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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 245 565
Rank change year-on-year -264 +320 -99
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 237 608 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.35% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.47% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 165 176 283
10th Percentile £45,400 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,490 £50,355 £48,260
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,382 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £105,000 £85,000
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 68,746 41,496 89,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.03% 92.46% 81.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,319 22,262 63,244
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
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 £92,000
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 20 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 20 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 -254 220 £70,000 +12.00% 97
London -186 115 £75,000 -11.76% 49
UK excluding London -173 110 £56,000 +1.82% 60
Work from Home -46 84 £75,000 +8.09% 36
South East -48 40 £55,000 -12.00% 23
North of England -39 37 £55,000 - 12
North West -1 28 £50,000 -27.94% 8
Midlands -55 12 £67,500 +22.73% 11
South West -60 11 £80,000 +45.45% 7
West Midlands -41 9 £52,500 -4.55% 4
Yorkshire -43 9 £72,500 +43.56% 2
Scotland -9 6 - - 1
East Midlands -38 3 £67,500 +80.00% 7
Wales -47 2 £51,709 -23.04%
East of England -60 2 £62,500 +25.00% 4

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 3 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.84%) Primavera
2 2 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.92%) Azure
2 32 (13.50%) AWS
3 20 (8.44%) GCP
4 14 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (5.06%) SaaS
6 5 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.11%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.27%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.42%) IaaS
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.02%) CHAP
2 14 (5.91%) Network Security
3 5 (2.11%) Firewall
4 3 (1.27%) FIX Connectivity
4 3 (1.27%) Multicast
5 2 (0.84%) Internet
5 2 (0.84%) LAN
5 2 (0.84%) VPN
5 2 (0.84%) 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%) IPsec
6 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
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 3 (1.27%) Db2
1 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.84%) Power BI
3 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (5.06%) JIRA
2 4 (1.69%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 124 (52.32%) Finance
2 94 (39.66%) Social Skills
3 82 (34.60%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (18.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (13.08%) Banking
6 30 (12.66%) Law
7 25 (10.55%) Financial Institution
8 23 (9.70%) Public Sector
9 21 (8.86%) Legal
10 19 (8.02%) Retail
11 16 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (5.91%) Manufacturing
13 13 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (4.64%) Retail Banking
15 7 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (2.95%) Japanese Language
16 6 (2.53%) Aerospace
16 6 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (2.11%) Back Office
17 5 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (14.77%) Senior
2 31 (13.08%) Auditor
3 30 (12.66%) Analyst
4 27 (11.39%) Architect
4 27 (11.39%) IT Manager
5 23 (9.70%) Security Architect
6 19 (8.02%) Security Auditor
7 17 (7.17%) Lead
8 16 (6.75%) Internal Auditor
9 15 (6.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 15 (6.33%) Security Manager
10 12 (5.06%) Consultant
10 12 (5.06%) IT Auditor
11 11 (4.64%) Security Consultant
11 11 (4.64%) Senior Auditor
11 11 (4.64%) Senior IT Auditor
12 9 (3.80%) Security Analyst
12 9 (3.80%) Test Engineer
13 8 (3.38%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.95%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.27%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (1.27%) Middleware
2 2 (0.84%) .NET
2 2 (0.84%) Kafka
3 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.42%) CSS
3 1 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (18.99%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.86%) Credit Risk
3 14 (5.91%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.22%) Blockchain
5 10 (4.22%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.38%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.95%) CMDB
8 6 (2.53%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.11%) Life Science
10 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.69%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.69%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.69%) PKI
11 3 (1.27%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (1.27%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (1.27%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.22%) Windows
2 3 (1.27%) AIX
2 3 (1.27%) Linux
2 3 (1.27%) Unix
3 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (32.07%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (30.38%) Risk Management
3 63 (26.58%) Agile
4 60 (25.32%) Information Security
5 55 (23.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (19.83%) Decision-Making
6 47 (19.83%) Incident Response
7 45 (18.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 43 (18.14%) Internal Audit
9 42 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (16.88%) Analytics
11 38 (16.03%) AI
12 35 (14.77%) Data Analytics
12 35 (14.77%) Vulnerability Management
13 34 (14.35%) Threat Modelling
14 33 (13.92%) IT Audit
14 33 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
14 33 (13.92%) Validation
15 32 (13.50%) Project Management
16 29 (12.24%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.69%) Python
2 3 (1.27%) C
2 3 (1.27%) C++
2 3 (1.27%) Java
3 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.84%) SQL
4 1 (0.42%) C#
4 1 (0.42%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 98 (41.35%) CISSP
2 83 (35.02%) CISM
3 49 (20.68%) CISA
4 44 (18.57%) Degree
5 37 (15.61%) CRISC
6 32 (13.50%) Security Cleared
7 26 (10.97%) SC Cleared
8 19 (8.02%) CGEIT
8 19 (8.02%) FFIEC
8 19 (8.02%) SANS
9 12 (5.06%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (3.80%) Master's Degree
11 8 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.11%) CISMP
14 5 (2.11%) DV Cleared
14 5 (2.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (2.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (36.29%) NIST
2 68 (28.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (17.30%) COBIT
4 32 (13.50%) GDPR
5 30 (12.66%) GRC
6 25 (10.55%) SLA
7 21 (8.86%) PCI DSS
7 21 (8.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 18 (7.59%) NCSC
9 16 (6.75%) ITGC
10 15 (6.33%) SOC 2
11 12 (5.06%) Accessibility
12 11 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (4.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (3.38%) QA
15 6 (2.53%) NIST 800
16 5 (2.11%) 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 (0.84%) 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 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.17%) SAP
3 16 (6.75%) Oracle
4 13 (5.49%) IFS
5 7 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.69%) Citrix
6 4 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.27%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.27%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.27%) CQG
7 3 (1.27%) ION Trading
7 3 (1.27%) Keysight
7 3 (1.27%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.27%) Patsystems
7 3 (1.27%) Reuters
7 3 (1.27%) Trayport
8 2 (0.84%) Adobe
8 2 (0.84%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.84%) VMware
9 1 (0.42%) Cisco