Risk Manager
UK
The median Risk Manager salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 505 | 755 | 805 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +250 | +50 | +203 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager | 218 | 139 | 177 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.40% | 0.14% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.44% | 0.15% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 50 | 100 | 121 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,750 | £47,375 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,813 | £57,563 | £56,381 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £65,000 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.54% | -16.13% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £79,648 | £81,375 | £103,911 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £96,750 | £135,693 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £64,627 | £65,000 | £59,526 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.57% | +9.20% | +0.04% |
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 | 49,922 | 93,907 | 92,301 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.55% | 94.63% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,447 | 67,290 | 58,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Risk Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager.
Risk Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.
Risk Manager
Top 16 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 12 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 |
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| England | +217 | 179 | £70,000 | +3.70% | 132 |
| UK excluding London | +254 | 169 | £64,627 | -0.57% | 54 |
| London | +127 | 59 | £72,500 | -14.71% | 97 |
| Midlands | +91 | 50 | £63,750 | -1.92% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +79 | 41 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 3 |
| North of England | +86 | 39 | £62,500 | -13.79% | 13 |
| Scotland | +140 | 34 | £77,606 | +24.17% | 4 |
| North West | +23 | 28 | £42,500 | -41.38% | 10 |
| South West | +121 | 21 | £64,627 | +11.43% | 1 |
| South East | +106 | 20 | £70,000 | +21.74% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +108 | 17 | £64,627 | +7.71% | 38 |
| East Midlands | +45 | 9 | £75,000 | +25.00% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +72 | 7 | £73,750 | -1.67% | 3 |
| North East | +47 | 4 | £71,250 | +1.79% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| East of England | +45 | 1 | £90,000 | +44.00% | 1 |
Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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.
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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:
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