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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 213 532
Rank change year-on-year -272 +319 -32
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 254 685 379
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 1.58% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 1.69% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 154 144 283
10th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,438 £48,750 £48,260
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% -14.62% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,375 £101,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 68,019 40,426 81,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.51% 93.00% 85.53%
Number of salaries quoted 42,516 22,659 59,588
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -231 240 £70,000 +18.98% 104
London -198 129 £77,500 -3.13% 37
Work from Home +31 122 £80,000 +42.01% 70
UK excluding London -160 116 £60,000 +9.09% 79
South West -30 30 £50,000 -9.09% 7
North of England -63 28 £72,500 +34.88% 23
Midlands -30 27 £62,500 +13.64% 8
South East -52 22 £59,490 -11.87% 27
North West -29 21 £55,000 -0.90% 15
East Midlands -24 20 - - 4
West Midlands -33 7 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Yorkshire -56 7 £72,500 +43.56% 5
Scotland -37 6 - - 7
Wales -30 2 £51,709 +19.41% 4
East of England -75 1 £62,500 +25.00% 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 2 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.79%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.48%) AWS
2 18 (7.09%) Azure
3 15 (5.91%) SaaS
4 13 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.36%) GCP
5 6 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.97%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.39%) IaaS
8 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.42%) CHAP
2 7 (2.76%) Network Security
3 6 (2.36%) Firewall
4 3 (1.18%) Multicast
5 2 (0.79%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.39%) Broadband
6 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.57%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.18%) DB2
3 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (3.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 168 (66.14%) Finance
2 94 (37.01%) Banking
2 94 (37.01%) Social Skills
3 51 (20.08%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.57%) Financial Institution
5 29 (11.42%) Law
6 25 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (8.27%) Retail
8 16 (6.30%) Legal
8 16 (6.30%) Public Sector
9 13 (5.12%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (4.33%) Retail Banking
11 7 (2.76%) Back Office
11 7 (2.76%) Marketing
12 6 (2.36%) Japanese Language
12 6 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.57%) Agriculture
13 4 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.18%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (18.11%) Auditor
2 37 (14.57%) IT Manager
3 36 (14.17%) Senior
4 30 (11.81%) Analyst
5 29 (11.42%) Security Auditor
6 26 (10.24%) Internal Auditor
7 19 (7.48%) Security Manager
8 17 (6.69%) IT Auditor
9 16 (6.30%) Senior Auditor
9 16 (6.30%) Senior IT Auditor
10 15 (5.91%) Architect
10 15 (5.91%) Security Architect
11 12 (4.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 12 (4.72%) Lead
12 10 (3.94%) Change Manager
12 10 (3.94%) Consultant
12 10 (3.94%) IT Change Manager
12 10 (3.94%) Security Analyst
13 9 (3.54%) Security Consultant
13 9 (3.54%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.18%) Middleware
2 1 (0.39%) CSS
2 1 (0.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (26.38%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.30%) Cyber Threat
2 16 (6.30%) Security Posture
3 15 (5.91%) Blockchain
4 10 (3.94%) CMDB
5 9 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.97%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.18%) Blog
8 3 (1.18%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.18%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.18%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.18%) Equities
8 3 (1.18%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.18%) Life Science
8 3 (1.18%) NHS
8 3 (1.18%) PKI
9 2 (0.79%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.97%) Windows
2 3 (1.18%) AIX
2 3 (1.18%) Linux
2 3 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (50.39%) Risk Management
2 124 (48.82%) Information Security
3 82 (32.28%) Cybersecurity
4 66 (25.98%) Agile
5 61 (24.02%) Due Diligence
6 55 (21.65%) Internal Audit
7 53 (20.87%) Business Continuity
8 51 (20.08%) Analytics
8 51 (20.08%) Roadmaps
9 48 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 48 (18.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 47 (18.50%) Incident Response
11 46 (18.11%) Business Continuity Management
11 46 (18.11%) Process Improvement
12 45 (17.72%) Data Analytics
12 45 (17.72%) Operations Management
12 45 (17.72%) Supply Chain Management
13 44 (17.32%) Validation
14 42 (16.54%) Project Management
15 39 (15.35%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.79%) Java
2 1 (0.39%) C#
2 1 (0.39%) C++
2 1 (0.39%) Python
2 1 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (59.06%) CISSP
2 106 (41.73%) CISA
3 86 (33.86%) CISM
4 79 (31.10%) CRISC
5 30 (11.81%) SANS
6 29 (11.42%) CGEIT
6 29 (11.42%) FFIEC
7 27 (10.63%) Degree
8 18 (7.09%) Security Cleared
9 12 (4.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (4.72%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 7 (2.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 7 (2.76%) OSCP
12 5 (1.97%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.97%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.97%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (51.18%) NIST
2 64 (25.20%) PCI DSS
3 62 (24.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 50 (19.69%) COBIT
5 40 (15.75%) GDPR
6 26 (10.24%) GRC
7 24 (9.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (7.48%) SOC 2
9 15 (5.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (5.91%) ITGC
10 10 (3.94%) NCSC
11 8 (3.15%) GMP
12 7 (2.76%) Accessibility
13 6 (2.36%) QA
13 6 (2.36%) SLA
14 5 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (1.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (1.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.39%) Firmware
1 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) CASB
1 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (5.51%) Microsoft
1 14 (5.51%) Oracle
1 14 (5.51%) SAP
2 12 (4.72%) IFS
3 10 (3.94%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.57%) Citrix
4 4 (1.57%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.79%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.79%) Bloomberg
5 2 (0.79%) CQG
5 2 (0.79%) ION Trading
5 2 (0.79%) OneTrust
5 2 (0.79%) Patsystems
5 2 (0.79%) Reuters
5 2 (0.79%) Trayport
6 1 (0.39%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.39%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.39%) Openreach
6 1 (0.39%) Trend Micro