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 to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 809 986
Rank change year-on-year +48 +177 -156
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 133 181 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 97 123 118
10th Percentile £48,250 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £58,125 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £103,911 £95,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £134,555 £143,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,763 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.76% -0.40% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the UK

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 25 April 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 +53 104 £70,000 -12.50% 95
UK excluding London +3 73 £65,000 +8.76% 38
Work from Home +69 46 £70,000 -15.15% 47
London +73 43 £85,000 -2.53% 57
Midlands +20 25 £65,000 +3.17% 11
West Midlands +26 20 £65,000 +3.17% 9
North of England +23 16 £72,500 +14.15% 8
South East +26 11 £57,500 -0.15% 10
North West +12 8 £72,500 +14.15% 5
South West -21 7 £72,750 +22.22% 6
Scotland -66 6 £62,500 +3.28%
Wales - 6 £40,553 -
Yorkshire +67 5 £75,000 -11.76% 3
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 2
North East +2 3 £70,000 +27.27%
East of England +27 2 £62,500 +13.64% 2

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 86 (64.66%) Risk Management
2 77 (57.89%) Finance
3 51 (38.35%) Social Skills
4 40 (30.08%) Legal
5 36 (27.07%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (21.80%) Degree
7 26 (19.55%) Marketing
8 24 (18.05%) Roadmaps
9 23 (17.29%) Information Security
10 21 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 21 (15.79%) CISM
10 21 (15.79%) GDPR
11 19 (14.29%) Product Management
11 19 (14.29%) Customer Experience
12 18 (13.53%) SaaS
13 17 (12.78%) Azure
13 17 (12.78%) AWS
13 17 (12.78%) CRISC
13 17 (12.78%) Management Information System
13 17 (12.78%) CISSP
13 17 (12.78%) Incident Response
14 16 (12.03%) Law
14 16 (12.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 16 (12.03%) Threat Intelligence
14 16 (12.03%) Risk Register
15 15 (11.28%) Remediation Plan
15 15 (11.28%) Value Proposition
15 15 (11.28%) IT Audit
15 15 (11.28%) Dell
16 13 (9.77%) Business Continuity

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 1 (0.75%) GlassFish
1 1 (0.75%) IBM Domino
1 1 (0.75%) JCAPS
1 1 (0.75%) SAS
1 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.75%) WebLogic
1 1 (0.75%) WebSphere
1 1 (0.75%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Adaptiv
1 1 (0.75%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.53%) SaaS
2 17 (12.78%) AWS
2 17 (12.78%) Azure
3 11 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.50%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) FTP
2 1 (0.75%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.26%) Metadata
2 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Ant
1 1 (0.75%) JUnit
1 1 (0.75%) Maven
1 1 (0.75%) Subversion
General
1 77 (57.89%) Finance
2 51 (38.35%) Social Skills
3 40 (30.08%) Legal
4 26 (19.55%) Marketing
5 16 (12.03%) Law
6 11 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (6.02%) Banking
7 8 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.51%) Police
8 6 (4.51%) Retail
9 5 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.26%) Back Office
12 2 (1.50%) Local Government
13 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.75%) Publishing
13 1 (0.75%) Retail Finance
13 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.75%) Wholesale Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) DOM
1 1 (0.75%) Flash
1 1 (0.75%) J2EE
1 1 (0.75%) Java EE
1 1 (0.75%) JDBC
1 1 (0.75%) JMS
1 1 (0.75%) Middleware
1 1 (0.75%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (0.75%) SAX
1 1 (0.75%) Spring
1 1 (0.75%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.78%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.52%) Security Posture
3 5 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.01%) Equities
4 4 (3.01%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.01%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.01%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.50%) CCTV
5 2 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.75%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.75%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.75%) PKI
6 1 (0.75%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.76%) Windows
2 3 (2.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (64.66%) Risk Management
2 36 (27.07%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (18.05%) Roadmaps
4 23 (17.29%) Information Security
5 19 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 19 (14.29%) Product Management
6 17 (12.78%) Incident Response
7 16 (12.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 16 (12.03%) Risk Register
7 16 (12.03%) Threat Intelligence
8 15 (11.28%) IT Audit
8 15 (11.28%) Remediation Plan
8 15 (11.28%) Value Proposition
9 13 (9.77%) Business Continuity
10 12 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (8.27%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (8.27%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (8.27%) Process Improvement
11 11 (8.27%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.76%) Python
2 1 (0.75%) C
2 1 (0.75%) Java
2 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.75%) R
2 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.75%) SQL
2 1 (0.75%) XPath
Qualifications
1 29 (21.80%) Degree
2 21 (15.79%) CISM
3 17 (12.78%) CISSP
3 17 (12.78%) CRISC
4 6 (4.51%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (4.51%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (3.76%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.01%) CISA
6 4 (3.01%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.50%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.50%) GSEC
8 2 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.75%) CIMA
9 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.75%) FFIEC
9 1 (0.75%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.79%) GDPR
1 21 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (9.02%) GRC
2 12 (9.02%) ITGC
2 12 (9.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (6.77%) NIST
4 7 (5.26%) COBIT
4 7 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.76%) ISO 22301
5 5 (3.76%) ISO 9001
6 4 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (3.01%) SOC 2
7 3 (2.26%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.26%) PSD2
8 2 (1.50%) NCSC
8 2 (1.50%) PMO
8 2 (1.50%) QA
9 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.75%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) Control-M
Vendors
1 15 (11.28%) Dell
2 7 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.75%) Cadence
4 1 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle
4 1 (0.75%) Qualys
4 1 (0.75%) SAP