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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 381 458
Rank change year-on-year -106 +77 +53
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 324 318 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.64% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.72% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 186 182 217
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,620 £44,400
25th Percentile £51,563 £51,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -18.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,776 £76,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £105,000 £89,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,850 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.64% - -10.57%

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 80,408 44,155 65,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.60% 80.85%
Number of salaries quoted 55,868 25,145 40,215
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.58%

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 2 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Top 16 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 2 September 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 -80 290 £70,000 +12.00% 513
UK excluding London -115 178 £60,850 +10.64% 290
London -26 133 £75,000 -13.04% 307
Work from Home -22 118 £75,000 +7.62% 217
South East -44 54 £57,745 +4.99% 44
North of England -42 50 £60,850 +1.42% 76
North West -7 40 £54,490 -15.77% 45
Midlands -66 24 £67,500 +22.73% 17
West Midlands -48 18 £62,500 +13.64% 7
South West -64 17 £77,500 +40.91% 62
Scotland +2 15 £125,000 +142.04% 44
East of England -21 10 £39,500 -21.00% 33
Yorkshire -39 10 £72,500 +26.09% 25
Wales -66 8 £76,000 +13.11% 9
East Midlands -31 6 £67,500 +80.00% 10
Northern Ireland -93 1 - - 8

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 12 (3.70%) Confluence
2 5 (1.54%) Apache
2 5 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.93%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) IIS
4 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.16%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.31%) Primavera
2 1 (0.31%) SAP GTS
2 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (16.67%) AWS
2 51 (15.74%) Azure
3 33 (10.19%) GCP
4 11 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.47%) GitHub
6 6 (1.85%) SaaS
7 5 (1.54%) Smartsheet
7 5 (1.54%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.23%) dbt
8 4 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (1.23%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.62%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.31%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.31%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.31%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.72%) Network Security
2 7 (2.16%) CHAP
2 7 (2.16%) FIX Connectivity
2 7 (2.16%) Multicast
3 5 (1.54%) Firewall
4 3 (0.93%) HTTP
4 3 (0.93%) LAN
4 3 (0.93%) WAN
5 2 (0.62%) DHCP
5 2 (0.62%) DNS
5 2 (0.62%) Internet
5 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.62%) VPN
6 1 (0.31%) BGP
6 1 (0.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.31%) IPsec
6 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.31%) VLAN
6 1 (0.31%) VSAN
6 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.23%) DynamoDB
3 4 (1.23%) Redis
4 3 (0.93%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.93%) Power BI
5 2 (0.62%) Metadata
6 1 (0.31%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.31%) Big Data
6 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.31%) Db2
6 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.31%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.31%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (7.41%) JIRA
2 11 (3.40%) LabVIEW
3 5 (1.54%) Git
4 2 (0.62%) GitLab
4 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.62%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
General
1 144 (44.44%) Finance
2 137 (42.28%) Social Skills
3 120 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (19.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (16.67%) Law
6 37 (11.42%) Organisational Skills
7 34 (10.49%) Aerospace
8 31 (9.57%) Legal
9 29 (8.95%) Manufacturing
10 25 (7.72%) Public Sector
11 19 (5.86%) Banking
12 17 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (4.94%) Financial Institution
14 14 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (3.70%) Retail
16 11 (3.40%) Electronics
17 8 (2.47%) Japanese Language
18 7 (2.16%) Spanish Language
19 6 (1.85%) Italian Language
19 6 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (19.14%) Senior
2 51 (15.74%) Analyst
3 32 (9.88%) Architect
4 26 (8.02%) Security Architect
5 23 (7.10%) Consultant
6 22 (6.79%) Security Consultant
6 22 (6.79%) Security Manager
7 20 (6.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 19 (5.86%) Auditor
9 17 (5.25%) Security Analyst
9 17 (5.25%) Systems Engineer
10 15 (4.63%) Lead
10 15 (4.63%) Senior Consultant
11 14 (4.32%) IT Manager
11 14 (4.32%) Senior Security Consultant
12 12 (3.70%) Business Analyst
13 11 (3.40%) IT Analyst
13 11 (3.40%) Senior Manager
13 11 (3.40%) Software Engineer
14 10 (3.09%) Compliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.16%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.54%) Kafka
3 4 (1.23%) .NET
3 4 (1.23%) ModSecurity
4 2 (0.62%) PySpark
5 1 (0.31%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.31%) Memcached
5 1 (0.31%) Middleware
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.74%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.17%) Credit Risk
3 18 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 16 (4.94%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.63%) Operational Technology
5 15 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.47%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.47%) Fibre Optics
8 7 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
8 7 (2.16%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (2.16%) Equities
8 7 (2.16%) Eurex
8 7 (2.16%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.85%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.54%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.23%) CESG
11 4 (1.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.63%) Windows
2 10 (3.09%) Linux
3 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) AIX
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.31%) SUSE
4 1 (0.31%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (28.40%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (27.78%) Risk Management
3 82 (25.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 75 (23.15%) Agile
5 74 (22.84%) Information Security
6 68 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (18.52%) Decision-Making
8 56 (17.28%) AI
9 52 (16.05%) Threat Modelling
10 48 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (14.51%) Validation
12 41 (12.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 40 (12.35%) Incident Response
13 40 (12.35%) Security Architecture
14 35 (10.80%) Cloud Security
15 34 (10.49%) Vulnerability Management
16 30 (9.26%) Internal Audit
16 30 (9.26%) Security Management
17 29 (8.95%) Analytics
17 29 (8.95%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.72%) Python
2 13 (4.01%) Java
3 10 (3.09%) SQL
4 8 (2.47%) MATLAB
5 5 (1.54%) C
5 5 (1.54%) C++
6 4 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.93%) Go
7 3 (0.93%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.62%) Julia
8 2 (0.62%) R
9 1 (0.31%) Bash
9 1 (0.31%) Bicep
9 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 108 (33.33%) Degree
2 100 (30.86%) CISSP
3 90 (27.78%) CISM
4 48 (14.81%) Security Cleared
5 39 (12.04%) SC Cleared
6 36 (11.11%) CRISC
7 32 (9.88%) CISA
7 32 (9.88%) Master's Degree
8 24 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (3.70%) DV Cleared
11 11 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (3.09%) PhD
13 9 (2.78%) HNC
14 8 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (2.47%) PMI Certification
14 8 (2.47%) PMP
15 7 (2.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (2.16%) FFIEC
15 7 (2.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (27.47%) NIST
2 79 (24.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (8.95%) GRC
3 29 (8.95%) NCSC
4 26 (8.02%) COBIT
5 24 (7.41%) GDPR
6 23 (7.10%) SLA
7 20 (6.17%) ITGC
8 19 (5.86%) SOC 2
9 18 (5.56%) PCI DSS
10 17 (5.25%) Accessibility
11 16 (4.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (4.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (3.70%) QA
14 11 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (2.78%) NIST 800
16 8 (2.47%) ISO 9001
17 7 (2.16%) Data Quality
17 7 (2.16%) SOC 1
18 6 (1.85%) Def Stans
System Software
1 11 (3.40%) Firmware
2 3 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.93%) Docker
2 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.62%) vSphere
4 1 (0.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.31%) Ansible
2 1 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.31%) Grafana
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.31%) VxRail
Vendors
1 28 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.48%) SAP
3 19 (5.86%) Oracle
4 11 (3.40%) IFS
5 8 (2.47%) Bloomberg
6 7 (2.16%) Atlassian
6 7 (2.16%) CQG
6 7 (2.16%) Databricks
6 7 (2.16%) ION Trading
6 7 (2.16%) Patsystems
6 7 (2.16%) Reuters
6 7 (2.16%) Trayport
7 4 (1.23%) Adobe
7 4 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.23%) VMware
8 3 (0.93%) Cisco
8 3 (0.93%) Google
8 3 (0.93%) Keysight
8 3 (0.93%) OneTrust
9 2 (0.62%) Guidewire