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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 187 445
Rank change year-on-year -291 +258 +43
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 225 707 450
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 1.72% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.84% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 127 155 295
10th Percentile £49,266 £28,288 £41,100
25th Percentile £64,375 £46,895 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% -14.62% -2.26%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £81,786
90th Percentile £118,000 £93,100 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.76% +5.00%

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 59,591 38,445 75,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.47% 93.42% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,208 22,191 57,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 March 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 25 March 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 -261 213 £70,000 +18.98% 90
Work from Home +24 116 £76,250 +38.64% 41
London -203 112 £72,367 -2.86% 36
UK excluding London -159 103 £60,000 +9.09% 68
Midlands -19 32 £62,500 -5.30% 6
South West -19 31 £72,500 +31.82% 11
East Midlands -23 23 £51,058 -22.64% 2
South East -53 17 £60,000 +79.10% 18
North of England -78 16 £45,005 -18.91% 20
North West -38 13 £31,000 -44.14% 13
West Midlands -5 9 £70,000 +1.00% 4
Scotland -44 5 - - 5
Yorkshire -52 3 £72,500 +40.78% 6
Wales -23 1 £51,709 +5.31% 3
East of England -83 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 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.89%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.56%) AWS
2 15 (6.67%) Azure
3 13 (5.78%) SaaS
4 8 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.33%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.33%) Smartsheet
8 2 (0.89%) Azure API Management
8 2 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.89%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.89%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.44%) GCP
9 1 (0.44%) IaaS
9 1 (0.44%) PaaS
9 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.11%) CHAP
2 4 (1.78%) Firewall
2 4 (1.78%) Multicast
3 2 (0.89%) AMQP
3 2 (0.89%) HTTP
3 2 (0.89%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.89%) VPN
4 1 (0.44%) Broadband
4 1 (0.44%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.78%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.89%) DB2
2 2 (0.89%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.44%) Power Query
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.22%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) Snyk
3 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 154 (68.44%) Finance
2 97 (43.11%) Banking
3 73 (32.44%) Social Skills
4 34 (15.11%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (14.67%) Financial Institution
6 23 (10.22%) Law
7 22 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (9.33%) Retail
9 12 (5.33%) Public Sector
10 11 (4.89%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (4.89%) Legal
11 10 (4.44%) Retail Banking
12 7 (3.11%) Back Office
12 7 (3.11%) Marketing
13 5 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.78%) Agriculture
14 4 (1.78%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.33%) Games
15 3 (1.33%) Japanese Language
15 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (20.44%) Auditor
2 42 (18.67%) Senior
3 31 (13.78%) IT Manager
4 25 (11.11%) Analyst
4 25 (11.11%) Security Auditor
5 23 (10.22%) Internal Auditor
6 21 (9.33%) IT Auditor
7 20 (8.89%) Senior Auditor
7 20 (8.89%) Senior IT Auditor
8 14 (6.22%) Lead
9 12 (5.33%) Change Manager
9 12 (5.33%) IT Change Manager
9 12 (5.33%) Security Manager
10 10 (4.44%) Architect
10 10 (4.44%) Information Analyst
10 10 (4.44%) Information Security Analyst
10 10 (4.44%) Security Analyst
10 10 (4.44%) Security Architect
11 7 (3.11%) Consultant
11 7 (3.11%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.78%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.89%) Middleware
2 2 (0.89%) OAuth
2 2 (0.89%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.44%) CSS
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (27.56%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.56%) Security Posture
3 14 (6.22%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.33%) CMDB
5 10 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.67%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.78%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.78%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.78%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.78%) Equities
8 4 (1.78%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.33%) Blog
9 3 (1.33%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.33%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.33%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.33%) PKI
10 2 (0.89%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.89%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.78%) Linux
1 4 (1.78%) Windows
2 2 (0.89%) AIX
2 2 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (51.56%) Risk Management
2 115 (51.11%) Information Security
3 66 (29.33%) Cybersecurity
4 58 (25.78%) Due Diligence
5 57 (25.33%) Agile
6 54 (24.00%) Internal Audit
7 53 (23.56%) Business Continuity
8 52 (23.11%) Roadmaps
9 49 (21.78%) Process Improvement
10 48 (21.33%) Analytics
11 46 (20.44%) Business Continuity Management
12 45 (20.00%) Operations Management
12 45 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
13 40 (17.78%) Data Analytics
13 40 (17.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 38 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (16.89%) Project Management
15 36 (16.00%) IT Audit
16 35 (15.56%) Validation
17 34 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.78%) Java
2 3 (1.33%) C++
2 3 (1.33%) Python
3 2 (0.89%) SQL
4 1 (0.44%) C#
4 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 123 (54.67%) CISSP
2 94 (41.78%) CISA
3 67 (29.78%) CRISC
4 60 (26.67%) CISM
5 27 (12.00%) CGEIT
5 27 (12.00%) SANS
6 25 (11.11%) FFIEC
7 22 (9.78%) Degree
8 15 (6.67%) Security Cleared
9 12 (5.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (4.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.56%) SC Cleared
12 6 (2.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (2.67%) OSCP
13 5 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (2.22%) DV Cleared
13 5 (2.22%) ISACA
13 5 (2.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (1.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (48.44%) NIST
2 57 (25.33%) PCI DSS
3 49 (21.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (16.00%) COBIT
5 34 (15.11%) GDPR
6 18 (8.00%) GRC
6 18 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (5.78%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (5.33%) SOC 2
9 7 (3.11%) NCSC
10 6 (2.67%) GMP
10 6 (2.67%) ITGC
11 5 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (1.78%) Accessibility
12 4 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (1.78%) QA
12 4 (1.78%) SLA
13 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.89%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.44%) Firmware
1 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.44%) CASB
1 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (7.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.33%) ServiceNow
3 9 (4.00%) SAP
4 6 (2.67%) Oracle
4 6 (2.67%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.22%) IFS
6 3 (1.33%) Citrix
7 2 (0.89%) Checkmarx
7 2 (0.89%) Cognos
7 2 (0.89%) CyberArk
7 2 (0.89%) LogRhythm
7 2 (0.89%) Qualys
7 2 (0.89%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.44%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.44%) BT
8 1 (0.44%) CQG
8 1 (0.44%) Openreach
8 1 (0.44%) Reuters
8 1 (0.44%) Trayport
8 1 (0.44%) VMware