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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 286 503
Rank change year-on-year -237 +217 -24
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 251 510 417
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.04% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.15% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 176 186 279
10th Percentile £43,500 £36,250 £41,000
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% - -9.77%
75th Percentile £84,500 £86,645 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,750 £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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -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 17 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 17 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 -225 232 £70,000 +12.00% 107
UK excluding London -177 127 £56,000 +1.82% 75
London -126 111 £75,000 -11.76% 52
Work from Home -62 94 £75,000 +8.09% 43
South East -40 50 £56,000 -6.67% 21
North of England -41 36 £55,000 -4.35% 18
North West -12 27 £50,000 -28.26% 10
Midlands -60 16 £67,500 +22.73% 17
West Midlands -45 11 £52,500 -4.55% 9
South West -51 11 £80,000 +45.45% 7
Yorkshire -37 9 £72,500 +38.10% 7
Scotland -12 6 - - 5
East Midlands -17 5 £67,500 +80.00% 8
East of England -45 5 £39,500 -15.05% 4
Wales -52 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 5 (1.99%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.98%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.99%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.80%) Primavera
3 1 (0.40%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.74%) AWS
1 37 (14.74%) Azure
2 24 (9.56%) GCP
3 13 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (3.59%) 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%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.17%) Network Security
2 15 (5.98%) CHAP
3 5 (1.99%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.99%) Multicast
4 4 (1.59%) Firewall
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%) Broadband
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%) 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 5 (1.99%) 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 15 (5.98%) 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
1 123 (49.00%) Finance
2 100 (39.84%) Social Skills
3 91 (36.25%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (22.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (12.75%) Law
6 26 (10.36%) Banking
6 26 (10.36%) Legal
7 25 (9.96%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (9.56%) Public Sector
9 22 (8.76%) Financial Institution
10 20 (7.97%) Retail
11 19 (7.57%) Manufacturing
12 13 (5.18%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (4.78%) Aerospace
14 11 (4.38%) Electronics
14 11 (4.38%) Retail Banking
15 9 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (3.59%) Japanese Language
16 6 (2.39%) Italian Language
16 6 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (16.73%) Senior
2 35 (13.94%) Analyst
3 29 (11.55%) Architect
4 27 (10.76%) Auditor
5 24 (9.56%) Security Architect
6 21 (8.37%) IT Manager
7 16 (6.37%) Security Manager
7 16 (6.37%) Systems Engineer
8 15 (5.98%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 15 (5.98%) Lead
8 15 (5.98%) Security Auditor
9 14 (5.58%) Consultant
9 14 (5.58%) Security Consultant
10 12 (4.78%) Internal Auditor
10 12 (4.78%) IT Auditor
10 12 (4.78%) Security Analyst
11 11 (4.38%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.38%) Senior IT Auditor
12 9 (3.59%) Business Analyst
12 9 (3.59%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.99%) 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 41 (16.33%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.37%) Credit Risk
3 15 (5.98%) Security Posture
4 13 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.78%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.59%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (3.19%) Blockchain
8 7 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.79%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.39%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.39%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.99%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (1.99%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.99%) Equities
10 5 (1.99%) Eurex
10 5 (1.99%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.99%) Life Science
11 4 (1.59%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.78%) Windows
2 5 (1.99%) Linux
3 3 (1.20%) AIX
3 3 (1.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (29.48%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (28.29%) Risk Management
3 63 (25.10%) Information Security
4 62 (24.70%) Agile
5 57 (22.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (17.93%) Decision-Making
6 45 (17.93%) Incident Response
7 43 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 42 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (15.94%) Validation
10 38 (15.14%) Internal Audit
10 38 (15.14%) Threat Modelling
11 37 (14.74%) AI
12 35 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (12.75%) Analytics
13 32 (12.75%) Vulnerability Management
14 31 (12.35%) IT Audit
14 31 (12.35%) Security Architecture
15 30 (11.95%) Project Management
16 29 (11.55%) Data Analytics
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 59 (23.51%) 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 11 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (3.19%) PhD
14 6 (2.39%) DV Cleared
14 6 (2.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (1.99%) CISMP
15 5 (1.99%) PMI Certification
15 5 (1.99%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (34.66%) NIST
2 74 (29.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (14.74%) COBIT
4 32 (12.75%) GRC
5 29 (11.55%) GDPR
6 25 (9.96%) SLA
7 21 (8.37%) 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 14 (5.58%) Accessibility
12 13 (5.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (3.19%) QA
15 6 (2.39%) NIST 800
16 5 (1.99%) Def Stans
16 5 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 4 (1.59%) GMP
18 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 4 (1.59%) 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%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (7.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.17%) Oracle
3 17 (6.77%) SAP
4 13 (5.18%) IFS
5 5 (1.99%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.99%) Bloomberg
5 5 (1.99%) CQG
5 5 (1.99%) ION Trading
5 5 (1.99%) Patsystems
5 5 (1.99%) Reuters
5 5 (1.99%) Trayport
6 4 (1.59%) Citrix
6 4 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.20%) Adobe
7 3 (1.20%) Keysight
7 3 (1.20%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.80%) VMware
9 1 (0.40%) BT
9 1 (0.40%) Google