Risk Consultant
UK

The median Risk Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 922 1182
Rank change year-on-year +40 +260 -340
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 14 48 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.046% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.050% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 12 31 40
10th Percentile £53,000 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £79,375 £79,063
90th Percentile - £83,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Risk Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Risk Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Consultant over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Top 9 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 27 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 +83 13 £65,000 -5.45% 24
Work from Home +87 11 £65,000 -3.70% 18
UK excluding London +10 9 £70,000 +7.69% 15
London +114 5 £65,000 -3.70% 11
South East +32 3 £70,000 +47.37% 3
South West -4 3 £55,000 -15.38% 6
West Midlands - 2 £60,000 - 2
Midlands - 2 £60,000 - 2
Scotland - 1 £70,000 -

Risk Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Risk Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Risk Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
1 5 (35.71%) Information Security
1 5 (35.71%) NIST
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Assurance
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (14.29%) SFIA
4 2 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) Information Assurance
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) RMADS
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (7.14%) Degree
5 1 (7.14%) Logistic Regression
5 1 (7.14%) Cluster Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Credit Risk
5 1 (7.14%) Local Government
5 1 (7.14%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) IT Governance
5 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS

Risk Consultant Skill Set
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 1 (7.14%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Mining
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.14%) Local Government
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Information Security
1 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Assurance
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Information Assurance
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Security Management
4 2 (14.29%) SFIA
5 1 (7.14%) Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) CHAID
5 1 (7.14%) Cluster Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.14%) IT Governance
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Logistic Regression
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
2 2 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) NIST
2 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) RMADS
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (7.14%) NCSC
3 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
3 1 (7.14%) SOC 2