Risk Assessment
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Assessment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 520 647
Rank change year-on-year -26 +127 -68
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 382 585 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.56% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.58% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 280 344 438
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,575 £38,947
25th Percentile £48,505 £52,111 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £55,168
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +22.35% +0.30%
75th Percentile £81,786 £84,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £102,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Assessment is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment.

Salary trend for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the UK

Risk Assessment
Top 17 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 April 2024. 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 +21 355 £65,000 - 325
UK excluding London -58 211 £57,500 +4.55% 221
London +59 157 £75,000 -5.66% 126
Work from Home +18 129 £65,000 -13.33% 128
North of England +68 72 £55,000 +4.76% 53
North West +55 50 £52,000 -13.33% 32
Midlands +13 48 £60,000 - 34
West Midlands +25 43 £60,000 -20.00% 25
South West -45 30 £74,136 +34.18% 28
South East -43 24 £57,500 +9.52% 54
East of England +33 19 £57,500 +3.60% 27
Yorkshire +69 13 £49,000 -6.67% 19
Scotland -63 12 £50,000 -30.64% 23
North East +2 9 £78,273 +49.09% 3
East Midlands -16 5 £78,273 +47.68% 9
Northern Ireland +15 3 - - 3
Wales -9 3 £65,386 - 6

Risk Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.88%) WordPress
2 6 (1.57%) SAS
3 5 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 21 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.79%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.52%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.26%) Primavera
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.09%) Azure
2 43 (11.26%) AWS
3 29 (7.59%) Power Platform
4 25 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.36%) Google Drive
6 7 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.05%) SaaS
8 3 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.79%) Blackbaud
8 3 (0.79%) Canva
8 3 (0.79%) GCP
8 3 (0.79%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (0.52%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.52%) Serverless
9 2 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.59%) Firewall
2 24 (6.28%) Network Security
3 10 (2.62%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (1.83%) Internet
5 4 (1.05%) 5G
5 4 (1.05%) DNS
5 4 (1.05%) GSM
5 4 (1.05%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.79%) IPv4
6 3 (0.79%) LAN
6 3 (0.79%) VPN
6 3 (0.79%) WAN
7 2 (0.52%) 802.11
7 2 (0.52%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.52%) DMZ
7 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.52%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.59%) Power BI
2 9 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.57%) Tableau
4 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 5 (1.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.05%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.52%) Big Data
6 2 (0.52%) Metadata
6 2 (0.52%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
1 2 (0.52%) Burp Suite
1 2 (0.52%) Git
1 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.52%) JIRA
1 2 (0.52%) Metasploit
1 2 (0.52%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.26%) Snyk
General
1 140 (36.65%) Social Skills
2 113 (29.58%) Finance
3 74 (19.37%) Legal
4 73 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (7.59%) Law
7 28 (7.33%) Retail
8 18 (4.71%) Banking
9 17 (4.45%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.19%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (3.66%) Marketing
13 9 (2.36%) Local Government
14 8 (2.09%) Fire and Rescue
14 8 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (2.09%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.57%) Front Office
15 6 (1.57%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.31%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.31%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 70 (18.32%) Analyst
2 58 (15.18%) Senior
3 52 (13.61%) Security Analyst
4 30 (7.85%) Project Manager
5 28 (7.33%) Information Analyst
5 28 (7.33%) Information Security Analyst
6 23 (6.02%) Architect
6 23 (6.02%) IT Manager
7 22 (5.76%) Consultant
7 22 (5.76%) Security Architect
8 19 (4.97%) Principal Architect
8 19 (4.97%) Principal Security Architect
9 18 (4.71%) Security Consultant
9 18 (4.71%) Security Manager
10 13 (3.40%) Lead
10 13 (3.40%) Security Engineer
10 13 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (2.88%) Audit Manager
11 11 (2.88%) Developer
11 11 (2.88%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.57%) HTML
2 3 (0.79%) HTML5
2 3 (0.79%) WebSockets
3 2 (0.52%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.52%) Ajax
3 2 (0.52%) CSS
3 2 (0.52%) jQuery
3 2 (0.52%) JSON
3 2 (0.52%) OAuth
3 2 (0.52%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.52%) OpenID
3 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.26%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.26%) Leaflet
4 1 (0.26%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.26%) PySpark
4 1 (0.26%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.26%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 71 (18.59%) Management Information System
2 37 (9.69%) Security Posture
3 35 (9.16%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (8.64%) Onboarding
5 25 (6.54%) Public Cloud
6 16 (4.19%) Product Ownership
7 14 (3.66%) Cyberattack
8 10 (2.62%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (2.09%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.83%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.83%) PKI
11 7 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.57%) IoT
12 6 (1.57%) Market Risk
12 6 (1.57%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.31%) NHS
13 5 (1.31%) PMI
14 4 (1.05%) SCADA
14 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.31%) Linux
2 4 (1.05%) Windows
3 3 (0.79%) Kali Linux
3 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
3 3 (0.79%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (33.51%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (28.80%) Risk Management
3 98 (25.65%) Information Security
4 82 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (19.37%) Project Management
6 61 (15.97%) Roadmaps
7 51 (13.35%) Agile
8 46 (12.04%) Security Architecture
9 45 (11.78%) Mentoring
10 36 (9.42%) Decision-Making
10 36 (9.42%) Security Operations
11 35 (9.16%) Internal Audit
11 35 (9.16%) Security Management
12 34 (8.90%) Cloud Security
13 33 (8.64%) Analytics
13 33 (8.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (8.64%) Incident Response
13 33 (8.64%) SIEM
13 33 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (7.85%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.66%) Python
2 6 (1.57%) R
3 4 (1.05%) SQL
4 3 (0.79%) C++
4 3 (0.79%) JavaScript
4 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.52%) C
5 2 (0.52%) Java
5 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.52%) PHP
6 1 (0.26%) C#
6 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.26%) Go
6 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 124 (32.46%) Degree
2 71 (18.59%) CISSP
3 57 (14.92%) CISM
4 34 (8.90%) CRISC
5 32 (8.38%) Security Cleared
6 27 (7.07%) CompTIA Security+
7 25 (6.54%) CompTIA CySA+
8 23 (6.02%) Master's Degree
9 20 (5.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (3.93%) CISA
11 13 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (3.40%) HNC
12 11 (2.88%) DV Cleared
12 11 (2.88%) HND
12 11 (2.88%) SC Cleared
13 9 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (2.09%) PMI Certification
15 7 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (1.83%) CCSP
15 7 (1.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (24.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (15.18%) NIST
3 28 (7.33%) GRC
4 26 (6.81%) GDPR
5 22 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (5.24%) QA
7 12 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (3.14%) PCI DSS
8 10 (2.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (2.36%) Data Quality
10 8 (2.09%) NCSC
11 7 (1.83%) COBIT
11 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (1.05%) JSP 440
12 4 (1.05%) RMADS
13 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.79%) HMG Infosec
13 3 (0.79%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.79%) Docker
2 3 (0.79%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (1.31%) QRadar
2 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.79%) SELinux
3 2 (0.52%) Nessus
4 1 (0.26%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.26%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.26%) Nagios
4 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.24%) ServiceNow
3 15 (3.93%) Google
4 13 (3.40%) Cisco
5 12 (3.14%) Splunk
6 9 (2.36%) Xero
7 6 (1.57%) Alteryx
7 6 (1.57%) Pega
7 6 (1.57%) UiPath
8 5 (1.31%) IBM
8 5 (1.31%) VMware
9 3 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.79%) NEC
9 3 (0.79%) Sage
9 3 (0.79%) SAP
9 3 (0.79%) Snow
10 2 (0.52%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.52%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.52%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.52%) Sophos