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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 184 518
Rank change year-on-year -287 +334 -22
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 245 708 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 1.72% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.85% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 145 155 282
10th Percentile £50,000 £32,750 £40,100
25th Percentile £66,250 £47,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% -14.62% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £75,822 £81,786
90th Percentile £117,500 £94,400 £89,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,745 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.63% -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 64,151 38,285 80,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.65% 92.95% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,600 22,564 59,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -7.94%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -269 232 £70,000 +21.38% 101
Work from Home +22 123 £75,000 +36.36% 42
London -202 123 £75,000 +7.14% 36
UK excluding London -175 113 £59,745 +8.63% 90
South West -24 33 £50,260 -8.62% 11
Midlands -25 29 £62,500 -2.72% 8
North of England -66 25 £66,675 +20.14% 24
East Midlands -32 23 £51,058 -22.64% 5
North West -31 19 £33,005 -44.99% 17
South East -71 17 £59,490 -0.85% 26
West Midlands -24 6 £66,250 +19.37% 3
Scotland -37 6 - - 6
Yorkshire -69 6 £72,500 +40.78% 4
Wales -29 2 £51,709 +5.31% 9
East of England -93 1 £62,500 +25.00% 7

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 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.82%) Primavera
3 1 (0.41%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.76%) AWS
2 15 (6.12%) Azure
3 14 (5.71%) SaaS
4 10 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.04%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.22%) GCP
7 3 (1.22%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.22%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.41%) IaaS
9 1 (0.41%) PaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.61%) CHAP
2 6 (2.45%) Firewall
3 4 (1.63%) Multicast
4 3 (1.22%) Network Security
5 1 (0.41%) Broadband
5 1 (0.41%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.22%) Power BI
3 2 (0.82%) DB2
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) Power Query
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 168 (68.57%) Finance
2 97 (39.59%) Banking
3 84 (34.29%) Social Skills
4 46 (18.78%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (13.88%) Financial Institution
6 26 (10.61%) Law
7 24 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (9.80%) Retail
8 16 (6.53%) Legal
9 14 (5.71%) Public Sector
10 13 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (4.49%) Retail Banking
12 7 (2.86%) Back Office
12 7 (2.86%) Marketing
13 5 (2.04%) Japanese Language
14 4 (1.63%) Agriculture
14 4 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.22%) Games
15 3 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (19.18%) Auditor
2 44 (17.96%) Senior
3 35 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 30 (12.24%) Analyst
5 26 (10.61%) Security Auditor
6 24 (9.80%) Internal Auditor
7 21 (8.57%) IT Auditor
8 20 (8.16%) Senior Auditor
8 20 (8.16%) Senior IT Auditor
9 16 (6.53%) Security Manager
10 14 (5.71%) Lead
11 12 (4.90%) Architect
11 12 (4.90%) Change Manager
11 12 (4.90%) Information Analyst
11 12 (4.90%) Information Security Analyst
11 12 (4.90%) IT Change Manager
11 12 (4.90%) Security Analyst
11 12 (4.90%) Security Architect
12 10 (4.08%) Consultant
13 9 (3.67%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.63%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.82%) Middleware
3 1 (0.41%) CSS
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (26.53%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.35%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.71%) Blockchain
3 14 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.90%) CMDB
5 9 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.63%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.63%) Equities
8 4 (1.63%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.22%) Blog
9 3 (1.22%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.22%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.22%) PKI
10 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.82%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.63%) Linux
2 3 (1.22%) Windows
3 2 (0.82%) AIX
3 2 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (50.61%) Information Security
2 123 (50.20%) Risk Management
3 76 (31.02%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (25.31%) Agile
5 61 (24.90%) Due Diligence
6 55 (22.45%) Internal Audit
7 54 (22.04%) Business Continuity
8 53 (21.63%) Roadmaps
9 49 (20.00%) Analytics
9 49 (20.00%) Process Improvement
10 46 (18.78%) Business Continuity Management
11 45 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (18.37%) Operations Management
11 45 (18.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (18.37%) Supply Chain Management
12 42 (17.14%) Data Analytics
12 42 (17.14%) Incident Response
13 41 (16.73%) Project Management
14 39 (15.92%) Validation
15 38 (15.51%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.63%) Java
2 3 (1.22%) C++
3 2 (0.82%) Python
3 2 (0.82%) SQL
4 1 (0.41%) C#
4 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 140 (57.14%) CISSP
2 97 (39.59%) CISA
3 76 (31.02%) CISM
4 75 (30.61%) CRISC
5 28 (11.43%) Degree
5 28 (11.43%) SANS
6 26 (10.61%) CGEIT
6 26 (10.61%) FFIEC
7 18 (7.35%) Security Cleared
8 15 (6.12%) CompTIA Security+
9 11 (4.49%) SC Cleared
10 10 (4.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 7 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 6 (2.45%) OSCP
13 6 (2.45%) PMI Certification
13 6 (2.45%) PMP
14 5 (2.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (49.80%) NIST
2 60 (24.49%) PCI DSS
3 59 (24.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (17.55%) COBIT
5 39 (15.92%) GDPR
6 23 (9.39%) GRC
7 22 (8.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (6.53%) SOC 2
9 15 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (4.08%) ITGC
11 9 (3.67%) NCSC
12 7 (2.86%) GMP
13 6 (2.45%) SLA
14 5 (2.04%) Accessibility
14 5 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (1.63%) QA
16 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 1 (0.41%) Firmware
1 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) CASB
1 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (5.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.90%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.49%) SAP
4 10 (4.08%) Oracle
5 9 (3.67%) IFS
6 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.22%) Citrix
8 2 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.82%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.82%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.82%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.41%) BT
9 1 (0.41%) CQG
9 1 (0.41%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.41%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.41%) Openreach
9 1 (0.41%) Patsystems
9 1 (0.41%) Reuters
9 1 (0.41%) VMware