Risk Consultant Job Trends

Risk Consultant
UK

The median Risk Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 696 688
Rank change year-on-year +62 -8 +261
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 9 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.018% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.020% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 12
10th Percentile £63,375 £37,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £74,063 £40,625 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -8.70% -17.86%
75th Percentile £86,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 - £79,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £60,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +33.33% +23.08% -8.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,599 50,905 49,610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.99% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,992 26,750 38,370
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Risk Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Risk Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Risk Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Risk Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Risk Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Risk Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Consultant over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 3 January 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 +70 6 £80,000 +33.33% 4
UK excluding London +61 4 £80,000 +33.33% 4
South West - 3 £80,000 - 3
London +72 2 £105,000 +133.33%
Work from Home +82 1 - - 3
Scotland - 1 - -

Risk Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Risk Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Risk Consultant in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (22.22%) AI
4 2 (22.22%) CISM
4 2 (22.22%) CISSP
4 2 (22.22%) CRISC
4 2 (22.22%) GRC
4 2 (22.22%) NIST
4 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (11.11%) Azure
5 1 (11.11%) CGEIT
5 1 (11.11%) CISA
5 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
5 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 1 (11.11%) Cryptography
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 1 (11.11%) DMZ
5 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Firewall
5 1 (11.11%) GDPR
5 1 (11.11%) Information Security
5 1 (11.11%) ISMS
5 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM

Risk Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DMZ
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) AI
2 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
3 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
3 1 (11.11%) Cryptography
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) ITSM
3 1 (11.11%) Key Management
3 1 (11.11%) RBAC
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) User Stories
3 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CISM
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) CRISC
4 1 (11.11%) CGEIT
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) GRC
2 2 (22.22%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
3 1 (11.11%) NCSC
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow