Risk Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 108 100
Rank change year-on-year +25 -8 +104
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 3,136 3,340 5,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.20% 3.19% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 3.34% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,464 1,830 2,272
10th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £40,513
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.78% +3.46% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,250 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% +6.36% -6.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Management 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management 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
UK excluding London +48 2,333 £57,250 -2.14% 496
England +12 2,250 £60,000 -11.11% 935
Work from Home -2 842 £60,000 -7.69% 384
Scotland +26 788 £58,000 -16.48% 44
London -8 727 £79,000 +1.94% 480
North of England +65 402 £54,750 -8.02% 113
South East -42 361 £54,000 - 129
Midlands +46 337 £54,000 -1.82% 73
South West +24 305 £68,500 +5.38% 69
North West +71 230 £54,000 -9.28% 70
West Midlands +31 219 £57,650 +4.82% 46
Yorkshire +28 122 £55,000 -7.60% 29
East Midlands +52 109 £54,000 +6.93% 26
East of England +23 100 £54,000 -6.90% 49
North East +37 50 £55,000 - 14
Wales +3 28 £62,750 +9.13% 20
Northern Ireland +34 9 £93,750 +63.76% 9
Isle of Man -15 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1

Risk Management
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
1 306 (9.76%) Apache Spark
2 121 (3.86%) Apache
3 83 (2.65%) SAS
4 82 (2.61%) SharePoint
5 45 (1.43%) FileNet
6 44 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.64%) Camunda
8 15 (0.48%) Confluence
9 14 (0.45%) CMS
9 14 (0.45%) IIS
10 12 (0.38%) Anypoint
10 12 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 5 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.16%) WebSphere
12 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.13%) Drupal
13 2 (0.064%) Alfresco
13 2 (0.064%) Captiva
13 2 (0.064%) Documentum
Applications
1 180 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 91 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 89 (2.84%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.096%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.064%) Trello
10 1 (0.032%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 79 (2.52%) Primavera
2 19 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.45%) Endur
4 10 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.064%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.064%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.064%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.064%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 1 (0.032%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.032%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.032%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 474 (15.11%) AWS
2 223 (7.11%) Azure
3 128 (4.08%) Power Platform
4 91 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
5 83 (2.65%) GCP
6 79 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
7 71 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
8 63 (2.01%) SaaS
9 58 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
9 58 (1.85%) Serverless
10 55 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
11 52 (1.66%) Amazon S3
12 51 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
12 51 (1.63%) Amazon EMR
12 51 (1.63%) Amazon SQS
13 27 (0.86%) GitHub
14 26 (0.83%) BlazeMeter
14 26 (0.83%) Entra ID
15 14 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 92 (2.93%) Firewall
2 45 (1.43%) Network Security
3 36 (1.15%) Internet
4 25 (0.80%) VPN
5 20 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 20 (0.64%) LAN
5 20 (0.64%) TCP/IP
6 18 (0.57%) WAN
7 16 (0.51%) SAN
8 14 (0.45%) 5G
9 11 (0.35%) PPP
9 11 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.35%) Wireless
10 10 (0.32%) Intranet
11 7 (0.22%) Extranet
11 7 (0.22%) HTTP
12 6 (0.19%) Broadband
12 6 (0.19%) VLAN
13 5 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
13 5 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (10.71%) NoSQL
2 249 (7.94%) Big Data
3 233 (7.43%) Hadoop
4 111 (3.54%) Power BI
5 106 (3.38%) Apache Hive
6 90 (2.87%) HBase
7 66 (2.10%) Electronic Patient Records
8 51 (1.63%) Tableau
9 48 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
10 46 (1.47%) Data Lake
11 45 (1.43%) Apache Cassandra
11 45 (1.43%) SQL Server
12 42 (1.34%) Qlik Sense
13 35 (1.12%) Relational Database
14 28 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
15 16 (0.51%) Impala
16 12 (0.38%) QlikView
17 11 (0.35%) Metadata
18 9 (0.29%) Spotfire
19 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 147 (4.69%) Jenkins
2 128 (4.08%) JIRA
3 127 (4.05%) Git
4 74 (2.36%) Bitbucket Server
5 65 (2.07%) JUnit
6 32 (1.02%) Maven
7 30 (0.96%) Gradle
8 26 (0.83%) JMeter
9 25 (0.80%) Jasmine
9 25 (0.80%) Mockito
10 20 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 20 (0.64%) Travis CI
11 9 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.29%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.22%) RStudio
13 5 (0.16%) MSTest
13 5 (0.16%) Postman
13 5 (0.16%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 1,665 (53.09%) Finance
2 1,091 (34.79%) Social Skills
3 1,064 (33.93%) Legal
4 917 (29.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 863 (27.52%) Law
6 438 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
7 268 (8.55%) Banking
8 126 (4.02%) Marketing
9 124 (3.95%) Public Sector
9 124 (3.95%) Retail
10 122 (3.89%) Manufacturing
11 116 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
12 100 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
13 80 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
14 64 (2.04%) Telecoms
15 54 (1.72%) Publishing
16 36 (1.15%) Investment Banking
17 35 (1.12%) Aerospace
17 35 (1.12%) Police
18 29 (0.92%) Games
Job Titles
1 703 (22.42%) Software Engineer
2 437 (13.93%) Senior
3 401 (12.79%) Project Manager
4 289 (9.22%) Java Engineer
4 289 (9.22%) Java Software Engineer
5 236 (7.53%) Analyst
6 227 (7.24%) Big Data Engineer
6 227 (7.24%) Big Data Software Engineer
7 205 (6.54%) AWS Engineer
7 205 (6.54%) AWS Software Engineer
8 200 (6.38%) IT Manager
9 182 (5.80%) Senior Manager
10 177 (5.64%) Consultant
11 171 (5.45%) Data Engineer
12 151 (4.82%) Full Stack Engineer
13 148 (4.72%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 143 (4.56%) Security Manager
15 142 (4.53%) Lead
16 131 (4.18%) Security Consultant
17 120 (3.83%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (6.82%) Spring
2 166 (5.29%) React
3 133 (4.24%) Kafka
4 121 (3.86%) AngularJS
5 108 (3.44%) J2EE
6 91 (2.90%) HTML
7 80 (2.55%) Spring Boot
8 78 (2.49%) JMS
9 73 (2.33%) Hibernate
10 70 (2.23%) Node.js
10 70 (2.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 65 (2.07%) PySpark
12 64 (2.04%) CSS
13 56 (1.79%) .NET
14 54 (1.72%) XML
15 53 (1.69%) jQuery
16 49 (1.56%) JSON
17 46 (1.47%) GraphQL
18 45 (1.43%) Spring Integration
19 44 (1.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 513 (16.36%) Algorithms
2 327 (10.43%) Management Information System
3 205 (6.54%) Onboarding
4 130 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 122 (3.89%) Cloud Native
6 113 (3.60%) Credit Risk
7 86 (2.74%) Security Posture
8 79 (2.52%) Operational Technology
9 61 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
10 54 (1.72%) Market Risk
11 49 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 43 (1.37%) Legacy Code
13 42 (1.34%) Cyberattack
14 38 (1.21%) Product Ownership
15 37 (1.18%) Data Centre
16 34 (1.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
17 27 (0.86%) PMI
18 25 (0.80%) IoT
19 23 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
20 22 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.89%) Unix
2 68 (2.17%) Linux
3 56 (1.79%) Windows
4 20 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.51%) Android
5 16 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.16%) zOS
7 3 (0.096%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.064%) AIX
8 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.032%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.032%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.032%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,212 (38.65%) Agile
2 769 (24.52%) Software Engineering
3 751 (23.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 715 (22.80%) CI/CD
5 689 (21.97%) SDLC
6 644 (20.54%) Project Management
7 561 (17.89%) Operational Stability
8 540 (17.22%) Cybersecurity
9 533 (17.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 522 (16.65%) Machine Learning
10 522 (16.65%) Visualisation
11 500 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
12 490 (15.63%) Decision-Making
13 427 (13.62%) Community of Practice
14 408 (13.01%) Information Security
15 401 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 300 (9.57%) Project Delivery
17 296 (9.44%) Change Management
18 247 (7.88%) Coaching
19 235 (7.49%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 582 (18.56%) SQL
2 574 (18.30%) Java
3 473 (15.08%) Python
4 128 (4.08%) Scala
5 104 (3.32%) PL/SQL
6 83 (2.65%) JavaScript
7 49 (1.56%) TypeScript
8 47 (1.50%) C#
9 38 (1.21%) R
10 25 (0.80%) PowerShell
11 23 (0.73%) PL/1
12 22 (0.70%) Ruby
13 20 (0.64%) PHP
14 17 (0.54%) C++
15 10 (0.32%) Go
15 10 (0.32%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.22%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.19%) Dart
17 6 (0.19%) Groovy
17 6 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 618 (19.71%) Degree
2 322 (10.27%) Security Cleared
3 268 (8.55%) CISSP
4 220 (7.02%) CISM
5 210 (6.70%) SC Cleared
6 154 (4.91%) CRISC
7 101 (3.22%) Master's Degree
8 91 (2.90%) CISA
9 90 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 69 (2.20%) CESG Certified Professional
11 65 (2.07%) PMI Certification
12 54 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 50 (1.59%) ACCA
14 39 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
14 39 (1.24%) PMP
15 34 (1.08%) DV Cleared
16 29 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
17 28 (0.89%) CISMP
18 24 (0.77%) CEH
19 23 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 221 (7.05%) NIST
3 183 (5.84%) GDPR
4 140 (4.46%) QA
5 128 (4.08%) IFRS
6 123 (3.92%) GRC
7 97 (3.09%) Data Quality
8 90 (2.87%) NCSC
9 85 (2.71%) PMO
10 72 (2.30%) IFRS 9
11 68 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
12 57 (1.82%) PCI DSS
13 49 (1.56%) JSP 440
14 41 (1.31%) COBIT
14 41 (1.31%) NIST 800
15 40 (1.28%) SLA
16 34 (1.08%) RMADS
17 33 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 24 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 21 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 90 (2.87%) HDFS
2 50 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.28%) Docker
4 17 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.19%) Firmware
7 5 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.096%) ACF2
9 3 (0.096%) RACF
9 3 (0.096%) vSphere
10 2 (0.064%) IAG
11 1 (0.032%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.032%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.032%) LXC
11 1 (0.032%) Microcode
11 1 (0.032%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 141 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 86 (2.74%) Terraform
3 10 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (0.32%) Nessus
4 9 (0.29%) Grafana
4 9 (0.29%) SCOM
5 7 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (0.16%) Ansible
6 5 (0.16%) CASB
6 5 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
7 4 (0.13%) OMEGAMON
8 3 (0.096%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.096%) Kibana
8 3 (0.096%) SCCM
9 2 (0.064%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.064%) QRadar
10 1 (0.032%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.032%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.032%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.032%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 352 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 158 (5.04%) Databricks
3 136 (4.34%) Oracle
4 83 (2.65%) Informatica
5 60 (1.91%) Cloudera
6 59 (1.88%) Alteryx
7 52 (1.66%) CA
8 38 (1.21%) SAP
9 34 (1.08%) ServiceNow
10 33 (1.05%) Google
11 30 (0.96%) VMware
12 26 (0.83%) Pega
13 25 (0.80%) Cisco
14 23 (0.73%) IFS
14 23 (0.73%) Salesforce
14 23 (0.73%) Workday
15 18 (0.57%) Splunk
16 17 (0.54%) IBM
16 17 (0.54%) Qualys
17 14 (0.45%) Veeam