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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 187 508
Rank change year-on-year -287 +321 -4
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 250 706 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 1.69% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.82% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 149 147 284
10th Percentile £50,000 £29,475 £40,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £47,270 £50,000
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 £117,500 £94,100 £89,625
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 65,473 38,805 81,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.33% 92.93% 85.93%
Number of salaries quoted 40,444 22,598 59,573
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 19 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 19 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 -266 237 £70,000 +21.74% 89
London -199 127 £75,000 +7.14% 30
Work from Home +11 121 £75,000 +38.89% 42
UK excluding London -152 114 £60,000 +9.09% 78
South West -31 32 £50,260 -8.62% 9
Midlands -27 28 £62,500 - 8
North of England -74 26 £72,500 +32.42% 19
East Midlands -36 22 £51,058 -22.64% 5
North West -25 20 £35,009 -36.92% 13
South East -79 19 £59,745 -0.43% 23
West Midlands -32 6 £66,250 +36.60% 3
Scotland -50 6 - - 6
Yorkshire -58 6 £72,500 +40.78% 4
Wales -28 2 £51,709 +19.41% 8
East of England -96 1 £62,500 +25.00% 6

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 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Primavera
3 1 (0.40%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.60%) AWS
2 15 (6.00%) Azure
2 15 (6.00%) SaaS
3 11 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.00%) Smartsheet
6 4 (1.60%) GCP
7 3 (1.20%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.80%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.40%) IaaS
9 1 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.80%) CHAP
2 6 (2.40%) Firewall
3 4 (1.60%) Multicast
3 4 (1.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.40%) Broadband
4 1 (0.40%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.60%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.20%) DB2
3 2 (0.80%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 170 (68.00%) Finance
2 97 (38.80%) Banking
3 90 (36.00%) Social Skills
4 49 (19.60%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (14.00%) Financial Institution
6 27 (10.80%) Law
7 24 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (9.20%) Retail
9 17 (6.80%) Legal
10 15 (6.00%) Public Sector
11 13 (5.20%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (4.40%) Retail Banking
13 7 (2.80%) Back Office
13 7 (2.80%) Marketing
14 6 (2.40%) Japanese Language
15 5 (2.00%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.60%) Agriculture
16 4 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (1.20%) Aerospace
17 3 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (18.80%) Auditor
2 43 (17.20%) Senior
3 37 (14.80%) IT Manager
4 29 (11.60%) Analyst
5 27 (10.80%) Security Auditor
6 24 (9.60%) Internal Auditor
7 20 (8.00%) IT Auditor
8 19 (7.60%) Senior Auditor
8 19 (7.60%) Senior IT Auditor
9 17 (6.80%) Security Manager
10 14 (5.60%) Lead
11 13 (5.20%) Architect
11 13 (5.20%) Security Architect
12 12 (4.80%) Change Manager
12 12 (4.80%) IT Change Manager
13 11 (4.40%) Consultant
13 11 (4.40%) Information Analyst
13 11 (4.40%) Information Security Analyst
13 11 (4.40%) Security Analyst
14 10 (4.00%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.60%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.20%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) CSS
3 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (26.40%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.20%) Security Posture
3 15 (6.00%) Blockchain
3 15 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (4.80%) CMDB
5 9 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.00%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.60%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.60%) Equities
9 4 (1.60%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.20%) Blog
10 3 (1.20%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.20%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.20%) PKI
11 2 (0.80%) Life Science
11 2 (0.80%) Mobile Computing
11 2 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.60%) Linux
1 4 (1.60%) Windows
2 3 (1.20%) AIX
2 3 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (49.60%) Information Security
1 124 (49.60%) Risk Management
2 79 (31.60%) Cybersecurity
3 63 (25.20%) Agile
4 61 (24.40%) Due Diligence
5 56 (22.40%) Internal Audit
6 54 (21.60%) Business Continuity
7 53 (21.20%) Roadmaps
8 50 (20.00%) Analytics
9 48 (19.20%) Process Improvement
10 47 (18.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 46 (18.40%) Business Continuity Management
11 46 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (18.00%) Operations Management
12 45 (18.00%) Supply Chain Management
13 44 (17.60%) Incident Response
14 43 (17.20%) Data Analytics
15 41 (16.40%) Project Management
15 41 (16.40%) Validation
16 40 (16.00%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.60%) Java
2 3 (1.20%) C++
3 2 (0.80%) Python
4 1 (0.40%) C#
4 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (57.60%) CISSP
2 101 (40.40%) CISA
3 80 (32.00%) CISM
4 76 (30.40%) CRISC
5 29 (11.60%) SANS
6 28 (11.20%) Degree
7 27 (10.80%) CGEIT
7 27 (10.80%) FFIEC
8 19 (7.60%) Security Cleared
9 14 (5.60%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (4.80%) SC Cleared
11 10 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (3.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 8 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (2.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 7 (2.80%) OSCP
15 6 (2.40%) DV Cleared
16 5 (2.00%) PMI Certification
16 5 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (50.40%) NIST
2 62 (24.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 61 (24.40%) PCI DSS
4 46 (18.40%) COBIT
5 39 (15.60%) GDPR
6 24 (9.60%) GRC
6 24 (9.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (7.20%) SOC 2
8 15 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (5.20%) ITGC
10 11 (4.40%) NCSC
11 7 (2.80%) GMP
12 6 (2.40%) SLA
13 5 (2.00%) Accessibility
13 5 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (1.60%) QA
15 3 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.80%) 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 13 (5.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.80%) SAP
2 12 (4.80%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.40%) Oracle
4 10 (4.00%) IFS
5 4 (1.60%) Citrix
5 4 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.80%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.80%) LogRhythm
7 2 (0.80%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.40%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.40%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.40%) BT
8 1 (0.40%) CQG
8 1 (0.40%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.40%) Patsystems
8 1 (0.40%) Reuters
8 1 (0.40%) Trayport
8 1 (0.40%) VMware