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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 191 532
Rank change year-on-year -298 +341 -36
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 251 689 377
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 1.63% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 1.75% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 151 136 279
10th Percentile £50,000 £32,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £48,565 £48,260
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 £81,786
90th Percentile £118,750 £96,250 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 67,035 39,288 81,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.86% 92.85% 85.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,557 22,685 59,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 28 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 28 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 -257 238 £72,367 +25.48% 97
London -189 128 £78,750 +1.29% 40
Work from Home +16 122 £80,000 +48.15% 43
UK excluding London -167 115 £60,000 +9.09% 79
South West -30 31 £50,130 -8.86% 10
North of England -67 28 £72,500 +38.10% 18
Midlands -28 27 £62,500 +6.38% 6
East Midlands -26 21 £51,058 -22.64% 4
North West -31 21 £55,000 -0.90% 12
South East -67 20 £59,490 -2.87% 37
Yorkshire -67 7 £72,500 +43.56% 5
West Midlands -30 6 £66,250 +28.02% 2
Scotland -43 6 - - 2
Wales -31 2 £51,709 +19.41% 4
East of England -87 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 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.80%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.57%) AWS
2 17 (6.77%) Azure
3 15 (5.98%) SaaS
4 12 (4.78%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.99%) GCP
6 5 (1.99%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.40%) IaaS
8 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.55%) CHAP
2 6 (2.39%) Firewall
3 5 (1.99%) Network Security
4 3 (1.20%) Multicast
5 2 (0.80%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.40%) Broadband
6 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.20%) DB2
3 2 (0.80%) Power BI
3 2 (0.80%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (3.59%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 169 (67.33%) Finance
2 95 (37.85%) Banking
3 91 (36.25%) Social Skills
4 51 (20.32%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (14.74%) Financial Institution
6 28 (11.16%) Law
7 24 (9.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (8.76%) Retail
9 16 (6.37%) Legal
10 15 (5.98%) Public Sector
11 13 (5.18%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (4.38%) Retail Banking
13 7 (2.79%) Back Office
13 7 (2.79%) Marketing
14 6 (2.39%) Japanese Language
15 5 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (1.59%) Agriculture
16 4 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (1.20%) Aerospace
17 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (18.73%) Auditor
2 38 (15.14%) Senior
3 37 (14.74%) IT Manager
4 29 (11.55%) Analyst
4 29 (11.55%) Security Auditor
5 26 (10.36%) Internal Auditor
6 18 (7.17%) IT Auditor
6 18 (7.17%) Security Manager
7 17 (6.77%) Senior Auditor
7 17 (6.77%) Senior IT Auditor
8 14 (5.58%) Architect
8 14 (5.58%) Security Architect
9 12 (4.78%) Lead
10 11 (4.38%) Change Manager
10 11 (4.38%) Consultant
10 11 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 11 (4.38%) IT Change Manager
11 10 (3.98%) Information Analyst
11 10 (3.98%) Information Security Analyst
11 10 (3.98%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.20%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.20%) Middleware
2 1 (0.40%) CSS
2 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (26.69%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.77%) Security Posture
3 16 (6.37%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (5.98%) Blockchain
5 11 (4.38%) CMDB
6 9 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.99%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.20%) Blog
9 3 (1.20%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.20%) Equities
9 3 (1.20%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.20%) Life Science
9 3 (1.20%) PKI
10 2 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.99%) Windows
2 3 (1.20%) AIX
2 3 (1.20%) Linux
2 3 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (50.20%) Risk Management
2 124 (49.40%) Information Security
3 81 (32.27%) Cybersecurity
4 65 (25.90%) Agile
5 61 (24.30%) Due Diligence
6 56 (22.31%) Internal Audit
7 53 (21.12%) Business Continuity
8 51 (20.32%) Analytics
8 51 (20.32%) Roadmaps
9 47 (18.73%) Incident Response
9 47 (18.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (18.33%) Business Continuity Management
10 46 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (18.33%) Process Improvement
11 45 (17.93%) Data Analytics
11 45 (17.93%) Operations Management
11 45 (17.93%) Supply Chain Management
12 44 (17.53%) Validation
13 42 (16.73%) Project Management
14 39 (15.54%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.80%) Java
2 1 (0.40%) C#
2 1 (0.40%) C++
2 1 (0.40%) Python
2 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (58.57%) CISSP
2 104 (41.43%) CISA
3 83 (33.07%) CISM
4 77 (30.68%) CRISC
5 30 (11.95%) SANS
6 29 (11.55%) CGEIT
6 29 (11.55%) FFIEC
7 27 (10.76%) Degree
8 18 (7.17%) Security Cleared
9 13 (5.18%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (4.78%) SC Cleared
11 9 (3.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 8 (3.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (2.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 7 (2.79%) OSCP
14 5 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.99%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (51.39%) NIST
2 62 (24.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (24.70%) PCI DSS
3 49 (19.52%) COBIT
4 40 (15.94%) GDPR
5 25 (9.96%) GRC
6 24 (9.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 19 (7.57%) SOC 2
8 14 (5.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (5.58%) ITGC
9 10 (3.98%) NCSC
10 8 (3.19%) GMP
11 6 (2.39%) Accessibility
11 6 (2.39%) SLA
12 5 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (1.99%) QA
13 4 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Firmware
1 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) CASB
1 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (5.58%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.18%) Oracle
2 13 (5.18%) SAP
3 11 (4.38%) IFS
3 11 (4.38%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.59%) Citrix
4 4 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.80%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.80%) CQG
5 2 (0.80%) ION Trading
5 2 (0.80%) Patsystems
5 2 (0.80%) Reuters
5 2 (0.80%) Trayport
6 1 (0.40%) BT
6 1 (0.40%) OneTrust
6 1 (0.40%) Openreach
6 1 (0.40%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.40%) VMware