Risk Consultant Jobs

Risk Consultant
UK

The median Risk Consultant salary in the UK is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 896 941
Rank change year-on-year +201 +45 +276
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Consultant 7 11 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.011% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.011% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 18
10th Percentile £56,875 £57,500 £42,125
25th Percentile £59,688 - £54,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% -1.89% +1.92%
75th Percentile £75,625 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,875 - £81,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Consultant in the UK

Risk Consultant
Top 7 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 31 May 2025. 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 +166 6 £72,500 +11.54% 17
London +104 4 £72,500 +11.54% 13
UK excluding London +179 2 £62,500 -10.71% 6
Work from Home +114 2 £68,750 +5.77% 6
North of England - 1 £70,000 - 2
North West - 1 £70,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 £55,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (57.14%) GRC
2 4 (57.14%) CISM
2 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) CRISC
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) NIST
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Law
4 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
5 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
5 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 1 (14.29%) IT Audit
5 1 (14.29%) GDPR
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (14.29%) Business Development
5 1 (14.29%) Data Security

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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Application Security
4 1 (14.29%) Business Development
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
4 1 (14.29%) Data Security
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) IT Audit
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISM
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
1 4 (57.14%) CRISC
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GRC
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow