Risk Manager
UK

The median Risk Manager salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 588 438 743
Rank change year-on-year -150 +305 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 127 216 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.50% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.55% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 80 46 101
10th Percentile £62,814 £54,625 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,172 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £79,912 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.85% +9.20%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 84,829 38,939 91,215
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 89.48% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 55,870 22,758 66,964
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,508
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.51% -12.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Risk Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Risk Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Risk Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Risk Manager job vacancies in the UK

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the UK

Risk Manager
Top 15 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 15 May 2026. 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 -104 115 £75,000 +3.45% 14
UK excluding London -130 88 £72,500 +7.41% 6
North of England -33 38 £68,076 -2.75% 1
Work from Home +52 37 £70,000 +8.31% 8
London -52 34 £90,000 +24.14% 9
North West -2 26 £65,000 +62.50% 1
South East -28 15 £75,000 +7.14% 2
West Midlands -56 13 £75,000 +25.00%
Midlands -69 13 £75,000 +11.11%
East of England -1 12 £62,500 -30.56%
Yorkshire -51 9 £75,000 +1.69%
Wales - 6 - -
North East -37 3 £75,000 +5.26%
Scotland -34 2 £70,000 -9.80% 1
South West -70 2 - - 2

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 45 (35.43%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (33.86%) Risk Management
3 29 (22.83%) GRC
4 23 (18.11%) Information Security
5 21 (16.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (15.75%) CISA
7 16 (12.60%) Decision-Making
8 15 (11.81%) CISSP
9 13 (10.24%) GDPR
9 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
9 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
10 12 (9.45%) CRISC
10 12 (9.45%) NIST
11 11 (8.66%) AI
11 11 (8.66%) CISM
11 11 (8.66%) Mentoring
11 11 (8.66%) Risk Register
12 10 (7.87%) Analytics
12 10 (7.87%) Coaching
12 10 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (6.30%) Degree
13 8 (6.30%) Facilities Management
13 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Management
13 8 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (6.30%) Threat Intelligence
14 7 (5.51%) Azure
14 7 (5.51%) Change Management
14 7 (5.51%) Data Protection
14 7 (5.51%) IT Audit

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.51%) Azure
2 4 (3.15%) IaaS
2 4 (3.15%) PaaS
2 4 (3.15%) SaaS
3 3 (2.36%) AWS
3 3 (2.36%) GCP
4 2 (1.57%) IBM Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.15%) Firewall
2 2 (1.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (18.90%) Finance
2 20 (15.75%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.72%) Banking
3 6 (4.72%) Public Sector
4 5 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.15%) Legal
5 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.57%) Automotive
6 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.57%) Law
6 2 (1.57%) Marketing
6 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Front Office
7 1 (0.79%) International Banking
7 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.79%) Retail
7 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.79%) Wholesale Banking
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (7.09%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.30%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.94%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.15%) Linked Data
5 4 (3.15%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.36%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.57%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.57%) NHS
7 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.79%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.43%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (33.86%) Risk Management
3 23 (18.11%) Information Security
4 16 (12.60%) Decision-Making
5 11 (8.66%) AI
5 11 (8.66%) Mentoring
5 11 (8.66%) Risk Register
6 10 (7.87%) Analytics
6 10 (7.87%) Coaching
6 10 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (6.30%) Facilities Management
7 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure Management
7 8 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (6.30%) Threat Intelligence
8 7 (5.51%) Change Management
8 7 (5.51%) Data Protection
8 7 (5.51%) IT Audit
8 7 (5.51%) Risk Assessment
9 6 (4.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.79%) Python
1 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (15.75%) CISA
2 15 (11.81%) CISSP
3 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
4 12 (9.45%) CRISC
5 11 (8.66%) CISM
6 8 (6.30%) Degree
7 3 (2.36%) ACCA
7 3 (2.36%) ISACA
7 3 (2.36%) SANS
8 2 (1.57%) CIMA
8 2 (1.57%) FFIEC
8 2 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.79%) CGEIT
9 1 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.79%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (22.83%) GRC
2 21 (16.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (10.24%) GDPR
4 12 (9.45%) NIST
5 6 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (3.94%) Data Quality
6 5 (3.94%) NIST 800
6 5 (3.94%) QA
7 4 (3.15%) COBIT
7 4 (3.15%) PCI DSS
7 4 (3.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.57%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.57%) MiFID
10 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.79%) ITGC
10 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 4 (3.15%) RSA Archer
2 3 (2.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (2.36%) Google
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft
1 3 (2.36%) Oracle
1 3 (2.36%) SAP
2 2 (1.57%) Alibaba
2 2 (1.57%) IBM
2 2 (1.57%) OneTrust
3 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow