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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 235 561
Rank change year-on-year -263 +326 -100
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 236 614 377
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.38% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 1.49% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 165 171 280
10th Percentile £45,700 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,490 £50,125 £48,505
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,776 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.16% - -

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 68,162 41,264 88,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.90% 92.57% 81.89%
Number of salaries quoted 46,887 22,044 62,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,607
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 17 June 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 June 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 -256 218 £70,000 +16.67% 108
London -187 118 £75,000 -11.76% 49
UK excluding London -200 106 £59,490 +8.16% 75
Work from Home -42 84 £78,750 +13.50% 45
South East -41 39 £53,125 -15.00% 23
North of England -48 36 £55,000 -0.45% 16
North West -8 27 £50,000 -22.71% 8
South West -52 11 £80,000 +45.45% 8
Midlands -50 10 £67,500 +22.73% 17
Yorkshire -46 9 £72,500 +43.56% 5
West Midlands -41 7 £52,500 -4.55% 8
Scotland -13 6 - - 6
East Midlands -35 3 £67,500 +80.00% 9
Wales -42 2 £51,709 -31.58%
East of England -63 2 £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 4 (1.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.81%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.85%) Primavera
2 2 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.98%) Azure
2 32 (13.56%) AWS
3 19 (8.05%) GCP
4 14 (5.93%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (5.51%) SaaS
6 5 (2.12%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.27%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.85%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.42%) IaaS
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.47%) CHAP
2 14 (5.93%) Network Security
3 5 (2.12%) Firewall
4 4 (1.69%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (1.69%) Multicast
5 2 (0.85%) Internet
5 2 (0.85%) LAN
5 2 (0.85%) VPN
5 2 (0.85%) WAN
6 1 (0.42%) BGP
6 1 (0.42%) Broadband
6 1 (0.42%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) DNS
6 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.42%) IPsec
6 1 (0.42%) SNMP
6 1 (0.42%) SSL
6 1 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.27%) Db2
3 2 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.85%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (5.51%) JIRA
2 3 (1.27%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 127 (53.81%) Finance
2 93 (39.41%) Social Skills
3 82 (34.75%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (18.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (13.98%) Banking
6 32 (13.56%) Law
7 27 (11.44%) Financial Institution
8 23 (9.75%) Public Sector
9 20 (8.47%) Legal
9 20 (8.47%) Retail
10 16 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (5.51%) Manufacturing
12 11 (4.66%) Retail Banking
13 7 (2.97%) Japanese Language
14 6 (2.54%) Back Office
14 6 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (2.12%) Aerospace
15 5 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (13.56%) Analyst
1 32 (13.56%) Auditor
1 32 (13.56%) Senior
2 28 (11.86%) IT Manager
3 25 (10.59%) Architect
4 22 (9.32%) Security Architect
5 20 (8.47%) Security Auditor
6 17 (7.20%) Internal Auditor
6 17 (7.20%) Lead
7 15 (6.36%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 15 (6.36%) Security Manager
8 12 (5.08%) Consultant
8 12 (5.08%) IT Auditor
9 11 (4.66%) Security Consultant
9 11 (4.66%) Senior Auditor
9 11 (4.66%) Senior IT Auditor
10 10 (4.24%) Security Analyst
11 9 (3.81%) Test Engineer
12 8 (3.39%) Information Analyst
12 8 (3.39%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.27%) Middleware
3 1 (0.42%) .NET
3 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.42%) CSS
3 1 (0.42%) HTML
3 1 (0.42%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 48 (20.34%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.90%) Credit Risk
3 14 (5.93%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.66%) Blockchain
5 11 (4.66%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.39%) CMDB
7 7 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.54%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.12%) Life Science
10 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.69%) Equities
10 4 (1.69%) Eurex
10 4 (1.69%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.69%) NHS
10 4 (1.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.66%) Windows
2 4 (1.69%) Linux
3 3 (1.27%) AIX
3 3 (1.27%) Unix
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (32.20%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (31.36%) Risk Management
3 64 (27.12%) Agile
4 61 (25.85%) Information Security
5 56 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (20.34%) Decision-Making
6 48 (20.34%) Incident Response
7 46 (19.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 44 (18.64%) Internal Audit
9 42 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (17.37%) Analytics
11 37 (15.68%) AI
12 36 (15.25%) Data Analytics
12 36 (15.25%) Vulnerability Management
13 34 (14.41%) Project Management
13 34 (14.41%) Threat Modelling
14 33 (13.98%) Validation
15 32 (13.56%) IT Audit
15 32 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (11.86%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.27%) C
1 3 (1.27%) C++
2 2 (0.85%) Java
2 2 (0.85%) Python
2 2 (0.85%) SQL
3 1 (0.42%) C#
3 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 99 (41.95%) CISSP
2 84 (35.59%) CISM
3 51 (21.61%) CISA
4 41 (17.37%) Degree
5 38 (16.10%) CRISC
6 31 (13.14%) Security Cleared
7 25 (10.59%) SC Cleared
8 20 (8.47%) CGEIT
8 20 (8.47%) FFIEC
8 20 (8.47%) SANS
9 13 (5.51%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.54%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.12%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (2.12%) OSCP
12 5 (2.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (36.44%) NIST
2 69 (29.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (17.80%) COBIT
4 34 (14.41%) GDPR
5 30 (12.71%) GRC
6 25 (10.59%) SLA
7 22 (9.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 21 (8.90%) PCI DSS
9 18 (7.63%) NCSC
10 16 (6.78%) ITGC
10 16 (6.78%) SOC 2
11 12 (5.08%) Accessibility
12 11 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (4.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (3.39%) QA
15 6 (2.54%) NIST 800
16 5 (2.12%) Def Stans
17 4 (1.69%) GMP
18 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.42%) Firmware
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) CASB
1 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.42%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (7.63%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.20%) Oracle
2 17 (7.20%) SAP
3 13 (5.51%) IFS
4 8 (3.39%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.69%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.69%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.69%) Citrix
5 4 (1.69%) CQG
5 4 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.69%) ION Trading
5 4 (1.69%) Patsystems
5 4 (1.69%) Reuters
5 4 (1.69%) Trayport
6 3 (1.27%) Keysight
6 3 (1.27%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.85%) VMware
8 1 (0.42%) Adobe
8 1 (0.42%) Cisco