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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 245 548
Rank change year-on-year -274 +303 -62
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 224 585 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 1.35% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 1.45% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 161 155 272
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,980 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,041 £50,820 £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 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £102,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -249 208 £70,000 +16.67% 114
London -179 125 £75,000 -9.42% 51
UK excluding London -182 89 £55,000 - 77
Work from Home -25 76 £80,000 +15.30% 42
North of England -70 35 £55,000 -0.90% 20
South East -45 29 £55,000 -18.52% 25
North West -7 26 £50,000 -13.42% 11
Midlands -55 10 £62,500 +13.64% 11
Yorkshire -50 9 £72,500 +43.56% 5
West Midlands -51 7 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Scotland -14 6 - - 4
South West -54 6 £65,130 +18.42% 14
East Midlands -23 3 £67,500 +80.00% 7
Wales -33 2 £51,709 -31.58% 1
East of England -67 1 £62,500 +25.00% 4

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 (0.89%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.89%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.89%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.16%) AWS
1 25 (11.16%) Azure
2 14 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (6.25%) SaaS
3 13 (5.80%) GCP
4 5 (2.23%) Smartsheet
5 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.34%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.45%) IaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.27%) CHAP
2 10 (4.46%) Network Security
3 4 (1.79%) Firewall
4 2 (0.89%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.89%) Multicast
5 1 (0.45%) Broadband
5 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.34%) DB2
3 2 (0.89%) Power BI
3 2 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 123 (54.91%) Finance
2 91 (40.63%) Social Skills
3 66 (29.46%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (16.52%) Banking
5 32 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (14.29%) Law
6 30 (13.39%) Financial Institution
7 20 (8.93%) Retail
8 19 (8.48%) Legal
8 19 (8.48%) Public Sector
9 13 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (4.91%) Retail Banking
12 9 (4.02%) Manufacturing
13 7 (3.13%) Japanese Language
13 7 (3.13%) Marketing
14 6 (2.68%) Back Office
15 5 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (16.07%) Auditor
2 34 (15.18%) Senior
3 33 (14.73%) Analyst
4 32 (14.29%) IT Manager
5 23 (10.27%) Security Auditor
6 22 (9.82%) Architect
7 20 (8.93%) Internal Auditor
7 20 (8.93%) Security Architect
8 14 (6.25%) Security Manager
9 13 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 13 (5.80%) IT Auditor
9 13 (5.80%) Lead
10 12 (5.36%) Senior Auditor
10 12 (5.36%) Senior IT Auditor
11 10 (4.46%) Security Analyst
12 9 (4.02%) Change Manager
12 9 (4.02%) Consultant
12 9 (4.02%) IT Change Manager
12 9 (4.02%) Senior Manager
13 8 (3.57%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.34%) Middleware
2 2 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.45%) CSS
3 1 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.77%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.25%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.36%) Blockchain
3 12 (5.36%) Credit Risk
4 11 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.46%) CMDB
6 9 (4.02%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.23%) Life Science
9 4 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.79%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.79%) NHS
10 3 (1.34%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.34%) PKI
11 2 (0.89%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.89%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.13%) Windows
2 3 (1.34%) AIX
2 3 (1.34%) Unix
3 2 (0.89%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (33.04%) Cybersecurity
1 74 (33.04%) Risk Management
2 65 (29.02%) Information Security
3 62 (27.68%) Agile
4 53 (23.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (20.98%) Internal Audit
6 46 (20.54%) Analytics
6 46 (20.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 45 (20.09%) Incident Response
8 40 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (17.41%) Data Analytics
9 39 (17.41%) Decision-Making
10 38 (16.96%) Validation
11 35 (15.63%) Project Management
12 33 (14.73%) IT Audit
12 33 (14.73%) Vulnerability Management
13 32 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (13.39%) AI
14 30 (13.39%) Data Protection
15 29 (12.95%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.34%) C
1 3 (1.34%) C++
2 1 (0.45%) C#
2 1 (0.45%) Java
2 1 (0.45%) Python
2 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (44.64%) CISSP
2 83 (37.05%) CISM
3 56 (25.00%) CISA
4 35 (15.63%) CRISC
4 35 (15.63%) Degree
5 23 (10.27%) CGEIT
5 23 (10.27%) FFIEC
5 23 (10.27%) SANS
5 23 (10.27%) Security Cleared
6 17 (7.59%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 7 (3.13%) OSCP
9 6 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.23%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.23%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (37.05%) NIST
2 62 (27.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (20.09%) COBIT
4 35 (15.63%) GDPR
5 28 (12.50%) GRC
6 24 (10.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (8.93%) PCI DSS
8 16 (7.14%) ITGC
9 15 (6.70%) SLA
9 15 (6.70%) SOC 2
10 13 (5.80%) NCSC
11 11 (4.91%) Accessibility
11 11 (4.91%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (3.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (3.57%) QA
13 7 (3.13%) GMP
14 4 (1.79%) NIST 800
15 3 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
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%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (7.59%) SAP
2 16 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.70%) Oracle
4 13 (5.80%) IFS
5 10 (4.46%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.79%) Citrix
6 4 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.79%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.34%) Keysight
7 3 (1.34%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.89%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.89%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.89%) CQG
8 2 (0.89%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.89%) Patsystems
8 2 (0.89%) Reuters
8 2 (0.89%) Trayport
8 2 (0.89%) VMware
9 1 (0.45%) BT
9 1 (0.45%) Openreach