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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 387 412
Rank change year-on-year -25 +25 +167
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 269 415 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.61% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.74% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 162 203 222
10th Percentile £37,550 £37,000 £47,354
25th Percentile £50,543 £50,000 £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -18.52% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,776 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -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 44,303 55,889 50,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.67% 82.62% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,710 29,381 38,581
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 -32 238 £62,538 +13.70% 190
UK excluding London -6 157 £55,000 +1.85% 140
London +26 98 £84,000 +24.44% 92
Work from Home +59 96 £70,000 +12.00% 101
Midlands +74 43 £52,193 -16.49% 18
South East +15 43 £48,924 -2.15% 85
West Midlands +55 31 £55,000 -22.43% 10
North of England -2 29 £69,384 +23.35% 7
North West +8 23 £69,384 +26.15% 6
South West +13 17 £57,500 -16.36% 7
East Midlands +18 11 £44,279 -18.00% 3
Northern Ireland +2 7 £52,000 -24.97% 5
Wales +19 6 £67,192 -3.05% 5
Scotland -1 6 £69,384 +0.11% 9
East of England -22 6 £52,000 +15.56% 6
North East +18 5 £75,574 +9.04%
Yorkshire -6 1 - - 1

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 (1.49%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (7.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.23%) AutoCAD
4 6 (2.23%) Civil 3D
5 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Adaptiv
1 4 (1.49%) Q-Pulse
2 3 (1.12%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.37%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 25 (9.29%) Azure
2 15 (5.58%) AWS
3 12 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.72%) SaaS
5 9 (3.35%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.49%) GCP
6 4 (1.49%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.12%) Azure API Management
8 2 (0.74%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.74%) Serverless
9 1 (0.37%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.37%) IaaS
9 1 (0.37%) OCI
9 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.29%) Modbus
2 21 (7.81%) Ethernet
3 15 (5.58%) Network Security
4 13 (4.83%) MQTT
5 9 (3.35%) Profibus
6 5 (1.86%) Multicast
6 5 (1.86%) Wireless
7 4 (1.49%) Firewall
7 4 (1.49%) Internet
7 4 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.49%) VPN
8 3 (1.12%) AMQP
8 3 (1.12%) FIX Connectivity
8 3 (1.12%) HTTP
8 3 (1.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.97%) Tableau
2 4 (1.49%) Power BI
3 3 (1.12%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 5 (1.86%) JIRA
2 4 (1.49%) Git
3 3 (1.12%) Snyk
4 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 111 (41.26%) Social Skills
2 83 (30.86%) Finance
3 46 (17.10%) Legal
4 33 (12.27%) Banking
5 32 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (10.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (10.04%) Manufacturing
7 19 (7.06%) Public Sector
7 19 (7.06%) Retail
8 17 (6.32%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (6.32%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (5.20%) Local Government
10 11 (4.09%) Electronics
11 8 (2.97%) Aviation
12 7 (2.60%) Law
12 7 (2.60%) Retail Banking
13 6 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.86%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (18.59%) Analyst
2 42 (15.61%) Senior
3 29 (10.78%) Risk Manager
4 28 (10.41%) Architect
5 27 (10.04%) Lead
6 26 (9.67%) Security Architect
7 19 (7.06%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (5.58%) Risk Analyst
9 14 (5.20%) Civil Engineer
9 14 (5.20%) Development Engineer
9 14 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.20%) Security Analyst
10 12 (4.46%) Business Analyst
11 11 (4.09%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (4.09%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.72%) Principal Architect
13 9 (3.35%) Consultant
13 9 (3.35%) Control Systems Engineer
13 9 (3.35%) Security Specialist
14 8 (2.97%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.35%) .NET
2 6 (2.23%) CSS
3 5 (1.86%) FIX Protocol
4 4 (1.49%) EDI
5 3 (1.12%) OAuth
5 3 (1.12%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.12%) Pandas
6 2 (0.74%) Node-RED
7 1 (0.37%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.37%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.37%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.24%) Management Information System
2 34 (12.64%) Security Posture
3 26 (9.67%) SCADA
4 17 (6.32%) NHS
5 16 (5.95%) Operational Technology
6 15 (5.58%) Biopharmaceutical
6 15 (5.58%) Data Centre
6 15 (5.58%) Renewable Energy
7 14 (5.20%) IoT
8 13 (4.83%) Industry 4.0
9 11 (4.09%) Onboarding
10 9 (3.35%) Market Risk
10 9 (3.35%) Product Ownership
10 9 (3.35%) Reinsurance
11 8 (2.97%) Taxonomies
12 7 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (2.23%) Cloud Native
13 6 (2.23%) Credit Risk
13 6 (2.23%) Equities
13 6 (2.23%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.72%) Windows
2 6 (2.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.37%) VMS
3 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (44.61%) Risk Management
2 96 (35.69%) Cybersecurity
3 75 (27.88%) Information Security
4 66 (24.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (23.79%) Mentoring
6 56 (20.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 50 (18.59%) Agile
8 45 (16.73%) Project Delivery
9 44 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (13.75%) Decision-Making
11 33 (12.27%) Project Management
12 29 (10.78%) Due Diligence
12 29 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 27 (10.04%) Security Management
14 26 (9.67%) Information Assurance
15 24 (8.92%) Security Architecture
16 23 (8.55%) Analytics
16 23 (8.55%) Machine Learning
17 22 (8.18%) Incident Response
17 22 (8.18%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.58%) Python
2 14 (5.20%) Ladder Logic
3 9 (3.35%) SQL
4 8 (2.97%) C#
5 6 (2.23%) Java
5 6 (2.23%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.12%) C++
6 3 (1.12%) R
7 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 72 (26.77%) Degree
2 46 (17.10%) CISM
3 43 (15.99%) CISSP
4 36 (13.38%) Security Cleared
5 32 (11.90%) CRISC
6 29 (10.78%) SC Cleared
7 21 (7.81%) Master's Degree
8 18 (6.69%) HNC
9 15 (5.58%) HND
9 15 (5.58%) PMI Certification
10 14 (5.20%) Chartered Engineer
11 12 (4.46%) CISA
12 11 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (4.09%) DBS Check
12 11 (4.09%) PMP
13 10 (3.72%) CFA
13 10 (3.72%) Postgraduate
14 7 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (2.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (2.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (27.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (25.65%) NIST
3 26 (9.67%) GRC
4 21 (7.81%) SOC 2
5 18 (6.69%) NCSC
6 16 (5.95%) GDPR
7 14 (5.20%) Accessibility
8 12 (4.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (4.46%) PMO
8 12 (4.46%) QA
9 11 (4.09%) NIST 800
10 8 (2.97%) PCI DSS
10 8 (2.97%) SOC 1
11 5 (1.86%) COBIT
11 5 (1.86%) ISO 22301
11 5 (1.86%) ISO 31000
11 5 (1.86%) JSP 440
11 5 (1.86%) P3O
11 5 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (1.49%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
1 11 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (5.58%) Functional Safety
2 8 (2.97%) RSA Archer
3 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.74%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.37%) Ansible
5 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.41%) Siemens
3 22 (8.18%) Rockwell
4 13 (4.83%) AVEVA
5 11 (4.09%) VMware
6 10 (3.72%) Allen-Bradley
6 10 (3.72%) Murex
7 5 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.86%) SAP
8 4 (1.49%) Adobe
8 4 (1.49%) FIS
8 4 (1.49%) Oracle
8 4 (1.49%) Qualys
9 3 (1.12%) Bloomberg
9 3 (1.12%) Checkmarx
9 3 (1.12%) Cognos
9 3 (1.12%) CQG
9 3 (1.12%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.12%) Reuters
9 3 (1.12%) Trayport