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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 236 554
Rank change year-on-year -267 +318 -62
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 230 634 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.43% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.54% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 153 157 273
10th Percentile £48,065 £39,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £47,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,500 £102,500 £86,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,245 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.08% -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 67,556 41,227 82,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 93.27% 84.88%
Number of salaries quoted 43,655 22,384 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,475 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.05% +4.95% -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 18 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 18 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 -246 216 £70,000 +16.67% 106
London -177 126 £77,500 -3.13% 40
UK excluding London -158 96 £57,245 +4.08% 83
Work from Home +22 89 £82,500 +21.65% 48
North of England -53 33 £60,850 +9.64% 21
South East -36 26 £59,490 -13.47% 29
North West +3 25 £50,000 -9.91% 12
Midlands -42 14 £62,500 +13.64% 5
South West -56 14 £50,130 -8.86% 12
East Midlands -28 8 - - 3
Yorkshire -47 8 £72,500 +43.56% 3
Scotland -26 6 - - 13
West Midlands -36 6 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Wales -30 2 £51,709 -12.72% 1
East of England -72 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 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.87%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.13%) AWS
2 19 (8.26%) Azure
3 15 (6.52%) SaaS
4 13 (5.65%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.48%) GCP
6 5 (2.17%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.43%) IaaS
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.87%) CHAP
2 8 (3.48%) Network Security
3 3 (1.30%) Firewall
3 3 (1.30%) Multicast
4 2 (0.87%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.43%) Broadband
5 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.74%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.30%) DB2
3 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 141 (61.30%) Finance
2 86 (37.39%) Social Skills
3 60 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (25.65%) Banking
5 33 (14.35%) Financial Institution
6 30 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (13.04%) Law
7 21 (9.13%) Retail
8 18 (7.83%) Legal
9 17 (7.39%) Public Sector
10 13 (5.65%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (4.78%) Retail Banking
12 8 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (3.04%) Back Office
13 7 (3.04%) Japanese Language
13 7 (3.04%) Marketing
14 4 (1.74%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.74%) Agriculture
14 4 (1.74%) Italian Language
14 4 (1.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (17.39%) Auditor
2 36 (15.65%) Senior
3 33 (14.35%) Analyst
4 32 (13.91%) IT Manager
5 25 (10.87%) Security Auditor
6 22 (9.57%) Internal Auditor
7 16 (6.96%) Architect
7 16 (6.96%) Security Architect
8 15 (6.52%) IT Auditor
9 14 (6.09%) Security Manager
9 14 (6.09%) Senior Auditor
9 14 (6.09%) Senior IT Auditor
10 12 (5.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (4.78%) Lead
11 11 (4.78%) Security Analyst
12 10 (4.35%) Consultant
13 9 (3.91%) Change Manager
13 9 (3.91%) IT Change Manager
13 9 (3.91%) Security Consultant
13 9 (3.91%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.30%) Middleware
2 1 (0.43%) CSS
2 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (24.35%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.09%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.65%) Blockchain
4 10 (4.35%) CMDB
4 10 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.91%) Credit Risk
5 9 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.04%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.74%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.74%) Life Science
8 4 (1.74%) NHS
9 3 (1.30%) Blog
9 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.30%) Equities
9 3 (1.30%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.30%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.30%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.04%) Windows
2 3 (1.30%) AIX
2 3 (1.30%) Linux
2 3 (1.30%) Unix
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (40.87%) Risk Management
2 86 (37.39%) Information Security
3 76 (33.04%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (26.96%) Agile
5 49 (21.30%) Internal Audit
6 48 (20.87%) Analytics
6 48 (20.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 45 (19.57%) Incident Response
9 41 (17.83%) Data Analytics
9 41 (17.83%) Validation
10 38 (16.52%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (16.52%) Project Management
11 34 (14.78%) Decision-Making
11 34 (14.78%) IT Audit
12 33 (14.35%) Due Diligence
12 33 (14.35%) Vulnerability Management
13 32 (13.91%) Data Protection
14 31 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (13.04%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.30%) C++
2 2 (0.87%) C
2 2 (0.87%) Java
3 1 (0.43%) C#
3 1 (0.43%) Python
3 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (50.43%) CISSP
2 82 (35.65%) CISM
3 74 (32.17%) CISA
4 51 (22.17%) CRISC
5 29 (12.61%) Degree
6 25 (10.87%) CGEIT
6 25 (10.87%) FFIEC
6 25 (10.87%) SANS
7 19 (8.26%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (5.65%) SC Cleared
9 7 (3.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 7 (3.04%) OSCP
10 6 (2.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.17%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.17%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (42.17%) NIST
2 59 (25.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (20.00%) COBIT
4 37 (16.09%) GDPR
4 37 (16.09%) PCI DSS
5 28 (12.17%) GRC
6 23 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (6.96%) SOC 2
8 15 (6.52%) ITGC
9 12 (5.22%) SLA
10 11 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (4.35%) NCSC
12 8 (3.48%) Accessibility
12 8 (3.48%) GMP
13 6 (2.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (2.61%) QA
14 4 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (1.74%) NIST 800
15 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Firmware
1 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) CASB
1 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (6.52%) Microsoft
1 15 (6.52%) SAP
2 14 (6.09%) Oracle
3 12 (5.22%) IFS
4 10 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.74%) Citrix
5 4 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.30%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.87%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.87%) CQG
7 2 (0.87%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.87%) Keysight
7 2 (0.87%) Patsystems
7 2 (0.87%) Reuters
7 2 (0.87%) Trayport
8 1 (0.43%) BT
8 1 (0.43%) Openreach
8 1 (0.43%) VMware