Risk Assessment Jobs

Risk Assessment
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 420 504
Rank change year-on-year +134 +84 +134
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 674 384 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 0.61% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.67% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 205 241 393
10th Percentile £37,000 £46,750 £41,650
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +7.69% +7.44%
75th Percentile £74,145 £85,000 £84,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.55% +18.18% -0.90%

All Process and 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 59,789 56,923 103,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.16% 89.80% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 25,763 41,548 65,262
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,383 £41,388 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £96,539 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment.

Salary trend for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 20 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Top 17 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 20 January 2025. 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 +119 588 £55,000 -21.43% 134
London +158 348 £68,564 -14.30% 62
UK excluding London +64 316 £51,645 -20.55% 81
Work from Home -43 76 £57,585 -17.74% 128
East of England +35 72 £45,000 -21.74% 11
Scotland +87 68 £51,645 +3.29% 5
North of England +8 67 £55,500 -14.62% 22
South East -44 53 £50,000 -17.36% 17
North West -4 52 £55,500 -14.62% 14
Midlands -22 25 £57,500 -11.54% 12
South West -5 20 £76,250 +17.31% 9
Yorkshire +28 14 £54,000 -13.60% 6
East Midlands +5 14 £57,500 -26.54% 9
West Midlands -32 11 £68,231 +4.97% 3
Northern Ireland - 6 £69,308 - 4
Wales +26 5 £49,104 -37.27% 2
North East -11 1 £69,308 -8.06% 2

Risk Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.74%) Apache
2 5 (0.74%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.30%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.15%) CMS
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 299 (44.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 37 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.30%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.30%) CATIA
5 2 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.19%) SAP GTS
2 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (4.15%) Azure
2 17 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (2.37%) Power Platform
4 12 (1.78%) AWS
4 12 (1.78%) Mimecast
5 9 (1.34%) GCP
6 7 (1.04%) dbt
7 5 (0.74%) SaaS
7 5 (0.74%) Snowflake
8 4 (0.59%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.45%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.30%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.34%) Network Security
2 7 (1.04%) Firewall
3 5 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (0.59%) DNS
5 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 2 (0.30%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.59%) Bigtable
4 4 (0.59%) Power BI
4 4 (0.59%) Redis
5 2 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.30%) MySQL
5 2 (0.30%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.15%) GIS
6 1 (0.15%) Metadata
6 1 (0.15%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Snyk
2 2 (0.30%) Git
2 2 (0.30%) JIRA
2 2 (0.30%) Tricentis qTest
3 1 (0.15%) Ant
3 1 (0.15%) Bugzilla
3 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.15%) JUnit
3 1 (0.15%) Selenium
3 1 (0.15%) TestRail
3 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 478 (70.92%) Social Skills
2 387 (57.42%) Finance
3 353 (52.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 339 (50.30%) Analytical Skills
5 303 (44.96%) Banking
6 301 (44.66%) Financial Institution
7 290 (43.03%) German Language
8 289 (42.88%) French Language
9 100 (14.84%) Manufacturing
10 73 (10.83%) Retail
11 60 (8.90%) Legal
12 33 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.48%) Marketing
17 8 (1.19%) Police
18 5 (0.74%) Law
18 5 (0.74%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 321 (47.63%) Analyst
2 289 (42.88%) Credit Analyst
3 288 (42.73%) Research Analyst
4 101 (14.99%) Senior
5 60 (8.90%) Project Manager
6 28 (4.15%) Coordinator
7 19 (2.82%) IT Manager
7 19 (2.82%) Security Manager
8 16 (2.37%) Consultant
9 15 (2.23%) Risk Analyst
10 14 (2.08%) Lead
11 13 (1.93%) Security Consultant
12 12 (1.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 12 (1.78%) Desktop Engineer
12 12 (1.78%) Desktop Support
12 12 (1.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 12 (1.78%) Onboarding Analyst
12 12 (1.78%) Project Engineer
12 12 (1.78%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (1.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.74%) Pandas
1 5 (0.74%) Web Services
2 4 (0.59%) AngularJS
2 4 (0.59%) React
2 4 (0.59%) Spring Boot
2 4 (0.59%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (0.45%) scikit-learn
4 2 (0.30%) Hibernate
4 2 (0.30%) JSP
4 2 (0.30%) Leaflet
4 2 (0.30%) Spring
4 2 (0.30%) Struts
4 2 (0.30%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.30%) XGBoost
5 1 (0.15%) Java EE
5 1 (0.15%) Kafka
5 1 (0.15%) Keras
5 1 (0.15%) NumPy
5 1 (0.15%) PySpark
5 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 293 (43.47%) Credit Risk
2 288 (42.73%) Fixed Income
3 65 (9.64%) Management Information System
4 29 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 27 (4.01%) Driving Licence
6 22 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (1.48%) Operational Technology
8 9 (1.34%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.04%) NHS
11 6 (0.89%) CUDA
11 6 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.89%) Photovoltaics
11 6 (0.89%) Social Media
12 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Licensing
13 3 (0.45%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.45%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
14 2 (0.30%) Hybrid Cloud
14 2 (0.30%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.23%) Windows
2 6 (0.89%) Linux
2 6 (0.89%) Windows Vista
3 1 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (58.61%) Risk Management
2 364 (54.01%) Decision-Making
3 294 (43.62%) Business Strategy
4 289 (42.88%) Credit Risk Analysis
4 289 (42.88%) Financial Modelling
5 288 (42.73%) Asset Management
5 288 (42.73%) Portfolio Management
6 83 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
7 79 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (11.42%) Project Management
9 73 (10.83%) Project Delivery
10 70 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 67 (9.94%) Information Security
12 39 (5.79%) Quality Management
13 36 (5.34%) Cost Management
14 35 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (5.04%) Coaching
16 32 (4.75%) Change Management
17 27 (4.01%) Line Management
17 27 (4.01%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.52%) Python
2 12 (1.78%) SQL
3 5 (0.74%) Java
4 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.30%) PHP
4 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.15%) Perl
5 1 (0.15%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.15%) R
5 1 (0.15%) Ruby
5 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 381 (56.53%) Degree
2 291 (43.18%) Master's Degree
3 288 (42.73%) CFA
4 52 (7.72%) CISSP
5 36 (5.34%) Security Cleared
6 32 (4.75%) CISM
7 25 (3.71%) SC Cleared
8 22 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (3.26%) Chartered Engineer
9 21 (3.12%) NVQ Level 3
10 13 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.78%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.78%) CESG Certified Professional
11 12 (1.78%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (1.48%) CCSP
12 10 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.34%) CISA
13 9 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (1.34%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (4.90%) NIST
3 28 (4.15%) GDPR
4 14 (2.08%) QA
5 12 (1.78%) GRC
6 11 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.48%) SLA
8 8 (1.19%) COBIT
8 8 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.04%) HIPAA
9 7 (1.04%) JSP 440
9 7 (1.04%) PMO
9 7 (1.04%) RMADS
10 6 (0.89%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.74%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.59%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.59%) ITGC
12 4 (0.59%) NEBOSH
13 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.74%) Docker
3 2 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.45%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (0.45%) Terraform
2 2 (0.30%) Nessus
2 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.15%) Ansible
3 1 (0.15%) Core Impact
3 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 288 (42.73%) Bloomberg
2 47 (6.97%) Microsoft
3 12 (1.78%) Cisco
3 12 (1.78%) Meraki
4 11 (1.63%) SAP
5 8 (1.19%) Databricks
6 7 (1.04%) Google
7 3 (0.45%) Citrix
7 3 (0.45%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.30%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.30%) Intel
8 2 (0.30%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.30%) Splunk
9 1 (0.15%) Alibaba
9 1 (0.15%) Okta
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle
9 1 (0.15%) Salesforce