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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 307 493
Rank change year-on-year -200 +186 -3
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 256 462 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.94% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 1.05% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 172 189 255
10th Percentile £44,550 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -8.40%
75th Percentile £84,500 £86,776 £76,250
90th Percentile £109,875 £107,500 £88,175
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 74,007 44,123 74,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.62% 89.89% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 51,106 24,962 50,806
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
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 24 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 24 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 -199 234 £70,000 +12.00% 171
UK excluding London -172 127 £59,490 +8.16% 108
London -106 115 £75,000 -11.76% 84
Work from Home -62 94 £75,000 +8.09% 58
South East -37 47 £56,000 -6.67% 28
North of England -52 36 £57,925 +0.74% 31
North West -13 27 £50,000 -27.94% 22
Midlands -63 17 £67,500 +22.73% 20
West Midlands -58 12 £52,500 -4.55% 13
South West -58 11 £85,000 +54.55% 9
Yorkshire -34 9 £72,500 +38.10% 6
Scotland 0 8 £125,000 +142.04% 13
East Midlands -30 5 £67,500 +80.00% 7
East of England -40 5 £39,500 -21.00% 7
Wales -56 3 £51,709 -23.04% 3

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 6 (2.34%) Confluence
2 1 (0.39%) IIS
2 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.78%) Primavera
3 1 (0.39%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 42 (16.41%) AWS
2 41 (16.02%) Azure
3 27 (10.55%) GCP
4 13 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.52%) SaaS
6 5 (1.95%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.17%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.39%) GitHub
9 1 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.39%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.42%) Network Security
2 12 (4.69%) CHAP
3 5 (1.95%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (1.95%) Multicast
4 4 (1.56%) Firewall
5 2 (0.78%) Internet
5 2 (0.78%) LAN
5 2 (0.78%) VPN
5 2 (0.78%) WAN
6 1 (0.39%) BGP
6 1 (0.39%) DHCP
6 1 (0.39%) DNS
6 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.39%) IPsec
6 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.39%) SNMP
6 1 (0.39%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.39%) VLAN
6 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.78%) Db2
2 2 (0.78%) Power BI
3 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.39%) Metadata
3 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (6.25%) JIRA
2 11 (4.30%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.39%) Git
3 1 (0.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (48.83%) Finance
2 98 (38.28%) Social Skills
3 97 (37.89%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (21.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (13.28%) Law
6 27 (10.55%) Legal
7 25 (9.77%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (9.77%) Public Sector
8 24 (9.38%) Banking
9 20 (7.81%) Manufacturing
10 18 (7.03%) Retail
11 17 (6.64%) Financial Institution
12 14 (5.47%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (5.08%) Aerospace
14 11 (4.30%) Electronics
15 10 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (3.91%) Retail Banking
16 9 (3.52%) Japanese Language
17 6 (2.34%) Italian Language
17 6 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (17.19%) Senior
2 35 (13.67%) Analyst
3 29 (11.33%) Architect
4 25 (9.77%) Auditor
5 23 (8.98%) Security Architect
6 20 (7.81%) IT Manager
7 19 (7.42%) Security Manager
8 18 (7.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 16 (6.25%) Consultant
9 16 (6.25%) Security Consultant
9 16 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (5.47%) Lead
11 12 (4.69%) IT Auditor
11 12 (4.69%) Security Auditor
12 11 (4.30%) Security Analyst
13 10 (3.91%) Internal Auditor
13 10 (3.91%) Senior Auditor
13 10 (3.91%) Senior IT Auditor
14 9 (3.52%) Test Engineer
15 8 (3.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.95%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (1.56%) .NET
2 4 (1.56%) Kafka
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
4 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.39%) CSS
4 1 (0.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.02%) Management Information System
2 20 (7.81%) Credit Risk
3 15 (5.86%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.13%) Fibre Optics
6 7 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.34%) Blockchain
7 6 (2.34%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.95%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.95%) Equities
8 5 (1.95%) Eurex
8 5 (1.95%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.95%) Life Science
9 4 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.69%) Windows
2 6 (2.34%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) AIX
3 2 (0.78%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.08%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (28.13%) Risk Management
3 63 (24.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 63 (24.61%) Information Security
4 61 (23.83%) Agile
5 50 (19.53%) Decision-Making
6 45 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (16.80%) Incident Response
8 42 (16.41%) AI
9 40 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 40 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (15.23%) Threat Modelling
11 35 (13.67%) Internal Audit
11 35 (13.67%) Security Architecture
11 35 (13.67%) Validation
12 32 (12.50%) IT Audit
13 31 (12.11%) Analytics
13 31 (12.11%) Cloud Security
14 29 (11.33%) Vulnerability Management
15 27 (10.55%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.86%) Python
2 8 (3.13%) MATLAB
3 7 (2.73%) Java
4 4 (1.56%) C
4 4 (1.56%) C++
4 4 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.78%) SQL
6 1 (0.39%) C#
6 1 (0.39%) Go
6 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 99 (38.67%) CISSP
2 86 (33.59%) CISM
3 67 (26.17%) Degree
4 43 (16.80%) CISA
5 40 (15.63%) CRISC
6 33 (12.89%) Security Cleared
7 29 (11.33%) SC Cleared
8 20 (7.81%) Master's Degree
9 13 (5.08%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (4.69%) CGEIT
10 12 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (4.69%) FFIEC
10 12 (4.69%) SANS
11 8 (3.13%) PhD
12 7 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 6 (2.34%) PMI Certification
13 6 (2.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (33.98%) NIST
2 72 (28.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (13.28%) COBIT
4 32 (12.50%) GRC
5 26 (10.16%) GDPR
6 24 (9.38%) SLA
7 21 (8.20%) NCSC
8 20 (7.81%) PCI DSS
9 17 (6.64%) ITGC
9 17 (6.64%) SOC 2
10 16 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (5.47%) Accessibility
12 13 (5.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (3.13%) QA
15 6 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (2.34%) NIST 800
16 5 (1.95%) Def Stans
17 4 (1.56%) GMP
18 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (1.17%) Firmware
2 2 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (7.42%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.03%) Oracle
3 17 (6.64%) SAP
4 13 (5.08%) IFS
5 5 (1.95%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.95%) Bloomberg
5 5 (1.95%) CQG
5 5 (1.95%) ION Trading
5 5 (1.95%) Patsystems
5 5 (1.95%) Reuters
5 5 (1.95%) Trayport
6 4 (1.56%) Adobe
6 4 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.17%) Citrix
7 3 (1.17%) Keysight
7 3 (1.17%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.17%) VMware
8 2 (0.78%) Google
8 2 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.39%) Red Hat