Risk Officer Jobs

Risk Officer
UK

The median Risk Officer salary in the UK is £47,500 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 686 872 976
Rank change year-on-year +186 +104 +225
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Officer 25 23 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.023% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.024% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 3
10th Percentile £40,450 - £29,500
25th Percentile £42,625 £45,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - -24.60% +48.24%
75th Percentile £51,875 £48,750 £67,125
90th Percentile £53,750 £61,000 £68,100
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +38.46%

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 Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Officer in the UK

Risk Officer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Officer in the UK

Risk Officer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Officer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Risk Officer in the UK

Risk Officer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Officer 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
UK excluding London +190 20 £43,750 -7.89% 2
England +149 16 £47,500 - 6
Scotland +117 9 - -
South East +92 7 - - 1
Work from Home +120 5 £51,250 +7.89% 3
London +107 5 £55,000 -43.59% 4
North of England - 3 £47,500 - 1
North West - 3 £47,500 - 1
South West - 1 £40,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Risk Officer 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 Officer in the job title.

1 18 (72.00%) Legal
2 12 (48.00%) Finance
2 12 (48.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (44.00%) Quantitative Finance
3 11 (44.00%) Model Validation
3 11 (44.00%) Risk Management
3 11 (44.00%) Project Management
3 11 (44.00%) Python
3 11 (44.00%) Validation
3 11 (44.00%) Degree
3 11 (44.00%) Mathematics
3 11 (44.00%) Quantitative Analysis
3 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (36.00%) Statistics
4 9 (36.00%) PhD
4 9 (36.00%) Front Office
4 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (36.00%) Master's Degree
4 9 (36.00%) Data Protection
5 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (32.00%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (32.00%) Due Diligence
5 8 (32.00%) Management Information System
5 8 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (32.00%) Information Security
6 7 (28.00%) Agile
6 7 (28.00%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (28.00%) Performance Management
6 7 (28.00%) CISSP

Risk Officer 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 1 (4.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) LaTeX
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) Tableau
General
1 18 (72.00%) Legal
2 12 (48.00%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Finance
3 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (36.00%) Front Office
5 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Management Information System
1 8 (32.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (28.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (12.00%) Credit Risk
4 2 (8.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Mathematics
1 11 (44.00%) Model Validation
1 11 (44.00%) Project Management
1 11 (44.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 11 (44.00%) Quantitative Finance
1 11 (44.00%) Risk Management
1 11 (44.00%) Validation
2 9 (36.00%) Data Protection
2 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (36.00%) Statistics
3 8 (32.00%) Due Diligence
3 8 (32.00%) Information Security
3 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (28.00%) Agile
4 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (28.00%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (28.00%) OWASP
4 7 (28.00%) Performance Management
4 7 (28.00%) Quantitative Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Degree
2 9 (36.00%) Master's Degree
2 9 (36.00%) PhD
3 7 (28.00%) CISM
3 7 (28.00%) CISSP
3 7 (28.00%) CRISC
4 2 (8.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (28.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (28.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (8.00%) Data Quality