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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 385 454
Rank change year-on-year -116 +69 +54
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 316 336 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.67% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.76% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 184 188 231
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,848 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -18.52%
75th Percentile £83,000 £86,776 £75,000
90th Percentile £109,625 £105,750 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +8.16% +1.85% -10.00%

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 79,636 44,374 67,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.88% 80.70%
Number of salaries quoted 55,106 25,202 42,338
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,650 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 25 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Top 16 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 25 August 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 -100 283 £70,000 +14.29% 167
UK excluding London -130 169 £59,490 +8.16% 140
London -23 133 £75,000 -16.67% 66
Work from Home -39 117 £75,000 +8.09% 64
South East -47 54 £57,745 +4.99% 33
North of England -51 48 £59,175 +2.91% 24
North West -14 38 £54,745 -15.38% 16
Midlands -59 21 £67,500 +22.73% 13
West Midlands -60 15 £57,500 +4.55% 6
South West -63 15 £80,000 +45.45% 46
Scotland +2 14 £125,000 +142.04% 12
East of England -23 10 £39,500 -21.00% 12
Yorkshire -40 10 £72,500 +31.82% 5
Wales -65 7 £76,000 +13.11% 2
East Midlands -27 6 £67,500 +80.00% 7
Northern Ireland -89 1 - -

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 12 (3.80%) Confluence
2 5 (1.58%) Apache
2 5 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.80%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.63%) Primavera
3 1 (0.32%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (16.46%) AWS
2 49 (15.51%) Azure
3 31 (9.81%) GCP
4 12 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.22%) GitHub
7 6 (1.90%) SaaS
8 5 (1.58%) Smartsheet
8 5 (1.58%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.27%) dbt
9 4 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (1.27%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.32%) Amazon Bedrock
12 1 (0.32%) Anthropic Claude
12 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.96%) Network Security
2 9 (2.85%) CHAP
3 7 (2.22%) FIX Connectivity
3 7 (2.22%) Multicast
4 5 (1.58%) Firewall
5 3 (0.95%) HTTP
5 3 (0.95%) LAN
5 3 (0.95%) WAN
6 2 (0.63%) DHCP
6 2 (0.63%) DNS
6 2 (0.63%) Internet
6 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.63%) VPN
7 1 (0.32%) BGP
7 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.32%) IPsec
7 1 (0.32%) SSL
7 1 (0.32%) VLAN
7 1 (0.32%) VSAN
7 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.27%) DynamoDB
3 4 (1.27%) Redis
4 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.95%) Power BI
5 2 (0.63%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.32%) Big Data
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.32%) Db2
6 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.32%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (6.96%) JIRA
2 11 (3.48%) LabVIEW
3 4 (1.27%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.32%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 147 (46.52%) Finance
2 135 (42.72%) Social Skills
3 119 (37.66%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (18.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (16.77%) Law
6 36 (11.39%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (9.18%) Aerospace
7 29 (9.18%) Legal
8 25 (7.91%) Manufacturing
9 24 (7.59%) Public Sector
10 21 (6.65%) Banking
11 18 (5.70%) Financial Institution
12 15 (4.75%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (4.11%) Retail
15 11 (3.48%) Electronics
16 8 (2.53%) Japanese Language
17 7 (2.22%) Spanish Language
18 6 (1.90%) Italian Language
18 6 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (18.99%) Senior
2 49 (15.51%) Analyst
3 31 (9.81%) Architect
4 25 (7.91%) Security Architect
5 22 (6.96%) Consultant
5 22 (6.96%) Security Manager
6 21 (6.65%) Auditor
6 21 (6.65%) Security Consultant
7 20 (6.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 17 (5.38%) Security Analyst
9 16 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
10 15 (4.75%) IT Manager
11 14 (4.43%) Lead
11 14 (4.43%) Senior Consultant
12 13 (4.11%) Senior Security Consultant
13 12 (3.80%) Business Analyst
14 11 (3.48%) Senior Manager
14 11 (3.48%) Software Engineer
15 10 (3.16%) Compliance Manager
15 10 (3.16%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.22%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.58%) Kafka
3 4 (1.27%) .NET
3 4 (1.27%) ModSecurity
4 2 (0.63%) PySpark
5 1 (0.32%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.32%) Memcached
5 1 (0.32%) Middleware
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.77%) Management Information System
2 20 (6.33%) Credit Risk
3 19 (6.01%) Security Posture
4 16 (5.06%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (4.43%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.85%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.53%) Fibre Optics
9 7 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.22%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
9 7 (2.22%) Distributed Computing
9 7 (2.22%) Equities
9 7 (2.22%) Eurex
9 7 (2.22%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.90%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.58%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.58%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.75%) Windows
2 10 (3.16%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.32%) AIX
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.32%) SUSE
4 1 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.32%) Unix
4 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (29.43%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (28.48%) Risk Management
3 79 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 75 (23.73%) Information Security
5 74 (23.42%) Agile
6 67 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (18.99%) Decision-Making
8 55 (17.41%) AI
9 51 (16.14%) Threat Modelling
10 48 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (14.56%) Validation
12 42 (13.29%) Incident Response
12 42 (13.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 38 (12.03%) Security Architecture
14 35 (11.08%) Vulnerability Management
15 34 (10.76%) Cloud Security
16 33 (10.44%) Internal Audit
17 32 (10.13%) Analytics
18 30 (9.49%) Project Management
18 30 (9.49%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.59%) Python
2 12 (3.80%) Java
3 9 (2.85%) SQL
4 8 (2.53%) MATLAB
5 4 (1.27%) C
5 4 (1.27%) C++
5 4 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.95%) Go
6 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.63%) Julia
7 2 (0.63%) R
8 1 (0.32%) Bash
8 1 (0.32%) Bicep
8 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 102 (32.28%) Degree
2 101 (31.96%) CISSP
3 91 (28.80%) CISM
4 46 (14.56%) Security Cleared
5 37 (11.71%) SC Cleared
6 36 (11.39%) CRISC
7 35 (11.08%) CISA
8 31 (9.81%) Master's Degree
9 20 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (3.80%) DV Cleared
12 11 (3.48%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (3.16%) PhD
14 9 (2.85%) CGEIT
14 9 (2.85%) FFIEC
14 9 (2.85%) SANS
15 8 (2.53%) PMI Certification
15 8 (2.53%) PMP
16 7 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
17 6 (1.90%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (28.48%) NIST
2 77 (24.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (9.18%) COBIT
3 29 (9.18%) GRC
4 27 (8.54%) NCSC
5 25 (7.91%) GDPR
6 23 (7.28%) SLA
7 20 (6.33%) ITGC
8 18 (5.70%) SOC 2
9 17 (5.38%) Accessibility
9 17 (5.38%) PCI DSS
10 15 (4.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 14 (4.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (2.85%) NIST 800
13 9 (2.85%) QA
14 7 (2.22%) Data Quality
15 6 (1.90%) Def Stans
15 6 (1.90%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.90%) SOC 1
System Software
1 10 (3.16%) Firmware
2 3 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.95%) Docker
2 3 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.63%) vSphere
4 1 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.32%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.32%) Ansible
2 1 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.32%) Grafana
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
2 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (8.23%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.33%) Oracle
2 20 (6.33%) SAP
3 12 (3.80%) IFS
4 8 (2.53%) Bloomberg
5 7 (2.22%) Atlassian
5 7 (2.22%) CQG
5 7 (2.22%) Databricks
5 7 (2.22%) ION Trading
5 7 (2.22%) Patsystems
5 7 (2.22%) Reuters
5 7 (2.22%) Trayport
6 4 (1.27%) Adobe
6 4 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.27%) VMware
7 3 (0.95%) Keysight
7 3 (0.95%) OneTrust
8 2 (0.63%) Google
8 2 (0.63%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.63%) Veeam