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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 217 523
Rank change year-on-year -244 +306 -26
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 259 682 375
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 1.57% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.68% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 156 142 281
10th Percentile £48,750 £36,530 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £49,063 £47,770
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 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,125 £102,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.16% -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 67,484 40,549 82,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.46% 93.37% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 42,329 22,500 59,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 8 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 8 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 -236 245 £70,000 +16.67% 97
London -188 129 £80,000 - 40
Work from Home +35 123 £80,000 +38.72% 30
UK excluding London -149 121 £59,490 +8.16% 64
North of England -62 31 £66,675 +24.05% 16
South West -31 30 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Midlands -18 28 £62,500 +13.64% 7
North West -24 23 £52,500 -5.41% 12
South East -57 23 £59,490 -11.87% 22
East Midlands -12 20 - - 4
West Midlands -34 8 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Yorkshire -55 8 £72,500 +43.56% 4
Scotland -27 6 - - 3
Wales -31 2 £51,709 +19.41% 2
East of England -75 1 £62,500 +25.00% 6

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 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.77%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.77%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.34%) AWS
2 18 (6.95%) Azure
3 15 (5.79%) SaaS
4 13 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.32%) GCP
5 6 (2.32%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.93%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.39%) IaaS
8 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.20%) CHAP
2 7 (2.70%) Network Security
3 5 (1.93%) Firewall
4 3 (1.16%) Multicast
5 2 (0.77%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.39%) Broadband
6 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.16%) DB2
3 2 (0.77%) Power BI
3 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (3.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 171 (66.02%) Finance
2 93 (35.91%) Banking
2 93 (35.91%) Social Skills
3 55 (21.24%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 30 (11.58%) Law
6 28 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (8.11%) Retail
8 17 (6.56%) Legal
9 16 (6.18%) Public Sector
10 13 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (4.25%) Retail Banking
12 7 (2.70%) Back Office
12 7 (2.70%) Marketing
13 6 (2.32%) Japanese Language
13 6 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.54%) Agriculture
14 4 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (17.37%) Auditor
2 36 (13.90%) IT Manager
2 36 (13.90%) Senior
3 32 (12.36%) Analyst
4 29 (11.20%) Security Auditor
5 26 (10.04%) Internal Auditor
6 18 (6.95%) Security Manager
7 16 (6.18%) IT Auditor
8 15 (5.79%) Architect
8 15 (5.79%) Security Architect
8 15 (5.79%) Senior Auditor
8 15 (5.79%) Senior IT Auditor
9 12 (4.63%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 12 (4.63%) Lead
10 11 (4.25%) Security Analyst
11 10 (3.86%) Change Manager
11 10 (3.86%) Consultant
11 10 (3.86%) IT Change Manager
12 9 (3.47%) Information Security Analyst
12 9 (3.47%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.16%) Middleware
2 1 (0.39%) CSS
2 1 (0.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (25.48%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.79%) Blockchain
2 15 (5.79%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (5.79%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.25%) CMDB
4 9 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.32%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.93%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.54%) Life Science
9 3 (1.16%) Blog
9 3 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.16%) Equities
9 3 (1.16%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.16%) NHS
9 3 (1.16%) PKI
10 2 (0.77%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.32%) Windows
2 3 (1.16%) AIX
2 3 (1.16%) Linux
2 3 (1.16%) Unix
3 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (49.03%) Risk Management
2 123 (47.49%) Information Security
3 82 (31.66%) Cybersecurity
4 67 (25.87%) Agile
5 61 (23.55%) Due Diligence
6 54 (20.85%) Internal Audit
7 52 (20.08%) Business Continuity
7 52 (20.08%) Roadmaps
8 51 (19.69%) Analytics
9 49 (18.92%) Process Improvement
9 49 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 48 (18.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (18.15%) Incident Response
12 46 (17.76%) Business Continuity Management
13 45 (17.37%) Data Analytics
13 45 (17.37%) Operations Management
13 45 (17.37%) Supply Chain Management
14 44 (16.99%) Validation
15 42 (16.22%) Project Management
16 38 (14.67%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.77%) C++
1 2 (0.77%) Java
2 1 (0.39%) C
2 1 (0.39%) C#
2 1 (0.39%) Python
2 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (57.92%) CISSP
2 106 (40.93%) CISA
3 86 (33.20%) CISM
4 79 (30.50%) CRISC
5 30 (11.58%) SANS
6 29 (11.20%) CGEIT
6 29 (11.20%) FFIEC
7 28 (10.81%) Degree
8 19 (7.34%) Security Cleared
9 12 (4.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (4.63%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 7 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.70%) OSCP
12 6 (2.32%) DV Cleared
12 6 (2.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (50.19%) NIST
2 65 (25.10%) PCI DSS
3 61 (23.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (19.31%) COBIT
5 41 (15.83%) GDPR
6 26 (10.04%) GRC
7 24 (9.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (6.95%) SOC 2
9 15 (5.79%) ITGC
10 14 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (3.86%) NCSC
12 9 (3.47%) SLA
13 8 (3.09%) GMP
14 7 (2.70%) Accessibility
15 6 (2.32%) QA
16 5 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (1.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 3 (1.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.39%) Firmware
1 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) CASB
1 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (5.79%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.41%) Oracle
2 14 (5.41%) SAP
3 12 (4.63%) IFS
4 11 (4.25%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.54%) Citrix
5 4 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.54%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.77%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.77%) Bloomberg
6 2 (0.77%) CQG
6 2 (0.77%) ION Trading
6 2 (0.77%) OneTrust
6 2 (0.77%) Patsystems
6 2 (0.77%) Reuters
6 2 (0.77%) Trayport
7 1 (0.39%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.39%) Keysight
7 1 (0.39%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.39%) Openreach