Risk Management Jobs

Risk Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Risk Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 82 107
Rank change year-on-year +34 +25 -1
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 2,701 3,171 3,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.19% 3.22% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% 3.74% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,070 1,475 1,792
10th Percentile £49,674 £41,125 £41,067
25th Percentile £52,219 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -10.11% +2.69%
75th Percentile £88,438 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £97,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £57,810
% change year-on-year +1.74% -0.54% +5.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 19 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 1 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 +47 2,295 £70,000 +16.67% 1,771
UK excluding London +20 1,529 £58,500 +1.74% 898
London +68 1,091 £85,000 +6.92% 1,113
Work from Home +39 515 £70,000 +16.67% 859
North of England +16 335 £62,500 +14.16% 197
Midlands +39 331 £60,000 +11.11% 115
South East +26 236 £71,500 +32.41% 347
North West +8 236 £60,000 +11.11% 124
West Midlands +41 235 £58,500 +1.21% 64
Scotland +5 233 £51,645 -10.96% 69
South West +26 173 £54,000 -21.17% 86
East of England +59 112 £55,000 +1.85% 78
East Midlands +32 96 £75,000 +38.89% 43
Yorkshire +43 90 £71,991 +30.89% 55
Wales +80 79 £49,104 -27.25% 13
Northern Ireland +51 28 £81,250 -13.33% 25
North East +9 9 £71,250 +29.55% 23
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 -
Isle of Man +12 1 £54,000 +16.13% 3

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 61 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (1.07%) CMS
4 29 (1.07%) Confluence
5 15 (0.56%) SAS
6 6 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.074%) IIS
8 2 (0.074%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.037%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.037%) Apache
9 1 (0.037%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.037%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.037%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.037%) Tornado
9 1 (0.037%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.037%) WordPress
Applications
1 441 (16.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 181 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 36 (1.33%) Maya
5 35 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.33%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.33%) Trello
7 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.037%) LaTeX
9 1 (0.037%) Stata
Business Applications
1 20 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.15%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.11%) Relativity
6 3 (0.11%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.074%) Endur
7 2 (0.074%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.074%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.074%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.074%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.074%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.074%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 216 (8.00%) Azure
2 193 (7.15%) AWS
3 120 (4.44%) GCP
4 65 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 64 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (1.96%) SaaS
7 40 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
7 40 (1.48%) PaaS
8 38 (1.41%) dbt
9 31 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.07%) IaaS
11 26 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (0.78%) Entra ID
13 19 (0.70%) PowerApps
14 18 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (0.56%) iPaaS
16 13 (0.48%) Boomi
16 13 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (0.41%) GitHub
17 11 (0.41%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 103 (3.81%) Firewall
2 74 (2.74%) Network Security
3 39 (1.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 26 (0.96%) VPN
5 15 (0.56%) WAN
6 13 (0.48%) DNS
7 12 (0.44%) DHCP
8 11 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.37%) Internet
10 9 (0.33%) LAN
11 8 (0.30%) VLAN
12 7 (0.26%) BGP
12 7 (0.26%) Intranet
12 7 (0.26%) OSPF
12 7 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.22%) Wireshark
14 5 (0.19%) Broadband
14 5 (0.19%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (0.19%) HTTP
15 4 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (1.67%) Power BI
3 38 (1.41%) Tableau
4 37 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
4 37 (1.37%) Apache Arrow
4 37 (1.37%) Apache Iceberg
4 37 (1.37%) Dremio
5 36 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (1.33%) NoSQL
6 29 (1.07%) Data Lake
7 17 (0.63%) Big Data
7 17 (0.63%) SQL Server
8 15 (0.56%) Metadata
8 15 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 15 (0.56%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.33%) Data Mining
9 9 (0.33%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
9 9 (0.33%) MS Access
9 9 (0.33%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 76 (2.81%) JIRA
2 22 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 18 (0.67%) Git
4 13 (0.48%) GitLab
5 8 (0.30%) Gradle
6 7 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 7 (0.26%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.26%) git-flow
7 5 (0.19%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.15%) JUnit
9 3 (0.11%) AppScan
9 3 (0.11%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.11%) Gatling
9 3 (0.11%) Maven
9 3 (0.11%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.11%) Mockito
9 3 (0.11%) Selenium
10 2 (0.074%) Babel
10 2 (0.074%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.074%) TeamCity
General
1 1,508 (55.83%) Finance
2 1,412 (52.28%) Social Skills
3 860 (31.84%) Analytical Skills
4 630 (23.32%) Banking
5 531 (19.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 475 (17.59%) Financial Institution
7 447 (16.55%) German Language
8 433 (16.03%) French Language
9 185 (6.85%) Legal
10 183 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
11 126 (4.66%) Marketing
12 114 (4.22%) Manufacturing
13 89 (3.30%) Retail
14 85 (3.15%) Law
14 85 (3.15%) Public Sector
15 79 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
15 79 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
16 76 (2.81%) Front Office
17 68 (2.52%) Telecoms
18 37 (1.37%) Games
Job Titles
1 714 (26.43%) Analyst
2 543 (20.10%) Senior
3 440 (16.29%) Credit Analyst
4 421 (15.59%) Research Analyst
5 416 (15.40%) Project Manager
6 225 (8.33%) Senior Manager
7 219 (8.11%) Security Engineer
8 193 (7.15%) Senior Project Manager
9 163 (6.03%) Principal Engineer
10 147 (5.44%) Principal Security Engineer
11 144 (5.33%) Architect
12 141 (5.22%) Security Analyst
13 138 (5.11%) Lead
14 136 (5.04%) Risk Manager
15 89 (3.30%) Product Analyst
16 87 (3.22%) Principal Security Analyst
17 83 (3.07%) Developer
18 81 (3.00%) Security Manager
19 72 (2.67%) IT Manager
20 64 (2.37%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (1.74%) AngularJS
1 47 (1.74%) React
2 41 (1.52%) .NET
2 41 (1.52%) NumPy
2 41 (1.52%) Pandas
3 40 (1.48%) Node.js
4 38 (1.41%) SciPy
5 37 (1.37%) Vue
6 33 (1.22%) Kafka
7 25 (0.93%) Middleware
8 23 (0.85%) SailPoint
9 20 (0.74%) RESTful
10 15 (0.56%) Web Services
11 14 (0.52%) HTML
11 14 (0.52%) RabbitMQ
12 13 (0.48%) CSS
12 13 (0.48%) Spring Boot
13 12 (0.44%) EDI
13 12 (0.44%) REST
14 9 (0.33%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 503 (18.62%) Credit Risk
2 464 (17.18%) Fixed Income
3 363 (13.44%) Management Information System
4 204 (7.55%) Driving Licence
5 117 (4.33%) Security Posture
6 58 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 54 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
8 52 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (1.81%) Product Ownership
10 45 (1.67%) Cloud Native
11 44 (1.63%) Virtual Team
12 41 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
13 38 (1.41%) Blockchain
14 36 (1.33%) PMI
15 32 (1.18%) Equities
16 31 (1.15%) Operational Technology
17 28 (1.04%) Data Centre
18 26 (0.96%) Social Media
19 25 (0.93%) Market Risk
19 25 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 68 (2.52%) Windows
2 30 (1.11%) Linux
3 22 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 21 (0.78%) Windows Vista
5 13 (0.48%) Unix
6 8 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.30%) zOS
7 7 (0.26%) Android
8 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.11%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.037%) AIX
11 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.037%) SUSE
11 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.037%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 795 (29.43%) Project Management
2 744 (27.55%) Decision-Making
3 633 (23.44%) Risk Assessment
4 604 (22.36%) Cybersecurity
5 571 (21.14%) Business Strategy
6 497 (18.40%) Information Security
7 479 (17.73%) Asset Management
8 468 (17.33%) Agile
9 458 (16.96%) Portfolio Management
9 458 (16.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 424 (15.70%) Financial Modelling
11 423 (15.66%) Credit Risk Analysis
12 375 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 356 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
14 261 (9.66%) Coaching
15 256 (9.48%) Analytics
16 250 (9.26%) Project Delivery
17 227 (8.40%) Mentoring
18 199 (7.37%) Scorecard
19 197 (7.29%) Balanced Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 155 (5.74%) Python
2 91 (3.37%) SQL
3 69 (2.55%) Java
4 62 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 58 (2.15%) PowerShell
6 39 (1.44%) TypeScript
7 29 (1.07%) C#
8 28 (1.04%) R
9 20 (0.74%) C++
10 13 (0.48%) Go
11 11 (0.41%) Bash
12 7 (0.26%) C
12 7 (0.26%) Ruby
13 6 (0.22%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.15%) Rust
14 4 (0.15%) VBA
15 3 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.11%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.074%) JCL
16 2 (0.074%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1,132 (41.91%) Degree
2 490 (18.14%) Master's Degree
3 422 (15.62%) CFA
4 399 (14.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 340 (12.59%) CISSP
6 289 (10.70%) CISM
7 158 (5.85%) CESG Certified Professional
8 130 (4.81%) Security Cleared
9 117 (4.33%) CRISC
10 79 (2.92%) DV Cleared
11 75 (2.78%) CISA
12 70 (2.59%) PMI Certification
13 61 (2.26%) SC Cleared
14 53 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
15 51 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
16 43 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 38 (1.41%) PMP
18 33 (1.22%) CEH
18 33 (1.22%) Chartered Engineer
19 32 (1.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 402 (14.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 351 (13.00%) NIST
3 153 (5.66%) JSP 440
3 153 (5.66%) RMADS
4 134 (4.96%) GDPR
5 84 (3.11%) GRC
6 75 (2.78%) PCI DSS
7 71 (2.63%) COBIT
8 58 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 55 (2.04%) ITGC
9 55 (2.04%) QA
10 52 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 40 (1.48%) Data Quality
12 34 (1.26%) Accessibility
13 30 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 28 (1.04%) SOC 2
15 23 (0.85%) PMO
16 19 (0.70%) SLA
17 18 (0.67%) NCSC
17 18 (0.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 42 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.74%) Docker
3 14 (0.52%) Hyper-V
4 13 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.11%) vSphere
6 2 (0.074%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.037%) HDFS
7 1 (0.037%) NFS
7 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.037%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 35 (1.30%) Terraform
3 16 (0.59%) FortiGate
4 14 (0.52%) Ansible
4 14 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.33%) CASB
6 7 (0.26%) Nessus
7 6 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.19%) CSIRT
9 4 (0.15%) SCCM
9 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.11%) Iperf
10 3 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.11%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.11%) QRadar
11 2 (0.074%) EMC NetWorker
11 2 (0.074%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.074%) RSA Archer
12 1 (0.037%) cPanel
12 1 (0.037%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 424 (15.70%) Bloomberg
2 229 (8.48%) Microsoft
3 90 (3.33%) SAP
4 49 (1.81%) Salesforce
5 38 (1.41%) Google
6 33 (1.22%) Avaloq
7 32 (1.18%) Oracle
8 22 (0.81%) Okta
9 19 (0.70%) Cisco
10 18 (0.67%) ServiceNow
10 18 (0.67%) VMware
11 17 (0.63%) Atlassian
12 15 (0.56%) Adobe
13 14 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.48%) Databricks
14 13 (0.48%) Dell
14 13 (0.48%) IBM
15 12 (0.44%) Ariba
16 11 (0.41%) Citrix
16 11 (0.41%) Fortinet