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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 190 445
Rank change year-on-year -292 +255 +44
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 221 708 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 1.66% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.77% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 126 152 306
10th Percentile £48,165 £26,056 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% -14.62% -0.76%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £81,786
90th Percentile £117,500 £92,250 £89,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 58,218 39,990 74,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.81% 93.48% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,252 22,229 56,158
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 March 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 March 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 -258 211 £70,000 +21.74% 90
Work from Home +22 114 £80,000 +46.79% 37
London -197 110 £71,684 -4.10% 36
UK excluding London -143 103 £55,000 - 65
Midlands -4 33 £62,500 -2.72% 5
South West -5 32 £61,380 +11.60% 17
East Midlands -16 23 £51,058 -22.64% 1
South East -29 18 £55,625 +66.04% 13
North of England -72 14 £35,009 -36.06% 20
North West -30 12 £31,000 -44.14% 13
West Midlands -5 10 £70,000 +12.00% 4
Scotland -41 4 - - 5
Yorkshire -56 2 £72,500 +43.56% 6
Wales -22 1 £51,709 +5.31% 3
East of England -86 1 £62,500 +38.89% 3

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 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.81%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.45%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.14%) AWS
2 16 (7.24%) Azure
3 13 (5.88%) SaaS
4 8 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.36%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.90%) Azure API Management
7 2 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.90%) GCP
7 2 (0.90%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.90%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.45%) IaaS
8 1 (0.45%) PaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.31%) CHAP
2 4 (1.81%) Firewall
2 4 (1.81%) Multicast
3 2 (0.90%) AMQP
3 2 (0.90%) HTTP
3 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.90%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) Broadband
4 1 (0.45%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.81%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.90%) DB2
2 2 (0.90%) Power BI
3 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.45%) Power Query
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.81%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) Snyk
3 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 148 (66.97%) Finance
2 96 (43.44%) Banking
3 72 (32.58%) Social Skills
4 33 (14.93%) Financial Institution
5 31 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (10.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (9.95%) Law
8 20 (9.05%) Retail
9 12 (5.43%) Public Sector
10 11 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (4.52%) Legal
11 10 (4.52%) Retail Banking
12 7 (3.17%) Back Office
12 7 (3.17%) Marketing
13 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.81%) Agriculture
14 4 (1.81%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.36%) Games
15 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.90%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 45 (20.36%) Auditor
2 41 (18.55%) Senior
3 30 (13.57%) IT Manager
4 25 (11.31%) Analyst
5 24 (10.86%) Security Auditor
6 23 (10.41%) Internal Auditor
7 21 (9.50%) IT Auditor
8 20 (9.05%) Senior Auditor
8 20 (9.05%) Senior IT Auditor
9 14 (6.33%) Lead
10 12 (5.43%) Change Manager
10 12 (5.43%) IT Change Manager
11 11 (4.98%) Architect
11 11 (4.98%) Security Analyst
11 11 (4.98%) Security Architect
11 11 (4.98%) Security Manager
12 10 (4.52%) Information Analyst
12 10 (4.52%) Information Security Analyst
13 7 (3.17%) Consultant
13 7 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.90%) Middleware
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.45%) CSS
3 1 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (28.05%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 14 (6.33%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.43%) CMDB
5 10 (4.52%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.71%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.26%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.81%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.81%) Equities
9 4 (1.81%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.36%) Blog
10 3 (1.36%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.36%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.36%) PKI
11 2 (0.90%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.90%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.26%) Windows
2 4 (1.81%) Linux
3 2 (0.90%) AIX
3 2 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (51.58%) Risk Management
2 111 (50.23%) Information Security
3 66 (29.86%) Cybersecurity
4 57 (25.79%) Due Diligence
5 56 (25.34%) Agile
6 53 (23.98%) Business Continuity
6 53 (23.98%) Internal Audit
7 52 (23.53%) Roadmaps
8 49 (22.17%) Process Improvement
9 48 (21.72%) Analytics
10 46 (20.81%) Business Continuity Management
11 45 (20.36%) Operations Management
11 45 (20.36%) Supply Chain Management
12 41 (18.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 40 (18.10%) Data Analytics
14 36 (16.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (16.29%) IT Audit
15 35 (15.84%) Project Management
16 34 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (14.93%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.81%) Java
2 3 (1.36%) C++
2 3 (1.36%) Python
3 2 (0.90%) SQL
4 1 (0.45%) C#
4 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 119 (53.85%) CISSP
2 92 (41.63%) CISA
3 64 (28.96%) CRISC
4 56 (25.34%) CISM
5 28 (12.67%) CGEIT
6 27 (12.22%) SANS
7 25 (11.31%) FFIEC
8 20 (9.05%) Degree
9 15 (6.79%) Security Cleared
10 12 (5.43%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (4.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (3.62%) SC Cleared
13 6 (2.71%) ISACA
13 6 (2.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (2.71%) OSCP
14 5 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (2.26%) DV Cleared
14 5 (2.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 4 (1.81%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (48.42%) NIST
2 58 (26.24%) PCI DSS
3 48 (21.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (15.84%) GDPR
5 34 (15.38%) COBIT
6 17 (7.69%) GRC
6 17 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (5.43%) SOC 2
9 7 (3.17%) NCSC
10 6 (2.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.26%) GMP
11 5 (2.26%) ITGC
12 4 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (1.81%) QA
12 4 (1.81%) SLA
13 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.90%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
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%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.43%) ServiceNow
3 9 (4.07%) SAP
4 6 (2.71%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.26%) Oracle
6 4 (1.81%) IFS
7 3 (1.36%) Citrix
7 3 (1.36%) Cognos
8 2 (0.90%) Checkmarx
8 2 (0.90%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.90%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.90%) Qualys
8 2 (0.90%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.45%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.45%) BT
9 1 (0.45%) CQG
9 1 (0.45%) Openreach
9 1 (0.45%) Reuters
9 1 (0.45%) Trayport
9 1 (0.45%) VMware