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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 204 418
Rank change year-on-year -260 +214 +57
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 215 720 454
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 1.55% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.67% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 120 141 302
10th Percentile £48,116 £32,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% -0.76%
75th Percentile £88,750 £74,145 £81,786
90th Percentile £117,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £51,645 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.69% -13.93% +9.09%

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 55,211 43,138 69,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.63% 93.12% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33,095 21,773 52,985
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £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 £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -230 208 £70,000 +27.27% 94
Work from Home +36 114 £71,000 +29.09% 45
London -186 104 £70,000 -6.35% 32
UK excluding London -128 103 £52,000 +0.69% 73
South West +10 37 £57,500 +4.55% 14
Midlands +11 34 £62,500 -5.30% 8
East Midlands -11 23 £51,058 -22.64% 3
South East -35 17 £51,625 +54.10% 20
West Midlands +4 11 £66,250 +12.47% 5
North of England -52 11 £30,630 -42.48% 16
North West -14 10 £30,630 -44.81% 8
East of England -81 2 £57,250 +27.22% 9
Northern Ireland -29 1 £52,000 -24.97%
Scotland -38 1 - - 7
Yorkshire -54 1 - - 7

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 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.37%) AWS
2 17 (7.91%) Azure
2 17 (7.91%) SaaS
3 10 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
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%) GCP
6 2 (0.93%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon S3
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%) Serverless
7 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (10.23%) CHAP
2 4 (1.86%) Firewall
2 4 (1.86%) Multicast
3 2 (0.93%) AMQP
3 2 (0.93%) HTTP
3 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.93%) VPN
3 2 (0.93%) Wireless
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%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 133 (61.86%) Finance
2 92 (42.79%) Banking
3 67 (31.16%) Social Skills
4 30 (13.95%) Financial Institution
5 27 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (10.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (9.30%) Law
8 18 (8.37%) Retail
9 16 (7.44%) Public Sector
10 11 (5.12%) Legal
11 8 (3.72%) Retail Banking
12 7 (3.26%) Back Office
12 7 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.26%) Marketing
13 6 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.86%) Agriculture
14 4 (1.86%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.40%) Games
15 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.47%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 40 (18.60%) Auditor
2 35 (16.28%) Senior
3 27 (12.56%) IT Manager
4 25 (11.63%) Analyst
5 21 (9.77%) Security Auditor
6 20 (9.30%) Internal Auditor
7 19 (8.84%) IT Auditor
8 18 (8.37%) Senior Auditor
8 18 (8.37%) Senior IT Auditor
9 13 (6.05%) Lead
9 13 (6.05%) Security Analyst
10 12 (5.58%) Change Manager
10 12 (5.58%) IT Change Manager
11 11 (5.12%) Architect
11 11 (5.12%) Information Analyst
11 11 (5.12%) Information Security Analyst
11 11 (5.12%) Security Architect
12 10 (4.65%) Consultant
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 55 (25.58%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.44%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.05%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.58%) CMDB
5 10 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.33%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.86%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.86%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.86%) Equities
8 4 (1.86%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.40%) Blog
9 3 (1.40%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.40%) PKI
10 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.93%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 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
1 109 (50.70%) Risk Management
2 106 (49.30%) Information Security
3 64 (29.77%) Cybersecurity
4 57 (26.51%) Due Diligence
5 53 (24.65%) Roadmaps
6 52 (24.19%) Agile
6 52 (24.19%) Business Continuity
7 50 (23.26%) Process Improvement
8 47 (21.86%) Internal Audit
9 46 (21.40%) Business Continuity Management
10 45 (20.93%) Operations Management
10 45 (20.93%) Supply Chain Management
11 44 (20.47%) Analytics
12 40 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 36 (16.74%) Data Analytics
15 33 (15.35%) IT Audit
16 31 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
16 31 (14.42%) Validation
17 29 (13.49%) Project Management
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
1 109 (50.70%) CISSP
2 87 (40.47%) CISA
3 62 (28.84%) CRISC
4 48 (22.33%) CISM
5 27 (12.56%) CGEIT
6 24 (11.16%) SANS
7 22 (10.23%) FFIEC
8 21 (9.77%) Security Cleared
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%) DV Cleared
14 6 (2.79%) OSCP
15 5 (2.33%) AWS Certification
15 5 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (46.98%) NIST
2 58 (26.98%) PCI DSS
3 47 (21.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (15.35%) GDPR
5 26 (12.09%) COBIT
6 21 (9.77%) GRC
7 14 (6.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (6.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (5.12%) SOC 2
10 7 (3.26%) NCSC
11 6 (2.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (2.79%) NIST 800
12 4 (1.86%) GMP
12 4 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (1.86%) JSP 440
12 4 (1.86%) QA
13 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.93%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.93%) ITGC
14 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%) CASB
1 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.58%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.79%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.33%) SAP
5 3 (1.40%) Citrix
5 3 (1.40%) Cognos
5 3 (1.40%) Oracle
6 2 (0.93%) Adobe
6 2 (0.93%) Checkmarx
6 2 (0.93%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.93%) IFS
6 2 (0.93%) LogRhythm
6 2 (0.93%) Qualys
6 2 (0.93%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.47%) Databricks
7 1 (0.47%) EMC
7 1 (0.47%) Openreach
7 1 (0.47%) Reuters
7 1 (0.47%) Trayport