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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 248 540
Rank change year-on-year -259 +292 -44
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 239 611 399
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.35% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.47% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 167 179 293
10th Percentile £45,850 £37,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,490 £50,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -

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 69,314 41,679 88,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 92.27% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,751 22,444 62,987
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,159
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 June 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 June 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 -241 221 £70,000 +12.00% 111
London -179 115 £75,000 -11.76% 58
UK excluding London -193 111 £56,000 +1.82% 66
Work from Home -39 86 £75,000 +8.09% 40
South East -49 41 £55,500 -11.20% 26
North of England -44 37 £55,000 - 11
North West +4 28 £50,000 -27.94% 8
Midlands -66 12 £67,500 +22.73% 15
South West -57 11 £80,000 +45.45% 6
Yorkshire -36 9 £72,500 +43.56% 2
West Midlands -45 9 £52,500 -4.55% 6
Scotland -6 6 - - 1
East Midlands -29 3 £67,500 +80.00% 9
Wales -45 2 £51,709 -23.04% 2
East of England -65 2 £62,500 +25.00% 4

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 4 (1.67%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.84%) Primavera
3 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.23%) Azure
2 33 (13.81%) AWS
3 20 (8.37%) GCP
4 14 (5.86%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (5.02%) SaaS
6 5 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.09%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.42%) IaaS
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.95%) CHAP
2 14 (5.86%) Network Security
3 5 (2.09%) Firewall
4 4 (1.67%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (1.67%) Multicast
5 2 (0.84%) Internet
5 2 (0.84%) LAN
5 2 (0.84%) VPN
5 2 (0.84%) WAN
6 1 (0.42%) BGP
6 1 (0.42%) Broadband
6 1 (0.42%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) DNS
6 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.42%) IPsec
6 1 (0.42%) SNMP
6 1 (0.42%) SSL
6 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.42%) VLAN
6 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.26%) Db2
3 2 (0.84%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (5.44%) JIRA
2 5 (2.09%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 125 (52.30%) Finance
2 95 (39.75%) Social Skills
3 84 (35.15%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (18.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (13.39%) Banking
6 30 (12.55%) Law
7 26 (10.88%) Financial Institution
8 23 (9.62%) Public Sector
9 21 (8.79%) Legal
10 20 (8.37%) Retail
11 18 (7.53%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (5.86%) Manufacturing
13 13 (5.44%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (4.60%) Retail Banking
15 7 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (2.93%) Japanese Language
16 6 (2.51%) Aerospace
16 6 (2.51%) Back Office
16 6 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (2.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 35 (14.64%) Senior
2 32 (13.39%) Analyst
3 31 (12.97%) Auditor
4 27 (11.30%) Architect
4 27 (11.30%) IT Manager
5 23 (9.62%) Security Architect
6 19 (7.95%) Security Auditor
7 17 (7.11%) Lead
8 16 (6.69%) Internal Auditor
9 15 (6.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 15 (6.28%) Security Manager
10 12 (5.02%) Consultant
10 12 (5.02%) IT Auditor
11 11 (4.60%) Security Consultant
11 11 (4.60%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.60%) Senior IT Auditor
12 10 (4.18%) Security Analyst
13 9 (3.77%) Test Engineer
14 8 (3.35%) Information Analyst
14 8 (3.35%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.26%) Middleware
3 2 (0.84%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) Kafka
4 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.42%) CSS
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.25%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.79%) Credit Risk
3 14 (5.86%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.60%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.18%) Blockchain
7 8 (3.35%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.93%) CMDB
9 6 (2.51%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.09%) Life Science
11 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.67%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.67%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.67%) Equities
11 4 (1.67%) Eurex
11 4 (1.67%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.60%) Windows
2 4 (1.67%) Linux
3 3 (1.26%) AIX
3 3 (1.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.80%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (30.54%) Risk Management
3 64 (26.78%) Agile
4 61 (25.52%) Information Security
5 56 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (19.67%) Incident Response
7 46 (19.25%) Decision-Making
8 45 (18.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (17.99%) Internal Audit
10 42 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (16.32%) Analytics
12 37 (15.48%) AI
13 35 (14.64%) Data Analytics
13 35 (14.64%) Vulnerability Management
14 34 (14.23%) Threat Modelling
14 34 (14.23%) Validation
15 33 (13.81%) IT Audit
15 33 (13.81%) Project Management
15 33 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
16 29 (12.13%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.09%) Python
2 3 (1.26%) C
2 3 (1.26%) C++
2 3 (1.26%) Java
3 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.84%) MATLAB
3 2 (0.84%) SQL
4 1 (0.42%) C#
Qualifications
1 99 (41.42%) CISSP
2 83 (34.73%) CISM
3 50 (20.92%) CISA
4 44 (18.41%) Degree
5 38 (15.90%) CRISC
6 32 (13.39%) Security Cleared
7 26 (10.88%) SC Cleared
8 19 (7.95%) CGEIT
8 19 (7.95%) FFIEC
8 19 (7.95%) SANS
9 13 (5.44%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (4.18%) Master's Degree
11 8 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (2.09%) OSCP
14 5 (2.09%) PMI Certification
14 5 (2.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (35.98%) NIST
2 69 (28.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (17.15%) COBIT
4 32 (13.39%) GDPR
5 31 (12.97%) GRC
6 25 (10.46%) SLA
7 22 (9.21%) PCI DSS
8 21 (8.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (7.53%) NCSC
10 16 (6.69%) ITGC
10 16 (6.69%) SOC 2
11 12 (5.02%) Accessibility
12 11 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (4.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (3.35%) QA
15 6 (2.51%) NIST 800
16 5 (2.09%) Def Stans
17 4 (1.67%) GMP
18 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.42%) Firmware
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) CASB
1 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.42%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (7.95%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.11%) Oracle
2 17 (7.11%) SAP
3 13 (5.44%) IFS
4 7 (2.93%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.67%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.67%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.67%) Citrix
5 4 (1.67%) CQG
5 4 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.67%) ION Trading
5 4 (1.67%) Patsystems
5 4 (1.67%) Reuters
5 4 (1.67%) Trayport
6 3 (1.26%) Keysight
6 3 (1.26%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.84%) Adobe
7 2 (0.84%) VMware
8 1 (0.42%) Cisco
8 1 (0.42%) Salesforce