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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 249 533
Rank change year-on-year -267 +284 -43
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 243 604 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.30% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.42% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 171 181 293
10th Percentile £44,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,390 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £84,500 £86,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -

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 70,838 42,616 86,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 91.47% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,971 23,341 61,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -240 224 £70,000 +16.67% 157
UK excluding London -186 120 £56,000 +1.82% 96
London -184 110 £75,000 -10.71% 73
Work from Home -47 90 £75,000 +8.09% 57
South East -48 45 £56,000 -8.57% 36
North of England -52 38 £55,000 -2.22% 22
North West -8 29 £50,000 -27.94% 13
Midlands -67 14 £67,500 +22.73% 13
South West -58 11 £80,000 +45.45% 12
West Midlands -54 10 £52,500 -4.55% 3
Yorkshire -37 9 £72,500 +40.78% 7
Scotland -2 6 - - 3
East Midlands -30 4 £67,500 +80.00% 10
Wales -49 3 £51,709 -23.04% 5
East of England -61 3 £51,000 +2.00% 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 4 (1.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.82%) Primavera
3 1 (0.41%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.40%) Azure
2 34 (13.99%) AWS
3 22 (9.05%) GCP
4 14 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (4.53%) SaaS
6 6 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.06%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.23%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.41%) GitHub
10 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.41%) IaaS
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.41%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.00%) CHAP
2 15 (6.17%) Network Security
3 5 (2.06%) Firewall
4 4 (1.65%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (1.65%) Multicast
5 2 (0.82%) Internet
5 2 (0.82%) LAN
5 2 (0.82%) VPN
5 2 (0.82%) WAN
6 1 (0.41%) BGP
6 1 (0.41%) Broadband
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.41%) IPsec
6 1 (0.41%) SNMP
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.23%) Db2
3 2 (0.82%) Power BI
4 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (5.76%) JIRA
2 9 (3.70%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 121 (49.79%) Finance
2 97 (39.92%) Social Skills
3 88 (36.21%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (20.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (12.35%) Law
6 28 (11.52%) Banking
7 24 (9.88%) Financial Institution
8 22 (9.05%) Legal
8 22 (9.05%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (9.05%) Public Sector
9 20 (8.23%) Retail
10 16 (6.58%) Manufacturing
11 14 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (4.53%) Retail Banking
13 9 (3.70%) Electronics
14 7 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (2.88%) Japanese Language
15 6 (2.47%) Aerospace
15 6 (2.47%) Back Office
15 6 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (14.81%) Senior
2 33 (13.58%) Analyst
3 29 (11.93%) Auditor
4 28 (11.52%) Architect
5 24 (9.88%) IT Manager
6 23 (9.47%) Security Architect
7 17 (7.00%) Lead
7 17 (7.00%) Security Auditor
7 17 (7.00%) Security Manager
8 16 (6.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 14 (5.76%) Internal Auditor
10 12 (4.94%) IT Auditor
10 12 (4.94%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (4.53%) Consultant
11 11 (4.53%) Security Analyst
11 11 (4.53%) Security Consultant
11 11 (4.53%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.53%) Senior IT Auditor
12 9 (3.70%) Test Engineer
13 8 (3.29%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.23%) .NET
2 3 (1.23%) Kafka
2 3 (1.23%) Middleware
3 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.41%) CSS
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.28%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.64%) Credit Risk
3 13 (5.35%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.53%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.70%) Blockchain
7 8 (3.29%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.88%) Fibre Optics
9 6 (2.47%) CMDB
9 6 (2.47%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.06%) Life Science
10 5 (2.06%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.65%) Equities
11 4 (1.65%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.53%) Windows
2 4 (1.65%) Linux
3 3 (1.23%) AIX
3 3 (1.23%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (29.63%) Risk Management
2 71 (29.22%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (25.51%) Agile
4 61 (25.10%) Information Security
5 58 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (18.93%) Incident Response
7 45 (18.52%) Decision-Making
8 43 (17.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (17.28%) Internal Audit
10 41 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (15.23%) AI
11 37 (15.23%) Validation
12 35 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (13.99%) Analytics
13 34 (13.99%) Vulnerability Management
14 33 (13.58%) Threat Modelling
15 31 (12.76%) Data Analytics
15 31 (12.76%) IT Audit
15 31 (12.76%) Project Management
16 28 (11.52%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.53%) Python
2 6 (2.47%) MATLAB
3 5 (2.06%) Java
4 4 (1.65%) C
4 4 (1.65%) C++
5 3 (1.23%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.82%) SQL
7 1 (0.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 98 (40.33%) CISSP
2 82 (33.74%) CISM
3 51 (20.99%) Degree
4 46 (18.93%) CISA
5 40 (16.46%) CRISC
6 31 (12.76%) Security Cleared
7 27 (11.11%) SC Cleared
8 17 (7.00%) CGEIT
8 17 (7.00%) FFIEC
8 17 (7.00%) SANS
9 16 (6.58%) Master's Degree
10 13 (5.35%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (2.47%) PhD
14 5 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (2.06%) DV Cleared
14 5 (2.06%) PMI Certification
14 5 (2.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (35.39%) NIST
2 72 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (16.05%) COBIT
4 32 (13.17%) GDPR
4 32 (13.17%) GRC
5 25 (10.29%) SLA
6 22 (9.05%) PCI DSS
7 20 (8.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 17 (7.00%) NCSC
8 17 (7.00%) SOC 2
9 16 (6.58%) ITGC
10 13 (5.35%) Accessibility
11 12 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (4.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (3.70%) QA
14 6 (2.47%) NIST 800
15 5 (2.06%) Def Stans
16 4 (1.65%) GMP
16 4 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (0.82%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.82%) Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) CASB
1 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (7.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.00%) Oracle
2 17 (7.00%) SAP
3 13 (5.35%) IFS
4 6 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.65%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.65%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.65%) Citrix
5 4 (1.65%) CQG
5 4 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.65%) ION Trading
5 4 (1.65%) Patsystems
5 4 (1.65%) Reuters
5 4 (1.65%) Trayport
6 3 (1.23%) Adobe
6 3 (1.23%) Keysight
6 3 (1.23%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.82%) VMware
8 1 (0.41%) BT
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco