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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 177 463
Rank change year-on-year -301 +286 +31
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 239 701 443
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 1.71% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.84% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 140 155 288
10th Percentile £49,817 £28,288 £40,700
25th Percentile £65,313 £47,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -0.38%
75th Percentile £88,750 £75,822 £81,786
90th Percentile £117,500 £91,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 63,052 38,055 78,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.14% 93.05% 86.27%
Number of salaries quoted 38,936 22,478 58,228
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,237
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -7.94%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -267 226 £70,000 +16.67% 94
Work from Home +16 122 £72,500 +25.90% 43
London -202 120 £75,000 +7.68% 37
UK excluding London -153 110 £60,000 +9.09% 70
South West -18 32 £61,380 +11.60% 9
Midlands -27 31 £62,500 -5.30% 8
East Midlands -36 23 £51,058 -22.64% 2
North of England -71 22 £60,850 +9.64% 19
North West -41 16 £31,000 -46.32% 12
South East -65 16 £59,745 -0.43% 21
West Midlands -9 8 £70,000 +6.22% 6
Scotland -46 6 - - 5
Yorkshire -61 6 £72,500 +40.78% 6
Wales -29 2 £51,709 +5.31% 3
East of England -99 1 £62,500 +38.89% 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 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.93%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Primavera
3 1 (0.42%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.53%) AWS
2 14 (5.86%) Azure
2 14 (5.86%) SaaS
3 9 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (2.09%) Smartsheet
6 3 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.26%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.84%) GCP
7 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.42%) IaaS
8 1 (0.42%) PaaS
8 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.88%) CHAP
2 5 (2.09%) Firewall
3 4 (1.67%) Multicast
4 2 (0.84%) Network Security
5 1 (0.42%) Broadband
5 1 (0.42%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.67%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.84%) DB2
2 2 (0.84%) Power BI
3 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Power Query
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 164 (68.62%) Finance
2 98 (41.00%) Banking
3 81 (33.89%) Social Skills
4 43 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (14.23%) Financial Institution
6 25 (10.46%) Law
7 23 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (9.21%) Retail
9 14 (5.86%) Public Sector
10 13 (5.44%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (5.44%) Legal
11 10 (4.18%) Retail Banking
12 7 (2.93%) Back Office
12 7 (2.93%) Marketing
13 4 (1.67%) Agriculture
13 4 (1.67%) Japanese Language
13 4 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.67%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.26%) Games
14 3 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (19.67%) Auditor
2 44 (18.41%) Senior
3 34 (14.23%) IT Manager
4 28 (11.72%) Analyst
5 26 (10.88%) Security Auditor
6 24 (10.04%) Internal Auditor
7 21 (8.79%) IT Auditor
8 20 (8.37%) Senior Auditor
8 20 (8.37%) Senior IT Auditor
9 15 (6.28%) Security Manager
10 13 (5.44%) Lead
11 12 (5.02%) Change Manager
11 12 (5.02%) IT Change Manager
12 11 (4.60%) Architect
12 11 (4.60%) Information Analyst
12 11 (4.60%) Information Security Analyst
12 11 (4.60%) Security Analyst
12 11 (4.60%) Security Architect
13 10 (4.18%) Consultant
14 9 (3.77%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.84%) Middleware
3 1 (0.42%) CSS
3 1 (0.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (26.78%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.69%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.86%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.02%) CMDB
4 12 (5.02%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.51%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.67%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.67%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.67%) Equities
8 4 (1.67%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.26%) Blog
9 3 (1.26%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.26%) PKI
10 2 (0.84%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.84%) Life Science
10 2 (0.84%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.67%) Linux
2 3 (1.26%) Windows
3 2 (0.84%) AIX
3 2 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (51.05%) Information Security
2 121 (50.63%) Risk Management
3 72 (30.13%) Cybersecurity
4 61 (25.52%) Agile
5 60 (25.10%) Due Diligence
6 55 (23.01%) Internal Audit
7 54 (22.59%) Business Continuity
8 52 (21.76%) Roadmaps
9 49 (20.50%) Analytics
9 49 (20.50%) Process Improvement
10 46 (19.25%) Business Continuity Management
11 45 (18.83%) Operations Management
11 45 (18.83%) Supply Chain Management
12 44 (18.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 41 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (17.15%) Data Analytics
13 41 (17.15%) Project Management
14 39 (16.32%) Incident Response
15 38 (15.90%) IT Audit
16 37 (15.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.67%) Java
2 3 (1.26%) C++
2 3 (1.26%) Python
3 2 (0.84%) SQL
4 1 (0.42%) C#
4 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 135 (56.49%) CISSP
2 97 (40.59%) CISA
3 73 (30.54%) CRISC
4 72 (30.13%) CISM
5 28 (11.72%) SANS
6 27 (11.30%) CGEIT
7 26 (10.88%) Degree
7 26 (10.88%) FFIEC
8 17 (7.11%) Security Cleared
9 14 (5.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (4.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (4.18%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 6 (2.51%) OSCP
12 6 (2.51%) PMI Certification
12 6 (2.51%) PMP
13 5 (2.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (49.37%) NIST
2 59 (24.69%) PCI DSS
3 56 (23.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 42 (17.57%) COBIT
5 38 (15.90%) GDPR
6 22 (9.21%) GRC
7 21 (8.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 14 (5.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (5.86%) SOC 2
9 9 (3.77%) ITGC
10 8 (3.35%) NCSC
11 6 (2.51%) GMP
12 5 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (2.09%) SLA
13 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
13 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (1.67%) QA
14 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 2 (0.84%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.42%) Firmware
1 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) CASB
1 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (6.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.02%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.60%) SAP
4 9 (3.77%) Oracle
5 8 (3.35%) IFS
6 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.26%) Citrix
8 2 (0.84%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.84%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.84%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.42%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.42%) BT
9 1 (0.42%) Cognos
9 1 (0.42%) CQG
9 1 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.42%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.42%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.42%) Openreach
9 1 (0.42%) Reuters
9 1 (0.42%) VMware