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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 311 395
Rank change year-on-year -82 +84 +174
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 264 548 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.86% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 1.00% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 141 204 217
10th Percentile £40,625 £37,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £50,390 £50,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,000 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £91,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £54,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -16.92% +18.18%

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 45,523 54,873 47,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.89% 85.86% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 27,788 28,510 36,562
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,905 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 -72 242 £63,019 +16.70% 93
UK excluding London -1 164 £52,000 -3.70% 86
Work from Home +114 123 £70,000 +16.67% 79
London -82 86 £82,500 +22.22% 36
Midlands +67 53 £51,887 -16.98% 17
South West +36 43 £57,500 -16.36% 5
South East +3 35 £48,924 -2.15% 33
East Midlands +35 27 £51,058 -8.42% 2
West Midlands +57 25 £52,500 -24.25% 15
North of England +15 18 £46,750 -15.38% 17
North West +34 15 £46,750 -15.00% 9
Northern Ireland -5 5 £52,000 -24.97% 2
Wales +8 4 £65,000 +32.37% 1
East of England -30 4 £52,000 +15.56% 6
North East +13 2 - - 3
Scotland 0 2 - - 6
Yorkshire -12 1 - - 5

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 4 (1.52%) Confluence
2 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.14%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.14%) Civil 3D
6 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (1.14%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.38%) Adaptiv
Cloud Services
1 25 (9.47%) Azure
2 18 (6.82%) AWS
3 14 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.17%) SaaS
5 9 (3.41%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.52%) GCP
6 4 (1.52%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.14%) Azure API Management
7 3 (1.14%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.76%) Serverless
9 1 (0.38%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.38%) IaaS
9 1 (0.38%) OCI
9 1 (0.38%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.44%) Modbus
2 15 (5.68%) Ethernet
3 9 (3.41%) MQTT
4 6 (2.27%) CHAP
4 6 (2.27%) Firewall
4 6 (2.27%) Multicast
4 6 (2.27%) Profibus
5 5 (1.89%) Wireless
6 4 (1.52%) VPN
7 3 (1.14%) AMQP
7 3 (1.14%) FIX Connectivity
7 3 (1.14%) HTTP
7 3 (1.14%) Internet
7 3 (1.14%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.52%) Power BI
2 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.38%) Power Query
3 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.89%) JIRA
2 3 (1.14%) Snyk
3 1 (0.38%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.38%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 114 (43.18%) Finance
2 84 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 80 (30.30%) Banking
4 28 (10.61%) Legal
5 26 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (7.20%) Manufacturing
7 17 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (6.06%) Retail
9 15 (5.68%) Public Sector
10 12 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.03%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.65%) Aviation
12 7 (2.65%) Electronics
12 7 (2.65%) Local Government
12 7 (2.65%) Retail Banking
13 6 (2.27%) Law
14 5 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (14.39%) Senior
2 34 (12.88%) Analyst
3 19 (7.20%) Risk Manager
4 16 (6.06%) Auditor
5 15 (5.68%) Architect
6 14 (5.30%) IT Manager
6 14 (5.30%) Lead
7 13 (4.92%) Security Architect
7 13 (4.92%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (3.79%) Consultant
8 10 (3.79%) IT Auditor
8 10 (3.79%) Security Analyst
8 10 (3.79%) Security Manager
8 10 (3.79%) Senior Auditor
8 10 (3.79%) Senior IT Auditor
9 9 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.03%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.03%) Risk Analyst
10 8 (3.03%) Security Consultant
10 8 (3.03%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.89%) .NET
3 4 (1.52%) CSS
3 4 (1.52%) EDI
4 3 (1.14%) OAuth
4 3 (1.14%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.38%) Hugging Face
5 1 (0.38%) Node-RED
5 1 (0.38%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.38%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 51 (19.32%) Management Information System
2 33 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 18 (6.82%) SCADA
4 12 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.17%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.17%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.79%) Biopharmaceutical
6 10 (3.79%) IoT
6 10 (3.79%) NHS
6 10 (3.79%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (3.41%) Industry 4.0
8 7 (2.65%) Equities
8 7 (2.65%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.65%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.27%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (2.27%) Reinsurance
9 6 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.89%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.03%) Windows
2 7 (2.65%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (49.24%) Risk Management
2 105 (39.77%) Information Security
3 75 (28.41%) Cybersecurity
4 64 (24.24%) Due Diligence
5 59 (22.35%) Roadmaps
6 56 (21.21%) Business Continuity
7 53 (20.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (18.94%) Process Improvement
9 49 (18.56%) Agile
10 48 (18.18%) Supply Chain Management
11 46 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 45 (17.05%) Business Continuity Management
12 45 (17.05%) Operations Management
13 40 (15.15%) Mentoring
13 40 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (12.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 33 (12.50%) Project Delivery
16 26 (9.85%) Project Management
17 23 (8.71%) Incident Response
18 22 (8.33%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.17%) Ladder Logic
2 9 (3.41%) Python
3 6 (2.27%) C#
4 5 (1.89%) SQL
5 4 (1.52%) C++
5 4 (1.52%) Java
5 4 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.76%) R
7 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 94 (35.61%) CISSP
2 71 (26.89%) CRISC
3 63 (23.86%) CISA
4 52 (19.70%) Degree
5 45 (17.05%) CISM
6 22 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 16 (6.06%) SC Cleared
8 15 (5.68%) Master's Degree
9 14 (5.30%) HNC
10 11 (4.17%) CGEIT
10 11 (4.17%) HND
11 10 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (3.79%) Chartered Engineer
11 10 (3.79%) DBS Check
12 9 (3.41%) SANS
13 8 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 8 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 8 (3.03%) PMI Certification
14 7 (2.65%) CEH
15 6 (2.27%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (40.15%) NIST
2 58 (21.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (20.45%) PCI DSS
4 24 (9.09%) GRC
5 22 (8.33%) GDPR
6 17 (6.44%) SOC 2
7 16 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (3.79%) COBIT
8 10 (3.79%) NIST 800
8 10 (3.79%) PMO
9 8 (3.03%) Accessibility
10 6 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (1.89%) ISO 31000
11 5 (1.89%) JSP 440
11 5 (1.89%) P3O
11 5 (1.89%) SOC 1
12 4 (1.52%) ISO 22301
12 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (1.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
1 8 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (3.79%) Functional Safety
2 5 (1.89%) RSA Archer
3 2 (0.76%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.38%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.95%) Siemens
3 15 (5.68%) Rockwell
4 9 (3.41%) AVEVA
5 8 (3.03%) VMware
6 7 (2.65%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.89%) SAP
8 4 (1.52%) Adobe
8 4 (1.52%) Oracle
8 4 (1.52%) Qualys
9 3 (1.14%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.14%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.14%) CQG
9 3 (1.14%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.14%) Murex
9 3 (1.14%) Patsystems
9 3 (1.14%) Reuters
9 3 (1.14%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.14%) Trayport