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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 216 542
Rank change year-on-year -258 +326 -51
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 252 660 375
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 1.51% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.62% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 152 148 283
10th Percentile £48,065 £39,365 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £50,355 £48,260
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,625 £102,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,245 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.08% -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 66,794 40,810 82,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,940 22,598 59,746
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 12 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 12 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 -236 238 £70,000 +16.67% 99
London -185 124 £76,250 -6.15% 39
UK excluding London -135 120 £57,245 +4.08% 67
Work from Home +31 115 £80,000 +20.75% 34
North of England -46 32 £60,850 +10.14% 16
Midlands -26 28 £62,500 +13.64% 4
South West -28 27 £50,000 -9.09% 11
North West -10 24 £50,000 -9.91% 12
South East -32 24 £59,490 -13.47% 29
East Midlands -14 20 - - 2
West Midlands -37 8 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Yorkshire -58 8 £72,500 +43.56% 3
Scotland -23 6 - - 3
Wales -28 2 £51,709 +19.41%
East of England -73 1 £62,500 +25.00% 5

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 9 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.79%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.54%) AWS
2 17 (6.75%) Azure
3 15 (5.95%) SaaS
4 13 (5.16%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.38%) GCP
6 5 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.98%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.40%) IaaS
8 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.92%) CHAP
2 7 (2.78%) Network Security
3 4 (1.59%) Firewall
4 3 (1.19%) Multicast
5 2 (0.79%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.40%) Broadband
6 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.19%) DB2
3 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (3.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 164 (65.08%) Finance
2 88 (34.92%) Social Skills
3 86 (34.13%) Banking
4 55 (21.83%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (13.10%) Financial Institution
6 29 (11.51%) Law
7 28 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (8.33%) Retail
9 17 (6.75%) Legal
10 16 (6.35%) Public Sector
11 13 (5.16%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (4.37%) Retail Banking
13 7 (2.78%) Back Office
13 7 (2.78%) Japanese Language
13 7 (2.78%) Marketing
13 7 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.59%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.59%) Italian Language
14 4 (1.59%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (16.27%) Auditor
2 37 (14.68%) Senior
3 34 (13.49%) IT Manager
4 33 (13.10%) Analyst
5 25 (9.92%) Security Auditor
6 22 (8.73%) Internal Auditor
7 17 (6.75%) Security Manager
8 16 (6.35%) IT Auditor
9 15 (5.95%) Senior Auditor
9 15 (5.95%) Senior IT Auditor
10 14 (5.56%) Architect
10 14 (5.56%) Security Architect
11 12 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 11 (4.37%) Lead
12 11 (4.37%) Security Analyst
13 10 (3.97%) Consultant
14 9 (3.57%) Change Manager
14 9 (3.57%) Information Analyst
14 9 (3.57%) Security Consultant
14 9 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.19%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.19%) Middleware
2 1 (0.40%) CSS
2 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.95%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (5.16%) Blockchain
5 10 (3.97%) CMDB
6 9 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.38%) Credit Risk
8 6 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.98%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.59%) Life Science
11 3 (1.19%) Blog
11 3 (1.19%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (1.19%) Equities
11 3 (1.19%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.19%) NHS
11 3 (1.19%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.38%) Windows
2 3 (1.19%) AIX
2 3 (1.19%) Linux
2 3 (1.19%) Unix
3 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (47.22%) Risk Management
2 114 (45.24%) Information Security
3 78 (30.95%) Cybersecurity
4 61 (24.21%) Agile
5 58 (23.02%) Due Diligence
6 50 (19.84%) Internal Audit
7 49 (19.44%) Roadmaps
8 48 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (18.65%) Analytics
9 47 (18.65%) Business Continuity
10 46 (18.25%) Process Improvement
11 44 (17.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 43 (17.06%) Business Continuity Management
12 43 (17.06%) Incident Response
13 42 (16.67%) Operations Management
13 42 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
14 41 (16.27%) Data Analytics
14 41 (16.27%) Validation
15 38 (15.08%) Project Management
16 36 (14.29%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.19%) C++
2 2 (0.79%) C
2 2 (0.79%) Java
3 1 (0.40%) C#
3 1 (0.40%) Python
3 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 142 (56.35%) CISSP
2 99 (39.29%) CISA
3 82 (32.54%) CISM
4 76 (30.16%) CRISC
5 29 (11.51%) Degree
6 25 (9.92%) CGEIT
6 25 (9.92%) FFIEC
6 25 (9.92%) SANS
7 18 (7.14%) Security Cleared
8 12 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (4.76%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 7 (2.78%) OSCP
10 6 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.98%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.98%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (48.41%) NIST
2 62 (24.60%) PCI DSS
3 59 (23.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 46 (18.25%) COBIT
5 37 (14.68%) GDPR
6 26 (10.32%) GRC
7 23 (9.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 17 (6.75%) SOC 2
9 15 (5.95%) ITGC
10 12 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (3.57%) NCSC
11 9 (3.57%) SLA
12 8 (3.17%) Accessibility
12 8 (3.17%) GMP
13 6 (2.38%) QA
14 5 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (1.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (1.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.40%) Firmware
1 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) CASB
1 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (5.56%) Microsoft
1 14 (5.56%) Oracle
1 14 (5.56%) SAP
2 12 (4.76%) IFS
3 10 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.59%) Citrix
4 4 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (1.59%) 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%) Keysight
5 2 (0.79%) OneTrust
5 2 (0.79%) Patsystems
5 2 (0.79%) Reuters
5 2 (0.79%) Trayport
6 1 (0.40%) BT
6 1 (0.40%) Openreach
6 1 (0.40%) VMware