Risk Manager Jobs

Risk Manager
UK

The median Risk Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 679 669 1042
Rank change year-on-year -10 +373 -140
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 163 221 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.30% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 90 164 151
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,595 £52,975
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,219 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -
75th Percentile £77,188 £103,911 £116,250
90th Percentile £96,375 £135,693 £140,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £59,750
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.37% +8.64%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 -24 137 £65,000 -18.75% 33
UK excluding London -14 110 £60,000 +0.80% 27
London +15 47 £85,000 -2.53% 16
Work from Home +8 40 £53,250 -33.44% 12
Midlands -2 34 £57,500 -6.50% 5
North of England -5 25 £72,500 +31.72% 10
South East +22 23 £60,000 +3.77% 3
West Midlands +3 21 £65,000 +5.69% 5
Scotland -41 14 £62,500 +5.00% 4
East Midlands -15 13 £50,000 -9.09%
North West -7 12 £72,500 +21.80% 8
Yorkshire +40 10 £75,000 +36.26% 1
South West -16 5 £51,500 -17.29% 1
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 4
North East - 3 £70,000 - 1
Wales - 3 - -
East of England -6 1 £60,000 +9.09% 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Risk Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 80 (49.08%) Risk Management
2 76 (46.63%) Finance
3 36 (22.09%) Degree
4 35 (21.47%) Banking
4 35 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (20.86%) Python
6 33 (20.25%) Coaching
6 33 (20.25%) Social Skills
7 30 (18.40%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (17.79%) Project Management
9 27 (16.56%) AWS
10 25 (15.34%) Credit Risk
11 24 (14.72%) Wholesale Banking
12 23 (14.11%) Retail
12 23 (14.11%) Mathematics
12 23 (14.11%) Statistical Modelling
12 23 (14.11%) Credit Risk Modelling
12 23 (14.11%) Mathematical Modelling
13 21 (12.88%) Analytics
13 21 (12.88%) Information Security
13 21 (12.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 20 (12.27%) CISM
15 19 (11.66%) Collaborative Culture
16 17 (10.43%) CISSP
17 16 (9.82%) Agile
17 16 (9.82%) Law
17 16 (9.82%) Legal
18 15 (9.20%) CRISC
18 15 (9.20%) Roadmaps

Risk Manager 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 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) GlassFish
2 1 (0.61%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.61%) JCAPS
2 1 (0.61%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.61%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.61%) Adaptiv
2 1 (0.61%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.56%) AWS
2 9 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (5.52%) SaaS
3 5 (3.07%) Amazon S3
3 5 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
3 5 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (3.07%) AWS Step Functions
3 5 (3.07%) Azure
3 5 (3.07%) Serverless
4 2 (1.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.61%) IaaS
5 1 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.61%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.61%) DMZ
2 1 (0.61%) FTP
2 1 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.61%) Network Security
2 1 (0.61%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.07%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.23%) Power BI
3 1 (0.61%) Big Data
3 1 (0.61%) Metadata
3 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Git
2 1 (0.61%) Ant
2 1 (0.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) JUnit
2 1 (0.61%) Maven
2 1 (0.61%) Subversion
General
1 76 (46.63%) Finance
2 35 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (21.47%) Banking
3 33 (20.25%) Social Skills
4 24 (14.72%) Wholesale Banking
5 23 (14.11%) Retail
6 16 (9.82%) Law
6 16 (9.82%) Legal
7 14 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (8.59%) Marketing
8 11 (6.75%) Front Office
9 6 (3.68%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Back Office
10 3 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.84%) Police
11 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.91%) PySpark
2 5 (3.07%) .NET
2 5 (3.07%) .NET Core
2 5 (3.07%) .NET Framework
2 5 (3.07%) React
2 5 (3.07%) Unity DI Container
3 2 (1.23%) Flash
3 2 (1.23%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.61%) DOM
4 1 (0.61%) J2EE
4 1 (0.61%) Java EE
4 1 (0.61%) JDBC
4 1 (0.61%) JMS
4 1 (0.61%) Middleware
4 1 (0.61%) SAX
4 1 (0.61%) Spring
4 1 (0.61%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.34%) Credit Risk
2 11 (6.75%) Derivative
2 11 (6.75%) Hedge funds
2 11 (6.75%) Management Information System
3 10 (6.13%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.29%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.68%) Equities
5 6 (3.68%) Fixed Income
5 6 (3.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.07%) Blog
6 5 (3.07%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (3.07%) N-Tier
6 5 (3.07%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.45%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.23%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.84%) Windows
1 3 (1.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (49.08%) Risk Management
2 35 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (20.25%) Coaching
4 30 (18.40%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (17.79%) Project Management
6 23 (14.11%) Credit Risk Modelling
6 23 (14.11%) Mathematical Modelling
6 23 (14.11%) Mathematics
6 23 (14.11%) Statistical Modelling
7 21 (12.88%) Analytics
7 21 (12.88%) Information Security
8 19 (11.66%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (9.82%) Agile
10 15 (9.20%) Roadmaps
11 14 (8.59%) Risk Register
12 13 (7.98%) Asset Management
13 12 (7.36%) Decision-Making
14 11 (6.75%) Business Analysis
14 11 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (6.75%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.86%) Python
2 12 (7.36%) SQL
3 6 (3.68%) Java
4 5 (3.07%) C#
4 5 (3.07%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.07%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.61%) Clipper
5 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.61%) XPath
Qualifications
1 36 (22.09%) Degree
2 20 (12.27%) CISM
3 17 (10.43%) CISSP
4 15 (9.20%) CRISC
5 7 (4.29%) CISA
6 5 (3.07%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.84%) GSEC
8 3 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.84%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.23%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.61%) CIMA
10 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.61%) FFIEC
10 1 (0.61%) GIAC
10 1 (0.61%) GISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (8.59%) NIST
3 11 (6.75%) GRC
4 8 (4.91%) COBIT
4 8 (4.91%) IFRS
4 8 (4.91%) IFRS 9
5 7 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (4.29%) GDPR
5 7 (4.29%) ITGC
6 6 (3.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (3.07%) ISO 9001
7 5 (3.07%) QA
8 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.45%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.84%) NCSC
9 3 (1.84%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (1.23%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.61%) PMO
11 1 (0.61%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 1 (0.61%) Control-M
1 1 (0.61%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 11 (6.75%) Bloomberg
2 6 (3.68%) BISAM
3 4 (2.45%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.84%) Dell
5 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.61%) Cadence
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle
6 1 (0.61%) SAP