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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 304 490
Rank change year-on-year -217 +186 -4
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 253 473 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.96% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.07% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 173 190 254
10th Percentile £44,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,098 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +2.56% -10.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £86,645 £75,938
90th Percentile £109,750 £107,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.16% - -

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 73,858 44,154 75,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.61% 89.93% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,064 24,939 51,848
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,599 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 23 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 23 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 -206 232 £70,000 +12.00% 144
UK excluding London -172 126 £59,490 +8.16% 86
London -117 113 £75,000 -11.76% 72
Work from Home -56 93 £75,000 +8.09% 51
South East -39 47 £56,000 -6.67% 27
North of England -45 37 £55,000 -4.35% 21
North West -8 28 £50,000 -27.94% 13
Midlands -60 16 £67,500 +22.73% 14
West Midlands -56 11 £52,500 -4.55% 9
South West -58 11 £85,000 +54.55% 10
Yorkshire -32 9 £72,500 +38.10% 5
Scotland +3 7 £125,000 +142.04% 6
East Midlands -31 5 £67,500 +80.00% 5
East of England -35 5 £39,500 -21.00% 8
Wales -52 3 £51,709 -23.04% 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 6 (2.37%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) IIS
2 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.79%) Primavera
3 1 (0.40%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.60%) AWS
2 41 (16.21%) Azure
3 27 (10.67%) GCP
4 13 (5.14%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.56%) SaaS
6 5 (1.98%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.19%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.79%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.51%) Network Security
2 12 (4.74%) CHAP
3 5 (1.98%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.98%) Multicast
4 4 (1.58%) Firewall
5 2 (0.79%) Internet
5 2 (0.79%) LAN
5 2 (0.79%) VPN
5 2 (0.79%) WAN
6 1 (0.40%) BGP
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) DNS
6 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.40%) IPsec
6 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.40%) SNMP
6 1 (0.40%) SSL
6 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.40%) VLAN
6 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.98%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.79%) Db2
2 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.40%) Metadata
3 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.40%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (6.32%) JIRA
2 11 (4.35%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.40%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 122 (48.22%) Finance
2 97 (38.34%) Social Skills
3 95 (37.55%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (21.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (13.04%) Law
6 26 (10.28%) Legal
7 25 (9.88%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (9.88%) Public Sector
8 23 (9.09%) Banking
9 19 (7.51%) Manufacturing
10 18 (7.11%) Financial Institution
10 18 (7.11%) Retail
11 13 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (4.74%) Aerospace
13 11 (4.35%) Electronics
14 10 (3.95%) Retail Banking
15 9 (3.56%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (3.56%) Japanese Language
16 6 (2.37%) Italian Language
16 6 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (16.60%) Senior
2 34 (13.44%) Analyst
3 29 (11.46%) Architect
4 25 (9.88%) Auditor
5 23 (9.09%) Security Architect
6 20 (7.91%) IT Manager
7 19 (7.51%) Security Manager
8 18 (7.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 16 (6.32%) Consultant
9 16 (6.32%) Security Consultant
9 16 (6.32%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Lead
11 12 (4.74%) IT Auditor
11 12 (4.74%) Security Auditor
12 11 (4.35%) Security Analyst
13 10 (3.95%) Internal Auditor
13 10 (3.95%) Senior Auditor
13 10 (3.95%) Senior IT Auditor
14 9 (3.56%) Test Engineer
15 8 (3.16%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.98%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (1.58%) .NET
2 4 (1.58%) Kafka
3 2 (0.79%) Middleware
4 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.40%) CSS
4 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.21%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.30%) Credit Risk
3 15 (5.93%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.16%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.16%) Fibre Optics
7 7 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.37%) Blockchain
8 6 (2.37%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.98%) Distributed Architecture
9 5 (1.98%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.98%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.98%) Equities
9 5 (1.98%) Eurex
9 5 (1.98%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (1.98%) Life Science
10 4 (1.58%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.74%) Windows
2 6 (2.37%) Linux
3 2 (0.79%) AIX
3 2 (0.79%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (30.04%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 64 (25.30%) Information Security
4 62 (24.51%) Agile
5 61 (24.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (19.37%) Decision-Making
7 43 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (16.60%) AI
8 42 (16.60%) Incident Response
9 40 (15.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 39 (15.42%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (15.42%) Threat Modelling
11 36 (14.23%) Validation
12 35 (13.83%) Internal Audit
12 35 (13.83%) Security Architecture
13 32 (12.65%) IT Audit
14 31 (12.25%) Cloud Security
15 30 (11.86%) Analytics
16 29 (11.46%) Vulnerability Management
17 28 (11.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.93%) Python
2 8 (3.16%) MATLAB
3 7 (2.77%) Java
4 4 (1.58%) C
4 4 (1.58%) C++
4 4 (1.58%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.79%) SQL
6 1 (0.40%) C#
6 1 (0.40%) Go
6 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (38.74%) CISSP
2 85 (33.60%) CISM
3 66 (26.09%) Degree
4 42 (16.60%) CISA
5 39 (15.42%) CRISC
6 33 (13.04%) Security Cleared
7 29 (11.46%) SC Cleared
8 21 (8.30%) Master's Degree
9 13 (5.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (4.74%) CGEIT
10 12 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (4.74%) FFIEC
10 12 (4.74%) SANS
11 11 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (3.16%) PhD
13 7 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (2.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (2.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 6 (2.37%) PMI Certification
14 6 (2.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (33.99%) NIST
2 72 (28.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (13.44%) COBIT
4 31 (12.25%) GRC
5 26 (10.28%) GDPR
6 25 (9.88%) SLA
7 21 (8.30%) NCSC
8 20 (7.91%) PCI DSS
9 17 (6.72%) ITGC
9 17 (6.72%) SOC 2
10 16 (6.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (5.53%) Accessibility
12 13 (5.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (3.16%) QA
15 6 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (2.37%) NIST 800
16 5 (1.98%) Def Stans
17 4 (1.58%) GMP
18 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (1.19%) Firmware
2 2 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (7.51%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.11%) Oracle
3 17 (6.72%) SAP
4 13 (5.14%) IFS
5 5 (1.98%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.98%) Bloomberg
5 5 (1.98%) CQG
5 5 (1.98%) ION Trading
5 5 (1.98%) Patsystems
5 5 (1.98%) Reuters
5 5 (1.98%) Trayport
6 4 (1.58%) Adobe
6 4 (1.58%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.19%) Citrix
7 3 (1.19%) Keysight
7 3 (1.19%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.19%) VMware
8 2 (0.79%) Google
8 2 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.40%) Red Hat