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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 245 531
Rank change year-on-year -263 +286 -43
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 242 601 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.32% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 1.44% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 171 178 294
10th Percentile £46,750 £37,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,215 £50,390 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £85,875
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 69,702 41,872 87,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.38% 92.19% 82.13%
Number of salaries quoted 48,070 22,602 61,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £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 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,681 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -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 26 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 26 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 -232 224 £70,000 +14.29% 126
UK excluding London -170 115 £56,000 +1.82% 77
London -180 114 £75,000 -11.24% 66
Work from Home -41 90 £75,000 +8.09% 40
South East -58 43 £56,000 -10.40% 33
North of England -47 37 £55,000 -2.22% 17
North West -1 28 £50,000 -27.94% 12
Midlands -47 14 £67,500 +22.73% 12
South West -60 11 £80,000 +45.45% 4
West Midlands -41 10 £52,500 -4.55% 6
Yorkshire -41 9 £72,500 +40.78% 4
Scotland -13 6 - - 1
East Midlands -26 4 £67,500 +80.00% 6
Wales -50 2 £51,709 -23.04% 4
East of England -64 2 £62,500 +25.00% 6

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 (1.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.83%) Primavera
3 1 (0.41%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.46%) Azure
2 34 (14.05%) AWS
3 21 (8.68%) GCP
4 14 (5.79%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (4.55%) SaaS
6 5 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.07%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.24%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.83%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.41%) IaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.41%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.85%) CHAP
2 15 (6.20%) Network Security
3 5 (2.07%) Firewall
4 4 (1.65%) FIX Connectivity
4 4 (1.65%) Multicast
5 2 (0.83%) Internet
5 2 (0.83%) LAN
5 2 (0.83%) VPN
5 2 (0.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.41%) BGP
6 1 (0.41%) Broadband
6 1 (0.41%) DHCP
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.41%) IPsec
6 1 (0.41%) SNMP
6 1 (0.41%) SSL
6 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.24%) Db2
3 2 (0.83%) Power BI
4 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (5.79%) JIRA
2 7 (2.89%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) GitLab
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.41%) Zephyr
General
1 122 (50.41%) Finance
2 98 (40.50%) Social Skills
3 86 (35.54%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (19.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (12.81%) Banking
6 30 (12.40%) Law
7 26 (10.74%) Financial Institution
8 24 (9.92%) Public Sector
9 21 (8.68%) Legal
10 20 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (8.26%) Retail
11 15 (6.20%) Manufacturing
12 14 (5.79%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (4.55%) Retail Banking
14 7 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (2.89%) Electronics
14 7 (2.89%) Japanese Language
15 6 (2.48%) Aerospace
15 6 (2.48%) Back Office
15 6 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (14.46%) Senior
2 32 (13.22%) Analyst
3 31 (12.81%) Auditor
4 28 (11.57%) Architect
5 25 (10.33%) IT Manager
6 24 (9.92%) Security Architect
7 19 (7.85%) Security Auditor
8 17 (7.02%) Lead
9 16 (6.61%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 16 (6.61%) Internal Auditor
9 16 (6.61%) Security Manager
10 12 (4.96%) Consultant
10 12 (4.96%) IT Auditor
11 11 (4.55%) Security Consultant
11 11 (4.55%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.55%) Senior IT Auditor
12 10 (4.13%) Security Analyst
12 10 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (3.72%) Test Engineer
14 8 (3.31%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (1.24%) Middleware
3 2 (0.83%) .NET
3 2 (0.83%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.01%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.68%) Credit Risk
3 15 (6.20%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.55%) Onboarding
6 10 (4.13%) Blockchain
7 8 (3.31%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.48%) CMDB
9 6 (2.48%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.07%) Fibre Optics
10 5 (2.07%) Life Science
10 5 (2.07%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Computing
11 4 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.65%) Eurex
11 4 (1.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.55%) Windows
2 4 (1.65%) Linux
3 3 (1.24%) AIX
3 3 (1.24%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (31.40%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (30.99%) Risk Management
3 64 (26.45%) Agile
4 62 (25.62%) Information Security
5 58 (23.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (19.83%) Incident Response
7 46 (19.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 45 (18.60%) Decision-Making
9 43 (17.77%) Internal Audit
10 42 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (15.29%) Analytics
11 37 (15.29%) Validation
12 36 (14.88%) AI
12 36 (14.88%) Vulnerability Management
13 35 (14.46%) Threat Modelling
14 34 (14.05%) Data Analytics
14 34 (14.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (13.64%) Project Management
16 32 (13.22%) IT Audit
17 30 (12.40%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.31%) Python
2 4 (1.65%) C
2 4 (1.65%) C++
2 4 (1.65%) Java
2 4 (1.65%) MATLAB
3 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.83%) SQL
4 1 (0.41%) C#
Qualifications
1 101 (41.74%) CISSP
2 85 (35.12%) CISM
3 49 (20.25%) CISA
4 47 (19.42%) Degree
5 39 (16.12%) CRISC
6 33 (13.64%) Security Cleared
7 27 (11.16%) SC Cleared
8 19 (7.85%) CGEIT
8 19 (7.85%) FFIEC
8 19 (7.85%) SANS
9 13 (5.37%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (5.37%) Master's Degree
10 9 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (2.07%) CISMP
13 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
13 5 (2.07%) PMI Certification
13 5 (2.07%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (36.36%) NIST
2 72 (29.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (16.94%) COBIT
4 33 (13.64%) GDPR
4 33 (13.64%) GRC
5 25 (10.33%) SLA
6 22 (9.09%) PCI DSS
7 20 (8.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 19 (7.85%) NCSC
9 17 (7.02%) SOC 2
10 16 (6.61%) ITGC
11 13 (5.37%) Accessibility
12 12 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (4.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 9 (3.72%) QA
15 6 (2.48%) NIST 800
16 5 (2.07%) Def Stans
17 4 (1.65%) GMP
18 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.83%) Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) CASB
1 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.41%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (7.85%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.02%) Oracle
2 17 (7.02%) SAP
3 13 (5.37%) IFS
4 6 (2.48%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.65%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.65%) Bloomberg
5 4 (1.65%) Citrix
5 4 (1.65%) CQG
5 4 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.65%) ION Trading
5 4 (1.65%) Patsystems
5 4 (1.65%) Reuters
5 4 (1.65%) Trayport
6 3 (1.24%) Keysight
6 3 (1.24%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.83%) Adobe
7 2 (0.83%) VMware
8 1 (0.41%) BT
8 1 (0.41%) Google