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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 244 540
Rank change year-on-year -282 +296 -72
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 227 582 370
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.32% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.43% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 163 160 270
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,041 £51,035 £47,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,444 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £85,000
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 67,549 40,838 86,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 92.97% 82.99%
Number of salaries quoted 45,324 21,582 61,408
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -242 211 £72,500 +20.83% 126
London -161 123 £77,500 -8.82% 57
UK excluding London -184 94 £59,490 +8.16% 84
Work from Home -35 80 £80,000 +15.30% 47
North of England -43 36 £55,000 -0.90% 20
South East -51 31 £55,000 -15.38% 22
North West 0 27 £50,000 -16.67% 8
Midlands -45 10 £62,500 +13.64% 15
Yorkshire -43 9 £72,500 +43.56% 8
West Midlands -51 8 £62,500 +13.64% 6
South West -53 8 £77,500 +40.91% 14
Scotland -13 6 - - 10
East Midlands -31 2 £67,500 +80.00% 9
Wales -41 2 £51,709 -31.58%
East of England -67 1 £62,500 +25.00% 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 2 (0.88%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.88%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.88%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.01%) AWS
1 25 (11.01%) Azure
2 15 (6.61%) GCP
3 14 (6.17%) Dynamics 365
3 14 (6.17%) SaaS
4 5 (2.20%) Smartsheet
5 4 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.32%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.44%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.44%) IaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.13%) CHAP
2 11 (4.85%) Network Security
3 4 (1.76%) Firewall
4 2 (0.88%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.88%) Multicast
5 1 (0.44%) Broadband
5 1 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.44%) VPN
5 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.76%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.32%) Db2
3 2 (0.88%) Power BI
3 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.85%) JIRA
2 3 (1.32%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 124 (54.63%) Finance
2 92 (40.53%) Social Skills
3 71 (31.28%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (15.86%) Banking
4 36 (15.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (14.54%) Law
6 30 (13.22%) Financial Institution
7 20 (8.81%) Public Sector
7 20 (8.81%) Retail
8 19 (8.37%) Legal
9 13 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (5.29%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (4.85%) Manufacturing
11 11 (4.85%) Retail Banking
12 7 (3.08%) Japanese Language
12 7 (3.08%) Marketing
13 6 (2.64%) Back Office
13 6 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (15.42%) Auditor
2 33 (14.54%) Analyst
3 32 (14.10%) Senior
4 31 (13.66%) IT Manager
5 23 (10.13%) Security Auditor
6 22 (9.69%) Architect
7 20 (8.81%) Internal Auditor
7 20 (8.81%) Security Architect
8 15 (6.61%) Security Manager
9 14 (6.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 14 (6.17%) Lead
10 12 (5.29%) IT Auditor
11 11 (4.85%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.85%) Senior IT Auditor
12 10 (4.41%) Security Analyst
13 9 (3.96%) Consultant
13 9 (3.96%) Test Engineer
14 8 (3.52%) Change Manager
14 8 (3.52%) Information Analyst
14 8 (3.52%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.32%) Middleware
2 2 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.44%) CSS
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.47%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.61%) Credit Risk
3 14 (6.17%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.29%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.96%) CMDB
5 9 (3.96%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.08%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.20%) Life Science
8 4 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.76%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.76%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.76%) NHS
9 3 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.32%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.32%) PKI
10 2 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.08%) Windows
2 3 (1.32%) AIX
2 3 (1.32%) Unix
3 2 (0.88%) Linux
4 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (33.48%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (32.60%) Risk Management
3 65 (28.63%) Information Security
4 62 (27.31%) Agile
5 53 (23.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (21.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 47 (20.70%) Incident Response
7 47 (20.70%) Internal Audit
8 46 (20.26%) Analytics
9 42 (18.50%) Decision-Making
10 41 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (17.18%) Data Analytics
12 38 (16.74%) Validation
13 35 (15.42%) Project Management
13 35 (15.42%) Vulnerability Management
14 33 (14.54%) AI
15 32 (14.10%) IT Audit
16 31 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (13.66%) Threat Modelling
17 30 (13.22%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.32%) C
1 3 (1.32%) C++
2 1 (0.44%) C#
2 1 (0.44%) Java
2 1 (0.44%) Python
2 1 (0.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (44.05%) CISSP
2 85 (37.44%) CISM
3 56 (24.67%) CISA
4 37 (16.30%) Degree
5 36 (15.86%) CRISC
6 26 (11.45%) Security Cleared
7 23 (10.13%) CGEIT
7 23 (10.13%) FFIEC
7 23 (10.13%) SANS
8 20 (8.81%) SC Cleared
9 12 (5.29%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (2.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.20%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.20%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.20%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (37.89%) NIST
2 65 (28.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (19.82%) COBIT
4 35 (15.42%) GDPR
5 29 (12.78%) GRC
6 23 (10.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (8.81%) PCI DSS
8 18 (7.93%) SLA
9 16 (7.05%) ITGC
10 15 (6.61%) SOC 2
11 14 (6.17%) NCSC
12 12 (5.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (4.85%) Accessibility
14 9 (3.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (3.52%) QA
16 7 (3.08%) GMP
17 5 (2.20%) NIST 800
18 4 (1.76%) Def Stans
19 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.44%) Firmware
1 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) CASB
1 1 (0.44%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (7.49%) SAP
2 16 (7.05%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.61%) Oracle
4 13 (5.73%) IFS
5 9 (3.96%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.76%) Citrix
6 4 (1.76%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.32%) Keysight
7 3 (1.32%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.88%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.88%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.88%) CQG
8 2 (0.88%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.88%) Patsystems
8 2 (0.88%) Reuters
8 2 (0.88%) Trayport
8 2 (0.88%) VMware
9 1 (0.44%) BT
9 1 (0.44%) Openreach