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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 251 530
Rank change year-on-year -264 +279 -33
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 245 601 410
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.29% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 1.41% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 172 179 293
10th Percentile £46,825 £37,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,267 £50,390 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,250 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -

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 70,675 42,514 86,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.44% 91.57% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,811 23,148 61,276
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -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 30 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 30 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 -248 226 £70,000 +12.00% 102
UK excluding London -183 117 £56,000 +1.82% 68
London -178 115 £75,000 -10.71% 48
Work from Home -53 91 £75,000 +8.09% 31
South East -45 44 £56,000 -10.40% 31
North of England -68 37 £55,000 -2.22% 13
North West -5 28 £50,000 -27.94% 7
Midlands -64 14 £67,500 +22.73% 12
South West -61 11 £80,000 +45.45% 6
West Midlands -46 10 £52,500 -4.55% 4
Yorkshire -34 9 £72,500 +40.78% 5
Scotland -5 6 - - 1
East Midlands -32 4 £67,500 +80.00% 8
Wales -50 3 £51,709 -23.04% 2
East of England -65 2 £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 4 (1.63%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.82%) Primavera
3 1 (0.41%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.29%) Azure
2 34 (13.88%) AWS
3 21 (8.57%) GCP
4 14 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (4.49%) SaaS
6 5 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.04%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.22%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.82%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.41%) IaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.41%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.76%) CHAP
2 15 (6.12%) Network Security
3 5 (2.04%) Firewall
4 4 (1.63%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (1.63%) Multicast
5 2 (0.82%) Internet
5 2 (0.82%) LAN
5 2 (0.82%) VPN
5 2 (0.82%) WAN
6 1 (0.41%) BGP
6 1 (0.41%) Broadband
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.41%) IPsec
6 1 (0.41%) SNMP
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.63%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.22%) Db2
3 2 (0.82%) Power BI
4 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (5.71%) JIRA
2 8 (3.27%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 123 (50.20%) Finance
2 100 (40.82%) Social Skills
3 87 (35.51%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (12.65%) Banking
6 30 (12.24%) Law
7 26 (10.61%) Financial Institution
8 24 (9.80%) Public Sector
9 22 (8.98%) Legal
10 21 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (8.16%) Retail
12 15 (6.12%) Manufacturing
13 14 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (4.49%) Retail Banking
15 8 (3.27%) Electronics
16 7 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (2.86%) Japanese Language
17 6 (2.45%) Aerospace
17 6 (2.45%) Back Office
17 6 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (14.69%) Senior
2 32 (13.06%) Analyst
3 31 (12.65%) Auditor
4 28 (11.43%) Architect
5 25 (10.20%) IT Manager
6 24 (9.80%) Security Architect
7 19 (7.76%) Security Auditor
8 17 (6.94%) Lead
8 17 (6.94%) Security Manager
9 16 (6.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 16 (6.53%) Internal Auditor
10 12 (4.90%) Consultant
10 12 (4.90%) IT Auditor
11 11 (4.49%) Security Consultant
11 11 (4.49%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.49%) Senior IT Auditor
11 11 (4.49%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (4.08%) Security Analyst
13 9 (3.67%) Test Engineer
14 8 (3.27%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.63%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.22%) Middleware
3 2 (0.82%) .NET
3 2 (0.82%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (18.78%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.57%) Credit Risk
3 15 (6.12%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.49%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.08%) Blockchain
7 8 (3.27%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.45%) CMDB
9 6 (2.45%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.45%) Fibre Optics
10 5 (2.04%) Life Science
10 5 (2.04%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.63%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.63%) Equities
11 4 (1.63%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.63%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.49%) Windows
2 4 (1.63%) Linux
3 3 (1.22%) AIX
3 3 (1.22%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.02%) Cybersecurity
1 76 (31.02%) Risk Management
2 64 (26.12%) Agile
3 63 (25.71%) Information Security
4 58 (23.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (19.59%) Incident Response
6 46 (18.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 45 (18.37%) Decision-Making
8 44 (17.96%) Internal Audit
9 42 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (15.51%) Validation
11 37 (15.10%) Analytics
12 36 (14.69%) AI
12 36 (14.69%) Vulnerability Management
13 35 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
14 34 (13.88%) Data Analytics
14 34 (13.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (13.47%) Project Management
16 32 (13.06%) IT Audit
17 30 (12.24%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.67%) Python
2 5 (2.04%) MATLAB
3 4 (1.63%) C
3 4 (1.63%) C++
3 4 (1.63%) Java
4 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.82%) SQL
5 1 (0.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 102 (41.63%) CISSP
2 86 (35.10%) CISM
3 49 (20.00%) CISA
3 49 (20.00%) Degree
4 40 (16.33%) CRISC
5 33 (13.47%) Security Cleared
6 27 (11.02%) SC Cleared
7 19 (7.76%) CGEIT
7 19 (7.76%) FFIEC
7 19 (7.76%) SANS
8 14 (5.71%) Master's Degree
9 13 (5.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (2.04%) DV Cleared
13 5 (2.04%) PhD
13 5 (2.04%) PMI Certification
13 5 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (36.33%) NIST
2 73 (29.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (16.73%) COBIT
4 34 (13.88%) GDPR
5 33 (13.47%) GRC
6 25 (10.20%) SLA
7 22 (8.98%) PCI DSS
8 20 (8.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 19 (7.76%) NCSC
10 17 (6.94%) SOC 2
11 16 (6.53%) ITGC
12 13 (5.31%) Accessibility
13 12 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (4.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (3.67%) QA
16 6 (2.45%) NIST 800
17 5 (2.04%) Def Stans
18 4 (1.63%) GMP
18 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (0.82%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.82%) Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) CASB
1 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (7.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.94%) Oracle
2 17 (6.94%) SAP
3 13 (5.31%) IFS
4 6 (2.45%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.63%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.63%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.63%) Citrix
5 4 (1.63%) CQG
5 4 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.63%) ION Trading
5 4 (1.63%) Patsystems
5 4 (1.63%) Reuters
5 4 (1.63%) Trayport
6 3 (1.22%) Keysight
6 3 (1.22%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.82%) Adobe
7 2 (0.82%) VMware
8 1 (0.41%) BT
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco