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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 246 559
Rank change year-on-year -269 +313 -88
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 230 607 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.37% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.48% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 163 164 270
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,041 £50,188 £47,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £85,000
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 66,949 41,023 87,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.83% 92.72% 82.59%
Number of salaries quoted 45,661 21,815 61,905
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% +0.11% -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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -251 214 £72,500 +20.83% 83
London -175 123 £77,500 -8.82% 26
UK excluding London -212 97 £59,490 +8.16% 65
Work from Home -38 82 £80,000 +15.30% 34
North of England -57 36 £55,000 -0.90% 16
South East -50 32 £55,000 -12.00% 21
North West -1 27 £50,000 -16.67% 6
South West -42 10 £80,000 +45.45% 10
Midlands -51 10 £65,000 +18.18% 12
Yorkshire -47 9 £72,500 +43.56% 7
West Midlands -43 8 £57,500 +4.55% 4
Scotland -13 6 - - 4
East Midlands -31 2 £67,500 +80.00% 8
Wales -39 2 £51,709 -31.58%
East of England -58 1 £62,500 +25.00% 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 2 (0.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.87%) Primavera
3 1 (0.43%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.30%) AWS
1 26 (11.30%) Azure
2 16 (6.96%) GCP
3 14 (6.09%) Dynamics 365
3 14 (6.09%) SaaS
4 5 (2.17%) Smartsheet
5 3 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.30%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.43%) IaaS
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.43%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.00%) CHAP
2 11 (4.78%) Network Security
3 4 (1.74%) Firewall
4 2 (0.87%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.87%) Multicast
5 1 (0.43%) Broadband
5 1 (0.43%) Internet
5 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.43%) LAN
5 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.43%) VPN
5 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.74%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.30%) Db2
3 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.78%) JIRA
2 3 (1.30%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 127 (55.22%) Finance
2 95 (41.30%) Social Skills
3 73 (31.74%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (15.65%) Banking
6 34 (14.78%) Law
7 30 (13.04%) Financial Institution
8 21 (9.13%) Legal
9 20 (8.70%) Public Sector
9 20 (8.70%) Retail
10 14 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (5.22%) Manufacturing
12 11 (4.78%) Retail Banking
13 7 (3.04%) Japanese Language
13 7 (3.04%) Marketing
14 6 (2.61%) Back Office
14 6 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (2.17%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 35 (15.22%) Auditor
2 33 (14.35%) Senior
3 32 (13.91%) Analyst
4 30 (13.04%) IT Manager
5 23 (10.00%) Architect
5 23 (10.00%) Security Auditor
6 21 (9.13%) Security Architect
7 20 (8.70%) Internal Auditor
8 15 (6.52%) Lead
8 15 (6.52%) Security Manager
9 14 (6.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 12 (5.22%) IT Auditor
11 11 (4.78%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.78%) Senior IT Auditor
12 10 (4.35%) Security Analyst
13 9 (3.91%) Consultant
13 9 (3.91%) Test Engineer
14 8 (3.48%) Change Manager
14 8 (3.48%) Information Analyst
14 8 (3.48%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.30%) Middleware
2 2 (0.87%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.74%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.39%) Credit Risk
3 14 (6.09%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.22%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.91%) CMDB
6 8 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.48%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.17%) Life Science
9 4 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.74%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.74%) NHS
10 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.30%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.30%) PKI
11 2 (0.87%) Blog
11 2 (0.87%) Eurex
11 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.04%) Windows
2 3 (1.30%) AIX
2 3 (1.30%) Unix
3 2 (0.87%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (32.61%) Cybersecurity
1 75 (32.61%) Risk Management
2 64 (27.83%) Information Security
3 62 (26.96%) Agile
4 54 (23.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (20.87%) Incident Response
7 47 (20.43%) Internal Audit
8 46 (20.00%) Analytics
9 44 (19.13%) Decision-Making
10 42 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (16.96%) Data Analytics
12 37 (16.09%) Validation
13 36 (15.65%) Vulnerability Management
14 35 (15.22%) AI
14 35 (15.22%) Project Management
15 32 (13.91%) IT Audit
15 32 (13.91%) Threat Modelling
16 31 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (13.04%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.30%) C
1 3 (1.30%) C++
2 1 (0.43%) C#
2 1 (0.43%) Java
2 1 (0.43%) Python
2 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (43.04%) CISSP
2 84 (36.52%) CISM
3 56 (24.35%) CISA
4 38 (16.52%) Degree
5 36 (15.65%) CRISC
6 27 (11.74%) Security Cleared
7 23 (10.00%) CGEIT
7 23 (10.00%) FFIEC
7 23 (10.00%) SANS
8 21 (9.13%) SC Cleared
9 12 (5.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (2.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.17%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.17%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.17%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (37.39%) NIST
2 66 (28.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (19.57%) COBIT
4 35 (15.22%) GDPR
5 29 (12.61%) GRC
6 23 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (8.70%) PCI DSS
7 20 (8.70%) SLA
8 16 (6.96%) ITGC
9 15 (6.52%) SOC 2
10 14 (6.09%) NCSC
11 11 (4.78%) Accessibility
11 11 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (3.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (3.48%) QA
14 6 (2.61%) GMP
14 6 (2.61%) NIST 800
15 5 (2.17%) Def Stans
16 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Firmware
1 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) CASB
1 1 (0.43%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (7.39%) SAP
2 15 (6.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.52%) Oracle
3 13 (5.65%) IFS
4 9 (3.91%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.74%) Citrix
5 4 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.30%) Keysight
6 3 (1.30%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.87%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.87%) CQG
7 2 (0.87%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.87%) Patsystems
7 2 (0.87%) Reuters
7 2 (0.87%) Trayport
7 2 (0.87%) VMware
8 1 (0.43%) BT
8 1 (0.43%) Openreach