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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 184 467
Rank change year-on-year -284 +283 +20
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 229 708 449
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 1.73% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.86% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 130 158 294
10th Percentile £48,165 £30,519 £41,075
25th Percentile £62,500 £47,154 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £56,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.89% -13.08% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £76,875 £81,786
90th Percentile £117,500 £92,800 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,245 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.08% -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 60,207 38,067 76,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.10% 93.27% 86.65%
Number of salaries quoted 36,835 22,259 57,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
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 £102,410 £93,250
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 28 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 28 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 -259 215 £70,000 +16.67% 94
Work from Home +13 118 £72,500 +31.82% 43
London -199 113 £71,684 +2.41% 37
UK excluding London -157 106 £57,245 +4.08% 70
Midlands -13 32 £62,500 -5.30% 8
South West -16 32 £61,380 +11.60% 9
East Midlands -26 23 £51,058 -22.64% 2
South East -58 17 £59,490 +3.16% 21
North of England -81 16 £45,005 -18.91% 19
North West -34 13 £31,000 -44.14% 12
West Midlands -12 9 £70,000 +1.00% 6
Scotland -47 6 - - 5
Yorkshire -71 3 £72,500 +40.78% 6
Wales -25 2 £51,709 +5.31% 3
East of England -96 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 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.87%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.42%) AWS
2 13 (5.68%) Azure
2 13 (5.68%) SaaS
3 8 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.31%) OpenShift
5 3 (1.31%) Smartsheet
6 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.44%) GCP
7 1 (0.44%) IaaS
7 1 (0.44%) PaaS
7 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.92%) CHAP
2 4 (1.75%) Firewall
2 4 (1.75%) Multicast
3 1 (0.44%) Broadband
3 1 (0.44%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.44%) Network Security
3 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.75%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (0.87%) DB2
2 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.44%) Power Query
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 156 (68.12%) Finance
2 97 (42.36%) Banking
3 76 (33.19%) Social Skills
4 37 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (14.41%) Financial Institution
6 23 (10.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (10.04%) Law
7 21 (9.17%) Retail
8 13 (5.68%) Public Sector
9 12 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (5.24%) Legal
10 10 (4.37%) Retail Banking
11 7 (3.06%) Back Office
11 7 (3.06%) Marketing
12 5 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.75%) Agriculture
13 4 (1.75%) Japanese Language
13 4 (1.75%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.31%) Games
14 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (20.09%) Auditor
2 44 (19.21%) Senior
3 32 (13.97%) IT Manager
4 25 (10.92%) Analyst
4 25 (10.92%) Security Auditor
5 23 (10.04%) Internal Auditor
6 21 (9.17%) IT Auditor
7 20 (8.73%) Senior Auditor
7 20 (8.73%) Senior IT Auditor
8 14 (6.11%) Lead
9 13 (5.68%) Security Manager
10 12 (5.24%) Change Manager
10 12 (5.24%) IT Change Manager
11 10 (4.37%) Architect
11 10 (4.37%) Information Analyst
11 10 (4.37%) Information Security Analyst
11 10 (4.37%) Security Analyst
11 10 (4.37%) Security Architect
12 9 (3.93%) Consultant
13 8 (3.49%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.87%) Middleware
3 1 (0.44%) CSS
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (27.07%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.99%) Security Posture
3 14 (6.11%) Blockchain
4 12 (5.24%) CMDB
5 10 (4.37%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.62%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.75%) Equities
8 4 (1.75%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.31%) Blog
9 3 (1.31%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.31%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.31%) PKI
10 2 (0.87%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.87%) Life Science
10 2 (0.87%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.75%) Linux
1 4 (1.75%) Windows
2 2 (0.87%) AIX
2 2 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (51.53%) Risk Management
2 116 (50.66%) Information Security
3 69 (30.13%) Cybersecurity
4 58 (25.33%) Due Diligence
5 57 (24.89%) Agile
6 54 (23.58%) Internal Audit
7 53 (23.14%) Business Continuity
8 52 (22.71%) Roadmaps
9 49 (21.40%) Process Improvement
10 48 (20.96%) Analytics
11 46 (20.09%) Business Continuity Management
12 45 (19.65%) Operations Management
12 45 (19.65%) Supply Chain Management
13 40 (17.47%) Data Analytics
13 40 (17.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 38 (16.59%) Project Management
15 37 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (16.16%) IT Audit
16 36 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
16 36 (15.72%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.75%) Java
2 3 (1.31%) C++
2 3 (1.31%) Python
3 2 (0.87%) SQL
4 1 (0.44%) C#
4 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 127 (55.46%) CISSP
2 95 (41.48%) CISA
3 69 (30.13%) CRISC
4 64 (27.95%) CISM
5 27 (11.79%) CGEIT
5 27 (11.79%) SANS
6 25 (10.92%) FFIEC
7 22 (9.61%) Degree
8 15 (6.55%) Security Cleared
9 12 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 10 (4.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (4.37%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.49%) SC Cleared
12 6 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (2.62%) OSCP
13 5 (2.18%) DV Cleared
13 5 (2.18%) ISACA
13 5 (2.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 4 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (48.91%) NIST
2 57 (24.89%) PCI DSS
3 52 (22.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (16.59%) COBIT
5 35 (15.28%) GDPR
6 19 (8.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 18 (7.86%) GRC
8 13 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (5.24%) SOC 2
10 7 (3.06%) ITGC
10 7 (3.06%) NCSC
11 6 (2.62%) GMP
12 5 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (2.18%) SLA
13 4 (1.75%) Accessibility
13 4 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (1.75%) QA
14 3 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 2 (0.87%) 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 (7.42%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.24%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.37%) SAP
4 7 (3.06%) Oracle
5 6 (2.62%) IFS
6 4 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.31%) Citrix
8 2 (0.87%) Cognos
8 2 (0.87%) CyberArk
8 2 (0.87%) LogRhythm
8 2 (0.87%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.44%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.44%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.44%) BT
9 1 (0.44%) CQG
9 1 (0.44%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.44%) Openreach
9 1 (0.44%) Patsystems
9 1 (0.44%) Reuters
9 1 (0.44%) VMware