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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 235 545
Rank change year-on-year -251 +310 -56
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 231 636 365
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.44% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.55% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 154 157 277
10th Percentile £48,065 £39,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £47,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,375 £102,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.16% -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 67,575 41,082 82,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 93.28% 84.93%
Number of salaries quoted 43,564 22,321 59,668
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,684 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% +8.52% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,001 £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 17 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 17 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 -244 217 £70,000 +16.67% 105
London -189 126 £77,500 -3.13% 40
UK excluding London -165 97 £59,490 +8.16% 82
Work from Home +5 90 £80,000 +17.96% 45
North of England -53 33 £60,850 +9.64% 22
South East -39 26 £59,490 -13.47% 28
North West -1 25 £50,000 -9.91% 13
Midlands -42 15 £62,500 +13.64% 5
South West -42 14 £50,130 -8.86% 11
East Midlands -29 8 - - 3
Yorkshire -54 8 £72,500 +43.56% 3
West Midlands -44 7 £62,500 +13.64% 2
Scotland -25 6 - - 13
Wales -31 2 £51,709 -12.72% 1
East of England -76 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 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.87%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.09%) AWS
2 19 (8.23%) Azure
3 15 (6.49%) SaaS
4 13 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.46%) GCP
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.16%) Smartsheet
7 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.43%) IaaS
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.82%) CHAP
2 8 (3.46%) Network Security
3 4 (1.73%) Firewall
4 3 (1.30%) Multicast
5 2 (0.87%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.43%) Broadband
6 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.73%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.30%) DB2
3 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 2 (0.87%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (4.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 140 (60.61%) Finance
2 88 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 59 (25.54%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (25.54%) Banking
4 33 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 30 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (12.99%) Law
6 21 (9.09%) Retail
7 18 (7.79%) Legal
8 17 (7.36%) Public Sector
9 13 (5.63%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (4.76%) Retail Banking
11 8 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (3.03%) Back Office
12 7 (3.03%) Japanese Language
12 7 (3.03%) Marketing
13 4 (1.73%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.73%) Agriculture
13 4 (1.73%) Italian Language
13 4 (1.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (17.32%) Auditor
2 36 (15.58%) Senior
3 34 (14.72%) IT Manager
4 33 (14.29%) Analyst
5 25 (10.82%) Security Auditor
6 22 (9.52%) Internal Auditor
7 16 (6.93%) Architect
7 16 (6.93%) Security Architect
7 16 (6.93%) Security Manager
8 15 (6.49%) IT Auditor
9 14 (6.06%) Senior Auditor
9 14 (6.06%) Senior IT Auditor
10 12 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (4.76%) Lead
11 11 (4.76%) Security Analyst
12 10 (4.33%) Consultant
13 9 (3.90%) Change Manager
13 9 (3.90%) IT Change Manager
13 9 (3.90%) Security Consultant
13 9 (3.90%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.30%) Middleware
2 1 (0.43%) CSS
2 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (25.11%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.49%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.63%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.19%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.33%) CMDB
6 9 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.46%) Credit Risk
8 7 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.03%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.73%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.73%) Life Science
10 4 (1.73%) NHS
11 3 (1.30%) Blog
11 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.30%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (1.30%) Equities
11 3 (1.30%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.30%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.03%) Windows
2 3 (1.30%) AIX
2 3 (1.30%) Linux
2 3 (1.30%) Unix
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (41.13%) Risk Management
2 88 (38.10%) Information Security
3 77 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 62 (26.84%) Agile
5 49 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (21.21%) Internal Audit
6 48 (20.78%) Analytics
7 46 (19.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 45 (19.48%) Incident Response
9 41 (17.75%) Data Analytics
9 41 (17.75%) Validation
10 38 (16.45%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (16.45%) Project Management
11 35 (15.15%) IT Audit
12 33 (14.29%) Data Protection
12 33 (14.29%) Decision-Making
12 33 (14.29%) Due Diligence
12 33 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
13 31 (13.42%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (12.99%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.30%) C++
2 2 (0.87%) C
2 2 (0.87%) Java
3 1 (0.43%) C#
3 1 (0.43%) Python
3 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (50.65%) CISSP
2 83 (35.93%) CISM
3 74 (32.03%) CISA
4 51 (22.08%) CRISC
5 29 (12.55%) Degree
6 25 (10.82%) CGEIT
6 25 (10.82%) FFIEC
6 25 (10.82%) SANS
7 19 (8.23%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.63%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (5.63%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (3.03%) OSCP
11 6 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.16%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.16%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (42.42%) NIST
2 61 (26.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (19.91%) COBIT
4 37 (16.02%) GDPR
4 37 (16.02%) PCI DSS
5 28 (12.12%) GRC
6 23 (9.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (7.36%) SOC 2
8 15 (6.49%) ITGC
9 13 (5.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (4.76%) SLA
11 10 (4.33%) NCSC
12 8 (3.46%) Accessibility
12 8 (3.46%) GMP
13 6 (2.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (2.60%) QA
14 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (1.73%) NIST 800
16 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Firmware
1 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) CASB
1 1 (0.43%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (6.93%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.49%) SAP
3 14 (6.06%) Oracle
4 12 (5.19%) IFS
5 10 (4.33%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.73%) Citrix
6 4 (1.73%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.73%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.30%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.87%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.87%) CQG
8 2 (0.87%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.87%) Keysight
8 2 (0.87%) Patsystems
8 2 (0.87%) Reuters
8 2 (0.87%) Trayport
9 1 (0.43%) BT
9 1 (0.43%) Openreach
9 1 (0.43%) VMware