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 16 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 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 499 | 755 | 800 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +256 | +45 | +215 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager | 215 | 140 | 179 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.39% | 0.14% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.43% | 0.15% | 0.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 46 | 100 | 123 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,625 | £45,875 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,172 | £56,250 | £56,381 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £65,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.54% | -18.75% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £79,912 | £81,250 | £103,911 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £96,750 | £135,693 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £65,000 | £59,526 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.85% | +9.20% | +2.63% |
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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
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 16 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 16 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 | +215 | 177 | £72,500 | +11.54% | 137 |
| UK excluding London | +275 | 166 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 60 |
| London | +119 | 59 | £72,500 | -14.71% | 98 |
| Midlands | +81 | 48 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +73 | 40 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1 |
| North of England | +75 | 38 | £70,000 | -3.45% | 12 |
| Scotland | +138 | 33 | £77,606 | +24.17% | 5 |
| North West | +27 | 27 | £40,000 | -44.83% | 10 |
| South East | +111 | 22 | £70,000 | +21.74% | 22 |
| South West | +123 | 20 | £64,627 | +11.43% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +91 | 16 | £64,627 | +9.54% | 42 |
| East Midlands | +33 | 8 | £75,000 | +25.00% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 7 | £73,750 | -1.67% | 2 |
| North East | +46 | 4 | £71,250 | +1.79% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | - | - | 3 |
| East of England | +42 | 1 | £90,000 | +44.00% | 6 |
Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 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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