
10 2 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.18%) Windows
2 3 (1.36%) AIX
2 3 (1.36%) Unix
3 2 (0.91%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (34.09%) Risk Management
2 74 (33.64%) Cybersecurity
3 68 (30.91%) Information Security
4 60 (27.27%) Agile
5 52 (23.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (21.36%) Internal Audit
7 46 (20.91%) Analytics
7 46 (20.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 44 (20.00%) Incident Response
9 39 (17.73%) Data Analytics
9 39 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (17.73%) Validation
10 37 (16.82%) Decision-Making
11 35 (15.91%) Project Management
12 34 (15.45%) IT Audit
13 32 (14.55%) Vulnerability Management
14 31 (14.09%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (13.64%) Data Protection
16 29 (13.18%) AI
17 28 (12.73%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.36%) C
1 3 (1.36%) C++
2 1 (0.45%) C#
2 1 (0.45%) Java
2 1 (0.45%) Python
2 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (45.45%) CISSP
2 82 (37.27%) CISM
3 57 (25.91%) CISA
4 36 (16.36%) CRISC
5 32 (14.55%) Degree
6 23 (10.45%) CGEIT
6 23 (10.45%) FFIEC
6 23 (10.45%) SANS
7 22 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 16 (7.27%) SC Cleared
9 13 (5.91%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (3.18%) OSCP
11 6 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.27%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.27%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (37.27%) NIST
2 62 (28.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (20.45%) COBIT
4 35 (15.91%) GDPR
5 28 (12.73%) GRC
6 24 (10.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 21 (9.55%) PCI DSS
8 16 (7.27%) ITGC
8 16 (7.27%) SOC 2
9 14 (6.36%) SLA
10 12 (5.45%) NCSC
11 11 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (4.09%) Accessibility
13 8 (3.64%) GMP
14 7 (3.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (3.18%) QA
15 5 (2.27%) NIST 800
16 4 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 2 (0.91%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.45%) Firmware
1 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) CASB
1 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (7.27%) Microsoft
1 16 (7.27%) SAP
2 15 (6.82%) Oracle
3 13 (5.91%) IFS
4 10 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.82%) Citrix
5 4 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.82%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.36%) Keysight
6 3 (1.36%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.91%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.91%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.91%) CQG
7 2 (0.91%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.91%) Patsystems
7 2 (0.91%) Reuters
7 2 (0.91%) Trayport
8 1 (0.45%) BT
8 1 (0.45%) Openreach
8 1 (0.45%) VMware