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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 108 100
Rank change year-on-year +24 -8 +107
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 3,136 3,370 5,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.20% 3.19% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.72% 3.34% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,469 1,842 2,260
10th Percentile £41,098 £41,250 £40,892
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,012 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,150 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,380 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.14% +7.27% -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 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
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 24 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 24 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 +46 2,332 £55,380 -6.14% 471
England +12 2,252 £60,000 -11.11% 919
Work from Home -4 847 £60,000 -7.69% 404
Scotland +29 786 £58,000 -16.48% 37
London -5 727 £79,500 +2.58% 479
North of England +60 400 £54,000 -9.28% 104
South East -46 360 £54,000 -1.82% 129
Midlands +43 340 £54,000 -1.82% 73
South West +22 305 £68,500 +5.38% 64
North West +63 229 £52,830 -11.25% 61
West Midlands +32 222 £57,500 +4.55% 49
Yorkshire +22 121 £55,000 -8.33% 32
East Midlands +49 109 £54,000 +6.93% 24
East of England +37 100 £54,000 -4.00% 51
North East +44 50 £55,000 -2.22% 11
Wales -1 28 £62,750 +9.13% 18
Northern Ireland +28 10 £57,500 +0.44% 10
Isle of Man -14 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 84 (2.68%) SAS
4 81 (2.58%) 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
11 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (0.16%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.16%) WebSphere
13 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 4 (0.13%) Drupal
14 2 (0.064%) Alfresco
14 2 (0.064%) Captiva
14 2 (0.064%) Documentum
Applications
1 179 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 91 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 89 (2.84%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (0.67%) 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
2 224 (7.14%) Azure
3 128 (4.08%) Power Platform
4 91 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
5 83 (2.65%) GCP
6 80 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
7 71 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
8 64 (2.04%) 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 25 (0.80%) BlazeMeter
14 25 (0.80%) Entra ID
15 14 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 93 (2.97%) Firewall
2 46 (1.47%) Network Security
3 36 (1.15%) Internet
4 25 (0.80%) VPN
5 21 (0.67%) LAN
6 20 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 19 (0.61%) WAN
8 16 (0.51%) SAN
9 14 (0.45%) 5G
10 12 (0.38%) Wireless
11 11 (0.35%) PPP
11 11 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.32%) Intranet
13 7 (0.22%) Extranet
13 7 (0.22%) HTTP
14 6 (0.19%) Broadband
14 6 (0.19%) VLAN
15 5 (0.16%) BGP
15 5 (0.16%) OSPF
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 41 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
13 35 (1.12%) Relational Database
14 28 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
15 16 (0.51%) Impala
16 11 (0.35%) Metadata
16 11 (0.35%) QlikView
17 9 (0.29%) Spotfire
18 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 147 (4.69%) Jenkins
2 128 (4.08%) Git
2 128 (4.08%) JIRA
3 74 (2.36%) Bitbucket Server
4 65 (2.07%) JUnit
5 32 (1.02%) Maven
6 30 (0.96%) Gradle
7 25 (0.80%) Jasmine
7 25 (0.80%) JMeter
7 25 (0.80%) Mockito
8 20 (0.64%) CircleCI
8 20 (0.64%) Travis CI
9 9 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.29%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.22%) RStudio
11 5 (0.16%) MSTest
11 5 (0.16%) Postman
11 5 (0.16%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.13%) GDB
General
1 1,659 (52.90%) Finance
2 1,091 (34.79%) Social Skills
3 1,062 (33.86%) Legal
4 909 (28.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 863 (27.52%) Law
6 436 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
7 270 (8.61%) Banking
8 126 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 125 (3.99%) Retail
10 122 (3.89%) Manufacturing
11 120 (3.83%) Marketing
12 114 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
13 98 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
14 80 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
15 64 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 54 (1.72%) Publishing
17 36 (1.15%) Investment Banking
18 35 (1.12%) Aerospace
19 34 (1.08%) Police
20 29 (0.92%) Games
Job Titles
1 701 (22.35%) Software Engineer
2 431 (13.74%) Senior
3 400 (12.76%) Project Manager
4 288 (9.18%) Java Engineer
4 288 (9.18%) Java Software Engineer
5 233 (7.43%) 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
8 201 (6.41%) IT Manager
9 181 (5.77%) Senior Manager
10 180 (5.74%) Consultant
11 171 (5.45%) Data Engineer
12 148 (4.72%) Full Stack Engineer
13 147 (4.69%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 145 (4.62%) Security Manager
15 143 (4.56%) Lead
16 134 (4.27%) Security Consultant
17 119 (3.79%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (6.82%) Spring
2 165 (5.26%) 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 57 (1.82%) .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
1 512 (16.33%) Algorithms
2 329 (10.49%) 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 85 (2.71%) Security Posture
8 79 (2.52%) Operational Technology
9 62 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
10 52 (1.66%) Market Risk
11 49 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 43 (1.37%) Cyberattack
12 43 (1.37%) Legacy Code
13 38 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 38 (1.21%) Product Ownership
14 34 (1.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 28 (0.89%) PMI
16 25 (0.80%) IoT
17 24 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 22 (0.70%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 123 (3.92%) Unix
2 70 (2.23%) Linux
3 56 (1.79%) Windows
4 19 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.54%) Android
5 17 (0.54%) 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 1,213 (38.68%) Agile
2 768 (24.49%) Software Engineering
3 748 (23.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 713 (22.74%) CI/CD
5 688 (21.94%) SDLC
6 643 (20.50%) Project Management
7 559 (17.83%) Operational Stability
8 546 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
9 532 (16.96%) Artificial Intelligence
10 522 (16.65%) Machine Learning
11 520 (16.58%) Visualisation
12 494 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
13 488 (15.56%) Decision-Making
14 425 (13.55%) Community of Practice
15 415 (13.23%) Information Security
16 401 (12.79%) Stakeholder Management
17 298 (9.50%) Project Delivery
18 295 (9.41%) Change Management
19 246 (7.84%) Coaching
20 234 (7.46%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 580 (18.49%) SQL
2 573 (18.27%) Java
3 469 (14.96%) 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 36 (1.15%) R
10 26 (0.83%) PowerShell
11 23 (0.73%) PL/1
12 22 (0.70%) Ruby
13 20 (0.64%) PHP
14 19 (0.61%) C++
15 10 (0.32%) Go
15 10 (0.32%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.22%) C
16 7 (0.22%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.19%) Groovy
17 6 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 614 (19.58%) Degree
2 325 (10.36%) Security Cleared
3 269 (8.58%) CISSP
4 224 (7.14%) CISM
5 212 (6.76%) SC Cleared
6 155 (4.94%) CRISC
7 100 (3.19%) Master's Degree
8 93 (2.97%) CISA
9 89 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 71 (2.26%) CESG Certified Professional
11 65 (2.07%) PMI Certification
12 53 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 50 (1.59%) ACCA
14 39 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
14 39 (1.24%) PMP
15 35 (1.12%) DV Cleared
16 29 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
17 28 (0.89%) CISMP
18 23 (0.73%) CEH
18 23 (0.73%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (8.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 223 (7.11%) NIST
3 184 (5.87%) GDPR
4 141 (4.50%) QA
5 128 (4.08%) IFRS
6 123 (3.92%) GRC
7 97 (3.09%) Data Quality
8 92 (2.93%) NCSC
9 85 (2.71%) PMO
10 72 (2.30%) IFRS 9
11 71 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 59 (1.88%) PCI DSS
13 50 (1.59%) JSP 440
14 42 (1.34%) COBIT
15 40 (1.28%) NIST 800
15 40 (1.28%) SLA
16 37 (1.18%) RMADS
17 34 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 24 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 22 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 90 (2.87%) HDFS
2 50 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 40 (1.28%) Docker
4 16 (0.51%) 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%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.096%) RACF
10 2 (0.064%) IAG
10 2 (0.064%) vSphere
11 1 (0.032%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.032%) LXC
11 1 (0.032%) Microcode
Systems Management
1 141 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 86 (2.74%) Terraform
3 11 (0.35%) Nessus
4 9 (0.29%) Grafana
4 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 7 (0.22%) SCOM
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
9 2 (0.064%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.064%) QRadar
9 2 (0.064%) SCCM
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%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 354 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 158 (5.04%) Databricks
3 137 (4.37%) 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 29 (0.92%) 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