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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 239 553
Rank change year-on-year -282 +314 -67
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 223 580 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 1.35% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 1.45% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 160 155 272
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,980 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,653 £50,820 £47,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £86,563 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,625 £102,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -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 68,838 39,983 83,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.25% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,890 21,039 60,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 29 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 29 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 -249 207 £70,000 +16.67% 113
London -166 124 £75,000 -9.42% 51
UK excluding London -183 89 £55,000 - 76
Work from Home -21 75 £80,000 +15.30% 40
North of England -60 36 £55,000 -0.90% 22
South East -55 28 £55,000 -18.52% 25
North West -8 27 £50,000 -13.42% 11
Midlands -49 10 £62,500 +13.64% 11
Yorkshire -59 9 £72,500 +43.56% 6
West Midlands -52 7 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Scotland -23 6 - - 4
South West -57 6 £65,130 +18.42% 11
East Midlands -35 3 £67,500 +80.00% 7
Wales -35 2 £51,709 -31.58% 1
East of England -72 1 £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 2 (0.90%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.90%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.90%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.76%) AWS
1 24 (10.76%) Azure
2 14 (6.28%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (6.28%) SaaS
3 12 (5.38%) GCP
4 5 (2.24%) Smartsheet
5 4 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.35%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.45%) IaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.31%) CHAP
2 9 (4.04%) Network Security
3 4 (1.79%) Firewall
4 2 (0.90%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (0.90%) Multicast
5 1 (0.45%) Broadband
5 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (1.35%) DB2
3 2 (0.90%) Power BI
3 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.93%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 123 (55.16%) Finance
2 91 (40.81%) Social Skills
3 67 (30.04%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (16.59%) Banking
5 31 (13.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (13.90%) Law
6 30 (13.45%) Financial Institution
7 20 (8.97%) Retail
8 18 (8.07%) Legal
8 18 (8.07%) Public Sector
9 13 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (4.93%) Retail Banking
12 9 (4.04%) Manufacturing
13 7 (3.14%) Japanese Language
13 7 (3.14%) Marketing
14 6 (2.69%) Back Office
15 5 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.79%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 36 (16.14%) Auditor
2 34 (15.25%) Analyst
2 34 (15.25%) Senior
3 32 (14.35%) IT Manager
4 23 (10.31%) Security Auditor
5 21 (9.42%) Architect
6 20 (8.97%) Internal Auditor
7 19 (8.52%) Security Architect
8 14 (6.28%) Security Manager
9 13 (5.83%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 13 (5.83%) IT Auditor
9 13 (5.83%) Lead
10 12 (5.38%) Senior Auditor
10 12 (5.38%) Senior IT Auditor
11 10 (4.48%) Security Analyst
12 9 (4.04%) Change Manager
12 9 (4.04%) Consultant
12 9 (4.04%) IT Change Manager
12 9 (4.04%) Senior Manager
13 8 (3.59%) QC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.35%) Middleware
2 2 (0.90%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.45%) CSS
3 1 (0.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.87%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.28%) Security Posture
3 12 (5.38%) Blockchain
3 12 (5.38%) Credit Risk
4 11 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.48%) CMDB
6 9 (4.04%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.24%) Life Science
9 4 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.79%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.79%) NHS
10 3 (1.35%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.35%) PKI
11 2 (0.90%) Equities
11 2 (0.90%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.14%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) AIX
2 3 (1.35%) Unix
3 2 (0.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (33.18%) Cybersecurity
1 74 (33.18%) Risk Management
2 65 (29.15%) Information Security
3 61 (27.35%) Agile
4 53 (23.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (21.08%) Internal Audit
6 46 (20.63%) Analytics
7 45 (20.18%) Incident Response
7 45 (20.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 40 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (17.49%) Data Analytics
9 39 (17.49%) Decision-Making
9 39 (17.49%) Validation
10 35 (15.70%) Project Management
11 33 (14.80%) IT Audit
11 33 (14.80%) Vulnerability Management
12 32 (14.35%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (13.45%) AI
13 30 (13.45%) Data Protection
14 28 (12.56%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.35%) C
1 3 (1.35%) C++
2 1 (0.45%) C#
2 1 (0.45%) Java
2 1 (0.45%) Python
2 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (44.39%) CISSP
2 82 (36.77%) CISM
3 56 (25.11%) CISA
4 35 (15.70%) CRISC
5 33 (14.80%) Degree
6 23 (10.31%) CGEIT
6 23 (10.31%) FFIEC
6 23 (10.31%) SANS
7 22 (9.87%) Security Cleared
8 16 (7.17%) SC Cleared
9 12 (5.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 7 (3.14%) OSCP
11 6 (2.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.24%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.24%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (36.77%) NIST
2 61 (27.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (20.18%) COBIT
4 35 (15.70%) GDPR
5 28 (12.56%) GRC
6 24 (10.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (8.97%) PCI DSS
8 16 (7.17%) ITGC
9 15 (6.73%) SLA
9 15 (6.73%) SOC 2
10 12 (5.38%) NCSC
11 11 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (4.48%) Accessibility
13 8 (3.59%) GMP
13 8 (3.59%) QA
14 7 (3.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 4 (1.79%) NIST 800
16 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.90%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.45%) Firmware
1 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) CASB
1 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (7.17%) Microsoft
1 16 (7.17%) SAP
2 15 (6.73%) Oracle
3 13 (5.83%) IFS
4 10 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.79%) Citrix
5 4 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.35%) Keysight
6 3 (1.35%) OneTrust
7 2 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.90%) CQG
7 2 (0.90%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.90%) Patsystems
7 2 (0.90%) Reuters
7 2 (0.90%) Trayport
7 2 (0.90%) VMware
8 1 (0.45%) BT
8 1 (0.45%) Openreach