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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 211 432
Rank change year-on-year -250 +221 +39
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 215 701 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 1.45% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.56% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 118 138 291
10th Percentile £48,017 £32,750 £43,227
25th Percentile £55,313 £45,000 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,063 £74,145 £81,893
90th Percentile £115,375 £90,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £51,645 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.69% -17.37% +13.64%

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 54,541 44,858 66,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.08% 92.63% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,717 22,158 51,477
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -218 208 £70,000 +26.13% 76
Work from Home +65 111 £70,500 +28.18% 39
UK excluding London -120 105 £52,000 +0.69% 59
London -183 102 £70,000 -6.35% 26
South West +10 37 £57,500 +4.55% 8
Midlands +20 34 £62,500 -5.30% 6
East Midlands -5 23 £51,058 -22.64% 1
South East -21 19 £52,000 +55.22% 16
West Midlands +17 11 £66,250 +12.47% 5
North of England -47 10 £26,250 -52.05% 20
North West -18 9 £26,250 -52.70% 13
East of England -67 3 £52,000 +15.56% 6
Scotland -20 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland -30 1 £52,000 -24.97%
Yorkshire -42 1 - - 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 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Q-Pulse
1 4 (1.86%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.91%) AWS
1 17 (7.91%) SaaS
2 16 (7.44%) Azure
3 10 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.40%) OpenShift
6 2 (0.93%) Azure API Management
6 2 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.93%) GCP
6 2 (0.93%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.93%) Serverless
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.47%) IaaS
7 1 (0.47%) PaaS
7 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.30%) CHAP
2 4 (1.86%) Firewall
2 4 (1.86%) Multicast
2 4 (1.86%) Wireless
3 2 (0.93%) AMQP
3 2 (0.93%) HTTP
3 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.93%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) Broadband
4 1 (0.47%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.47%) Network Security
4 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.93%) DB2
2 2 (0.93%) Power BI
3 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.47%) Power Query
3 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.93%) JIRA
1 2 (0.93%) Snyk
2 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 128 (59.53%) Finance
2 91 (42.33%) Banking
3 67 (31.16%) Social Skills
4 28 (13.02%) Financial Institution
5 27 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (10.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (9.30%) Law
8 16 (7.44%) Retail
9 15 (6.98%) Public Sector
10 11 (5.12%) Legal
11 7 (3.26%) Back Office
11 7 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.26%) Marketing
12 6 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.79%) Retail Banking
13 4 (1.86%) Agriculture
13 4 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.40%) Games
14 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (16.74%) Auditor
2 34 (15.81%) Senior
3 26 (12.09%) IT Manager
4 25 (11.63%) Analyst
5 19 (8.84%) Security Auditor
6 18 (8.37%) Internal Auditor
7 17 (7.91%) IT Auditor
8 16 (7.44%) Senior Auditor
8 16 (7.44%) Senior IT Auditor
9 13 (6.05%) Security Analyst
10 12 (5.58%) Change Manager
10 12 (5.58%) IT Change Manager
10 12 (5.58%) Lead
11 11 (5.12%) Information Analyst
11 11 (5.12%) Information Security Analyst
12 10 (4.65%) Architect
12 10 (4.65%) Consultant
12 10 (4.65%) Security Architect
13 8 (3.72%) Security Consultant
13 8 (3.72%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.93%) Middleware
2 2 (0.93%) OAuth
2 2 (0.93%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.47%) CSS
3 1 (0.47%) EDI
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (24.65%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.98%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.58%) Blockchain
3 12 (5.58%) CMDB
4 11 (5.12%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.79%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.86%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (1.86%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.86%) Equities
7 4 (1.86%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.40%) Blog
8 3 (1.40%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.40%) PKI
9 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.93%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.33%) Windows
2 4 (1.86%) Linux
3 2 (0.93%) AIX
3 2 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (48.84%) Information Security
1 105 (48.84%) Risk Management
2 62 (28.84%) Cybersecurity
3 57 (26.51%) Due Diligence
4 53 (24.65%) Roadmaps
5 52 (24.19%) Business Continuity
6 50 (23.26%) Process Improvement
7 49 (22.79%) Agile
8 46 (21.40%) Business Continuity Management
9 45 (20.93%) Operations Management
9 45 (20.93%) Supply Chain Management
10 44 (20.47%) Internal Audit
11 40 (18.60%) Analytics
11 40 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (15.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (14.88%) Data Analytics
14 30 (13.95%) IT Audit
14 30 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
15 29 (13.49%) Incident Response
15 29 (13.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.86%) C++
1 4 (1.86%) Java
1 4 (1.86%) Python
1 4 (1.86%) SQL
2 2 (0.93%) C#
3 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 105 (48.84%) CISSP
2 85 (39.53%) CISA
3 61 (28.37%) CRISC
4 45 (20.93%) CISM
5 25 (11.63%) CGEIT
6 22 (10.23%) SANS
7 21 (9.77%) Security Cleared
8 20 (9.30%) FFIEC
9 19 (8.84%) Degree
10 14 (6.51%) SC Cleared
11 11 (5.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (5.12%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (5.12%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (4.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 9 (4.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 8 (3.72%) ISACA
14 6 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (2.79%) DV Cleared
14 6 (2.79%) OSCP
15 5 (2.33%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (45.58%) NIST
2 58 (26.98%) PCI DSS
3 48 (22.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (14.88%) GDPR
5 23 (10.70%) COBIT
6 21 (9.77%) GRC
7 13 (6.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (6.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (5.12%) SOC 2
9 7 (3.26%) NCSC
10 6 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (2.79%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.86%) GMP
11 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (1.86%) JSP 440
11 4 (1.86%) QA
12 3 (1.40%) ISO 9001
12 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.93%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Firmware
1 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) BMC PATROL
1 1 (0.47%) CASB
1 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.58%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.79%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.86%) Adobe
4 4 (1.86%) SAP
5 3 (1.40%) Citrix
5 3 (1.40%) Cognos
5 3 (1.40%) Qualys
6 2 (0.93%) Checkmarx
6 2 (0.93%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.93%) LogRhythm
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle
6 2 (0.93%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.47%) Databricks
7 1 (0.47%) EMC
7 1 (0.47%) IFS
7 1 (0.47%) Openreach
7 1 (0.47%) Reuters
7 1 (0.47%) Splunk
7 1 (0.47%) Trayport