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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 298 488
Rank change year-on-year -212 +190 +7
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 249 481 395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.98% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.09% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 171 188 257
10th Percentile £44,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +0.84% -9.16%
75th Percentile £82,875 £86,776 £76,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £87,950
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 73,727 44,243 76,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.97% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,045 24,911 52,533
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £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 22 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 22 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 -197 229 £70,000 +12.00% 159
UK excluding London -181 126 £56,000 +1.82% 95
London -124 109 £75,000 -11.76% 79
Work from Home -47 94 £75,000 +8.09% 53
South East -44 48 £56,000 -8.57% 26
North of England -43 37 £55,000 -4.35% 25
North West -12 28 £50,000 -27.94% 15
Midlands -53 16 £67,500 +22.73% 15
West Midlands -41 11 £52,500 -4.55% 9
South West -65 11 £80,000 +45.45% 11
Yorkshire -41 9 £72,500 +38.10% 7
Scotland -2 6 - - 8
East Midlands -29 5 £67,500 +80.00% 6
East of England -36 5 £39,500 -15.05% 9
Wales -58 3 £51,709 -23.04% 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 5 (2.01%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.01%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.80%) Primavera
3 1 (0.40%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 39 (15.66%) AWS
1 39 (15.66%) Azure
2 26 (10.44%) GCP
3 13 (5.22%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (3.61%) SaaS
5 8 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.01%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.20%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.80%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.63%) Network Security
2 12 (4.82%) CHAP
3 5 (2.01%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (2.01%) Multicast
4 4 (1.61%) Firewall
5 2 (0.80%) Internet
5 2 (0.80%) LAN
5 2 (0.80%) VPN
5 2 (0.80%) WAN
6 1 (0.40%) BGP
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) DNS
6 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.40%) IPsec
6 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.40%) SNMP
6 1 (0.40%) SSL
6 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.40%) VLAN
6 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.80%) Db2
2 2 (0.80%) Power BI
3 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (6.02%) JIRA
2 11 (4.42%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.40%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 121 (48.59%) Finance
2 97 (38.96%) Social Skills
3 93 (37.35%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (22.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (12.85%) Law
6 26 (10.44%) Legal
7 25 (10.04%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (10.04%) Public Sector
8 24 (9.64%) Banking
9 19 (7.63%) Financial Institution
9 19 (7.63%) Manufacturing
9 19 (7.63%) Retail
10 14 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (4.82%) Aerospace
12 11 (4.42%) Electronics
13 10 (4.02%) Retail Banking
14 9 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (3.61%) Japanese Language
15 6 (2.41%) Italian Language
15 6 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (16.87%) Senior
2 35 (14.06%) Analyst
3 30 (12.05%) Architect
4 24 (9.64%) Auditor
4 24 (9.64%) Security Architect
5 20 (8.03%) IT Manager
6 16 (6.43%) Security Manager
6 16 (6.43%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (6.02%) Consultant
7 15 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 15 (6.02%) Lead
7 15 (6.02%) Security Consultant
8 12 (4.82%) Security Analyst
8 12 (4.82%) Security Auditor
9 11 (4.42%) IT Auditor
10 10 (4.02%) Internal Auditor
10 10 (4.02%) Senior Auditor
10 10 (4.02%) Senior IT Auditor
11 9 (3.61%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.61%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.01%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (1.61%) .NET
2 4 (1.61%) Kafka
3 2 (0.80%) Middleware
4 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.40%) CSS
4 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.26%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.43%) Credit Risk
3 15 (6.02%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.82%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.21%) Fibre Optics
6 7 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.41%) Blockchain
7 6 (2.41%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.01%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (2.01%) Distributed Computing
8 5 (2.01%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.01%) Equities
8 5 (2.01%) Eurex
8 5 (2.01%) Fixed Income
8 5 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (2.01%) Life Science
9 4 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.42%) Windows
2 5 (2.01%) Linux
3 2 (0.80%) AIX
3 2 (0.80%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (29.72%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (27.71%) Risk Management
3 61 (24.50%) Information Security
4 60 (24.10%) Agile
5 58 (23.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (18.47%) Decision-Making
7 42 (16.87%) Incident Response
7 42 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (16.06%) AI
8 40 (16.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 39 (15.66%) Threat Modelling
10 37 (14.86%) Validation
11 36 (14.46%) Internal Audit
11 36 (14.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (12.85%) Security Architecture
13 31 (12.45%) IT Audit
14 29 (11.65%) Analytics
14 29 (11.65%) Vulnerability Management
15 28 (11.24%) Cloud Security
16 27 (10.84%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.62%) Python
2 8 (3.21%) MATLAB
3 6 (2.41%) Java
4 4 (1.61%) C
4 4 (1.61%) C++
4 4 (1.61%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.80%) SQL
6 1 (0.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 96 (38.55%) CISSP
2 81 (32.53%) CISM
3 60 (24.10%) Degree
4 42 (16.87%) CISA
5 41 (16.47%) CRISC
6 34 (13.65%) Security Cleared
7 29 (11.65%) SC Cleared
8 20 (8.03%) Master's Degree
9 14 (5.62%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (4.82%) CGEIT
10 12 (4.82%) FFIEC
10 12 (4.82%) SANS
11 11 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (3.21%) PhD
13 6 (2.41%) DV Cleared
13 6 (2.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (2.01%) CISMP
14 5 (2.01%) PMI Certification
14 5 (2.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (34.14%) NIST
2 74 (29.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (13.65%) COBIT
4 32 (12.85%) GRC
5 27 (10.84%) GDPR
6 25 (10.04%) SLA
7 21 (8.43%) NCSC
7 21 (8.43%) PCI DSS
8 17 (6.83%) SOC 2
9 16 (6.43%) ITGC
9 16 (6.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 14 (5.62%) Accessibility
11 13 (5.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (3.21%) QA
14 6 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 6 (2.41%) NIST 800
15 5 (2.01%) Def Stans
16 4 (1.61%) GMP
17 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (1.20%) Firmware
2 2 (0.80%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
1 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 19 (7.63%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.23%) Oracle
3 17 (6.83%) SAP
4 13 (5.22%) IFS
5 5 (2.01%) Atlassian
5 5 (2.01%) Bloomberg
5 5 (2.01%) CQG
5 5 (2.01%) ION Trading
5 5 (2.01%) Patsystems
5 5 (2.01%) Reuters
5 5 (2.01%) Trayport
6 4 (1.61%) Adobe
6 4 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.20%) Citrix
7 3 (1.20%) Keysight
7 3 (1.20%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.80%) Google
8 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.80%) VMware
9 1 (0.40%) Cisco