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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 283 519
Rank change year-on-year -251 +236 -29
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 251 519 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.06% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.17% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 175 186 281
10th Percentile £43,300 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,098 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £83,875 £86,645 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,350 £106,250 £87,500
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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -223 231 £70,000 +12.00% 102
UK excluding London -185 128 £56,000 +1.82% 70
London -147 110 £75,000 -11.76% 50
Work from Home -49 93 £75,000 +8.09% 35
South East -29 50 £56,000 -6.67% 22
North of England -42 37 £55,000 -4.35% 15
North West -6 28 £50,000 -28.26% 9
Midlands -49 16 £67,500 +22.73% 16
West Midlands -55 11 £52,500 -4.55% 8
South West -55 11 £80,000 +45.45% 8
Yorkshire -35 9 £72,500 +38.10% 5
Scotland -3 7 - - 3
East Midlands -39 5 £67,500 +80.00% 8
East of England -47 4 £39,500 -15.05% 3
Wales -54 3 £51,709 -23.04% 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 4 (1.59%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.59%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.80%) Primavera
3 1 (0.40%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 36 (14.34%) AWS
1 36 (14.34%) Azure
2 24 (9.56%) GCP
3 13 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (3.98%) SaaS
5 7 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.99%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.20%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.80%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.40%) IaaS
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.17%) Network Security
2 15 (5.98%) CHAP
3 5 (1.99%) Firewall
4 4 (1.59%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (1.59%) Multicast
5 2 (0.80%) Internet
5 2 (0.80%) LAN
5 2 (0.80%) VPN
5 2 (0.80%) WAN
6 1 (0.40%) BGP
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) DNS
6 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.40%) IPsec
6 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.40%) SNMP
6 1 (0.40%) SSL
6 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.59%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.20%) Db2
3 2 (0.80%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (5.58%) JIRA
2 11 (4.38%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.40%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 122 (48.61%) Finance
2 101 (40.24%) Social Skills
3 91 (36.25%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (21.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (12.75%) Law
6 26 (10.36%) Banking
6 26 (10.36%) Legal
7 25 (9.96%) Public Sector
8 24 (9.56%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (8.76%) Financial Institution
10 20 (7.97%) Retail
11 19 (7.57%) Manufacturing
12 13 (5.18%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (4.38%) Aerospace
13 11 (4.38%) Electronics
13 11 (4.38%) Retail Banking
14 9 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (3.59%) Japanese Language
15 6 (2.39%) Back Office
15 6 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (16.33%) Senior
2 34 (13.55%) Analyst
3 29 (11.55%) Architect
4 27 (10.76%) Auditor
5 24 (9.56%) Security Architect
6 21 (8.37%) IT Manager
7 17 (6.77%) Security Manager
8 16 (6.37%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 16 (6.37%) Lead
8 16 (6.37%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (5.98%) Security Auditor
10 13 (5.18%) Consultant
10 13 (5.18%) Security Consultant
11 12 (4.78%) Internal Auditor
11 12 (4.78%) IT Auditor
11 12 (4.78%) Security Analyst
12 11 (4.38%) Senior Auditor
12 11 (4.38%) Senior IT Auditor
13 9 (3.59%) Test Engineer
14 8 (3.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.59%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.20%) .NET
2 3 (1.20%) Kafka
2 3 (1.20%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.40%) CSS
3 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.73%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.37%) Credit Risk
3 16 (6.37%) Security Posture
4 13 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.38%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.59%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (3.19%) Blockchain
7 8 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.39%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.99%) Life Science
10 5 (1.99%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.59%) Equities
11 4 (1.59%) Eurex
11 4 (1.59%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.38%) Windows
2 4 (1.59%) Linux
3 3 (1.20%) AIX
3 3 (1.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.88%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (28.69%) Risk Management
3 62 (24.70%) Information Security
4 60 (23.90%) Agile
5 59 (23.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (18.73%) Incident Response
7 45 (17.93%) Decision-Making
8 43 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 41 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (15.94%) Validation
11 39 (15.54%) Internal Audit
12 38 (15.14%) Threat Modelling
13 37 (14.74%) AI
14 35 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (13.15%) Vulnerability Management
16 32 (12.75%) Analytics
17 31 (12.35%) IT Audit
17 31 (12.35%) Security Architecture
18 29 (11.55%) Data Analytics
18 29 (11.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.18%) Python
2 8 (3.19%) MATLAB
3 5 (1.99%) Java
4 4 (1.59%) C
4 4 (1.59%) C++
5 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.80%) SQL
7 1 (0.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 97 (38.65%) CISSP
2 81 (32.27%) CISM
3 58 (23.11%) Degree
4 44 (17.53%) CISA
5 39 (15.54%) CRISC
6 34 (13.55%) Security Cleared
7 29 (11.55%) SC Cleared
8 18 (7.17%) Master's Degree
9 15 (5.98%) CGEIT
9 15 (5.98%) FFIEC
9 15 (5.98%) SANS
10 14 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (3.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (3.19%) PhD
13 6 (2.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (1.99%) CISMP
14 5 (1.99%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.99%) PMI Certification
14 5 (1.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (35.06%) NIST
2 75 (29.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (14.74%) COBIT
4 32 (12.75%) GRC
5 30 (11.95%) GDPR
6 25 (9.96%) SLA
7 22 (8.76%) PCI DSS
8 20 (7.97%) NCSC
9 17 (6.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 17 (6.77%) SOC 2
10 16 (6.37%) ITGC
11 13 (5.18%) Accessibility
11 13 (5.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (3.19%) QA
14 6 (2.39%) NIST 800
15 5 (1.99%) Def Stans
15 5 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (1.59%) GMP
17 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (1.20%) Firmware
2 2 (0.80%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) CASB
1 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (7.17%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.77%) Oracle
2 17 (6.77%) SAP
3 13 (5.18%) IFS
4 4 (1.59%) Atlassian
4 4 (1.59%) Bloomberg
4 4 (1.59%) Citrix
4 4 (1.59%) CQG
4 4 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (1.59%) ION Trading
4 4 (1.59%) Patsystems
4 4 (1.59%) Reuters
4 4 (1.59%) Trayport
5 3 (1.20%) Adobe
5 3 (1.20%) Keysight
5 3 (1.20%) OneTrust
5 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.80%) VMware
7 1 (0.40%) BT
7 1 (0.40%) Google