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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 330 485
Rank change year-on-year -193 +155 +52
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 264 413 377
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.84% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.93% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 174 191 240
10th Percentile £43,895 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £84,500 £86,776 £75,313
90th Percentile £109,625 £107,500 £89,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +8.16% +0.92% -0.91%

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 74,889 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,640 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 29 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 29 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 -165 241 £70,000 +12.00% 189
UK excluding London -166 133 £59,490 +8.16% 117
London -62 118 £75,000 -14.29% 90
Work from Home -71 96 £75,000 +8.09% 65
South East -52 48 £56,000 -6.67% 40
North of England -47 39 £57,925 +0.74% 22
North West -19 30 £50,000 -27.94% 14
Midlands -69 17 £67,500 +22.73% 27
South West -57 12 £82,500 +50.00% 12
West Midlands -58 12 £52,500 -4.55% 17
Scotland -1 9 £125,000 +142.04% 8
Yorkshire -31 9 £72,500 +38.10% 5
East Midlands -31 5 £67,500 +80.00% 10
East of England -45 5 £39,500 -21.00% 9
Wales -57 3 £51,709 -23.04% 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 6 (2.27%) Confluence
2 2 (0.76%) Apache
2 2 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.38%) IIS
3 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.79%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.76%) Primavera
3 1 (0.38%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 44 (16.67%) AWS
2 41 (15.53%) Azure
3 26 (9.85%) GCP
4 13 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.03%) SaaS
7 5 (1.89%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.14%) GitHub
8 3 (1.14%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.76%) dbt
9 2 (0.76%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.76%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.76%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.38%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.38%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.58%) Network Security
2 11 (4.17%) CHAP
3 5 (1.89%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.89%) Multicast
4 4 (1.52%) Firewall
5 2 (0.76%) Internet
5 2 (0.76%) LAN
5 2 (0.76%) VPN
5 2 (0.76%) WAN
6 1 (0.38%) BGP
6 1 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.38%) DNS
6 1 (0.38%) HTTP
6 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.38%) IPsec
6 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.38%) SNMP
6 1 (0.38%) SSL
6 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.76%) Db2
3 2 (0.76%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.76%) Power BI
4 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.38%) Metadata
4 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (6.06%) JIRA
2 11 (4.17%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.38%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 128 (48.48%) Finance
2 103 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 99 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (21.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (13.26%) Law
6 27 (10.23%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (9.85%) Legal
8 25 (9.47%) Public Sector
9 24 (9.09%) Banking
10 20 (7.58%) Manufacturing
11 16 (6.06%) Financial Institution
11 16 (6.06%) Retail
12 15 (5.68%) Aerospace
13 14 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (4.17%) Electronics
15 9 (3.41%) Japanese Language
15 9 (3.41%) Retail Banking
16 6 (2.27%) Italian Language
16 6 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (18.18%) Senior
2 36 (13.64%) Analyst
3 29 (10.98%) Architect
4 24 (9.09%) Auditor
5 23 (8.71%) Security Architect
6 19 (7.20%) Consultant
6 19 (7.20%) IT Manager
6 19 (7.20%) Security Manager
7 18 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 18 (6.82%) Security Consultant
8 16 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) Lead
10 12 (4.55%) Security Analyst
11 11 (4.17%) IT Auditor
11 11 (4.17%) Security Auditor
12 10 (3.79%) Senior Consultant
13 9 (3.41%) Security Engineer
13 9 (3.41%) Senior IT Auditor
13 9 (3.41%) Senior Security Consultant
13 9 (3.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.89%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (1.52%) .NET
2 4 (1.52%) Kafka
3 2 (0.76%) Middleware
4 1 (0.38%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.38%) CSS
4 1 (0.38%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.29%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.58%) Credit Risk
3 17 (6.44%) Security Posture
4 10 (3.79%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
6 7 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.65%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.27%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.89%) Blockchain
8 5 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.89%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (1.89%) Equities
8 5 (1.89%) Eurex
8 5 (1.89%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.89%) Life Science
9 4 (1.52%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.55%) Windows
2 6 (2.27%) Linux
3 2 (0.76%) AIX
3 2 (0.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (31.06%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (27.65%) Risk Management
3 66 (25.00%) Information Security
4 63 (23.86%) Agile
4 63 (23.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (18.94%) Decision-Making
6 48 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (17.42%) AI
8 43 (16.29%) Incident Response
9 42 (15.91%) Threat Modelling
10 41 (15.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (13.64%) Security Architecture
13 34 (12.88%) Internal Audit
13 34 (12.88%) Validation
14 32 (12.12%) Cloud Security
14 32 (12.12%) IT Audit
15 31 (11.74%) Analytics
15 31 (11.74%) Vulnerability Management
16 26 (9.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.44%) Python
2 8 (3.03%) Java
2 8 (3.03%) MATLAB
3 4 (1.52%) C
3 4 (1.52%) C++
3 4 (1.52%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.52%) SQL
4 1 (0.38%) C#
4 1 (0.38%) Go
4 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 100 (37.88%) CISSP
2 88 (33.33%) CISM
3 74 (28.03%) Degree
4 42 (15.91%) CISA
5 39 (14.77%) CRISC
6 34 (12.88%) Security Cleared
7 30 (11.36%) SC Cleared
8 23 (8.71%) Master's Degree
9 13 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (4.17%) CGEIT
10 11 (4.17%) FFIEC
10 11 (4.17%) SANS
11 8 (3.03%) PhD
12 7 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.27%) CISMP
13 6 (2.27%) PMI Certification
13 6 (2.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (34.09%) NIST
2 73 (27.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (12.88%) COBIT
4 32 (12.12%) GRC
5 26 (9.85%) GDPR
6 24 (9.09%) SLA
7 22 (8.33%) NCSC
8 20 (7.58%) PCI DSS
9 17 (6.44%) ITGC
10 16 (6.06%) SOC 2
11 15 (5.68%) Accessibility
11 15 (5.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (4.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (2.65%) NIST 800
15 6 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (2.27%) QA
16 5 (1.89%) Def Stans
17 4 (1.52%) GMP
18 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (1.89%) Firmware
2 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.38%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.38%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (7.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.82%) Oracle
3 17 (6.44%) SAP
4 13 (4.92%) IFS
5 5 (1.89%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.89%) Bloomberg
5 5 (1.89%) CQG
5 5 (1.89%) ION Trading
5 5 (1.89%) Patsystems
5 5 (1.89%) Reuters
5 5 (1.89%) Trayport
6 4 (1.52%) Adobe
6 4 (1.52%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.14%) Citrix
7 3 (1.14%) Keysight
7 3 (1.14%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.14%) VMware
8 2 (0.76%) Databricks
8 2 (0.76%) Google
9 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow