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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 216 536
Rank change year-on-year -246 +320 -46
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 260 681 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 1.56% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.67% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 157 149 284
10th Percentile £48,476 £38,490 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £48,505
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,000 £102,500 £88,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.16% -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 67,438 40,826 82,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.22% 93.31% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,850 22,742 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,491 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 10 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 10 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 -216 246 £70,000 +16.67% 103
London -192 129 £80,000 -1.54% 45
Work from Home +33 123 £80,000 +25.49% 40
UK excluding London -148 123 £59,490 +8.16% 68
North of England -62 32 £60,850 +10.14% 18
South West -32 30 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Midlands -10 28 £62,500 +13.64% 4
North West -2 24 £50,000 -9.91% 14
South East -51 24 £59,490 -11.87% 25
East Midlands -11 20 - - 2
West Midlands -38 8 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Yorkshire -65 8 £72,500 +43.56% 4
Scotland -32 6 - - 5
Wales -30 2 £51,709 +5.31% 2
East of England -65 1 £62,500 +25.00% 6

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 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.77%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.77%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.31%) AWS
2 17 (6.54%) Azure
3 15 (5.77%) SaaS
4 13 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.31%) GCP
6 5 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.92%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.38%) IaaS
8 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.15%) CHAP
2 7 (2.69%) Network Security
3 5 (1.92%) Firewall
4 3 (1.15%) Multicast
5 2 (0.77%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.38%) Broadband
6 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.15%) DB2
3 2 (0.77%) Power BI
3 2 (0.77%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (3.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 172 (66.15%) Finance
2 93 (35.77%) Banking
3 92 (35.38%) Social Skills
4 55 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (14.23%) Financial Institution
6 29 (11.15%) Law
7 28 (10.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (8.08%) Retail
9 17 (6.54%) Legal
10 16 (6.15%) Public Sector
11 13 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (4.23%) Retail Banking
13 7 (2.69%) Back Office
13 7 (2.69%) Japanese Language
13 7 (2.69%) Marketing
14 6 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.54%) Agriculture
15 4 (1.54%) Italian Language
15 4 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (17.31%) Auditor
2 37 (14.23%) Senior
3 36 (13.85%) IT Manager
4 32 (12.31%) Analyst
5 29 (11.15%) Security Auditor
6 26 (10.00%) Internal Auditor
7 18 (6.92%) Security Manager
8 16 (6.15%) IT Auditor
9 15 (5.77%) Senior Auditor
9 15 (5.77%) Senior IT Auditor
10 14 (5.38%) Architect
10 14 (5.38%) Security Architect
11 12 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 11 (4.23%) Lead
12 11 (4.23%) Security Analyst
13 10 (3.85%) Change Manager
13 10 (3.85%) Consultant
13 10 (3.85%) IT Change Manager
14 9 (3.46%) Information Security Analyst
14 9 (3.46%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.15%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.15%) Middleware
2 1 (0.38%) CSS
2 1 (0.38%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.15%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.77%) Blockchain
3 15 (5.77%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.23%) CMDB
5 9 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.31%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.31%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.54%) Life Science
10 3 (1.15%) Blog
10 3 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.15%) Equities
10 3 (1.15%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.15%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.15%) NHS
10 3 (1.15%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.31%) Windows
2 3 (1.15%) AIX
2 3 (1.15%) Linux
2 3 (1.15%) Unix
3 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (48.85%) Risk Management
2 122 (46.92%) Information Security
3 82 (31.54%) Cybersecurity
4 66 (25.38%) Agile
5 61 (23.46%) Due Diligence
6 54 (20.77%) Internal Audit
7 52 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 51 (19.62%) Analytics
8 51 (19.62%) Business Continuity
9 49 (18.85%) Process Improvement
10 48 (18.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (18.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 47 (18.08%) Incident Response
12 46 (17.69%) Business Continuity Management
13 45 (17.31%) Data Analytics
13 45 (17.31%) Operations Management
13 45 (17.31%) Supply Chain Management
13 45 (17.31%) Validation
14 42 (16.15%) Project Management
15 38 (14.62%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.15%) C++
2 2 (0.77%) C
2 2 (0.77%) Java
3 1 (0.38%) C#
3 1 (0.38%) Python
3 1 (0.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (57.31%) CISSP
2 106 (40.77%) CISA
3 86 (33.08%) CISM
4 79 (30.38%) CRISC
5 29 (11.15%) CGEIT
5 29 (11.15%) Degree
5 29 (11.15%) FFIEC
5 29 (11.15%) SANS
6 18 (6.92%) Security Cleared
7 12 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (4.62%) SC Cleared
8 8 (3.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 7 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.69%) OSCP
10 6 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.92%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.92%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (49.62%) NIST
2 65 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 60 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (19.23%) COBIT
5 41 (15.77%) GDPR
6 26 (10.00%) GRC
7 24 (9.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (6.92%) SOC 2
9 15 (5.77%) ITGC
10 13 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (3.46%) NCSC
11 9 (3.46%) SLA
12 8 (3.08%) GMP
13 7 (2.69%) Accessibility
14 6 (2.31%) QA
15 5 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (1.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 3 (1.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.38%) Firmware
1 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) CASB
1 1 (0.38%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (5.38%) Microsoft
1 14 (5.38%) Oracle
1 14 (5.38%) SAP
2 12 (4.62%) IFS
3 11 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.54%) Citrix
4 4 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (1.54%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.77%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.77%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.77%) CQG
5 2 (0.77%) ION Trading
5 2 (0.77%) Keysight
5 2 (0.77%) OneTrust
5 2 (0.77%) Patsystems
5 2 (0.77%) Reuters
5 2 (0.77%) Trayport
6 1 (0.38%) BT
6 1 (0.38%) Openreach
6 1 (0.38%) VMware