Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RMADS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RMADS over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 694 1037 1044
Rank change year-on-year +343 +7 -315
Permanent jobs citing RMADS 47 39 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.031% 0.042%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.60% 0.18% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 42 26 39
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £56,313 £63,125 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% +7.41% +12.50%
75th Percentile £76,875 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £78,750 £78,100
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.27% +5.77% +8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

RMADS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,856 22,053 20,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.76% 17.79% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,764 11,814 12,559
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,968 £42,500 £40,317
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

RMADS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RMADS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RMADS in the UK

RMADS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing RMADS.

Salary trend for RMADS in the UK

RMADS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RMADS over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for RMADS in the UK

RMADS
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RMADS within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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 +341 46 £62,000 -14.48% 22
UK excluding London +244 32 £61,000 -11.27% 19
Work from Home +250 22 £64,500 -14.00% 10
South East +163 15 £61,350 -9.11% 5
London +278 13 £65,000 -18.75% 1
South West +79 9 £75,000 +21.95% 9
Midlands +126 5 £52,500 -30.00%
East Midlands - 4 £53,750 -
East of England - 3 £75,000 - 2
West Midlands +132 1 £52,500 -30.00%

RMADS
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
1 4 (8.51%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (2.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) Firewall
2 4 (8.51%) Internet
2 4 (8.51%) Wireless
3 1 (2.13%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) GitLab
General
1 6 (12.77%) Aerospace
2 5 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.51%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Local Government
5 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (48.94%) Consultant
2 20 (42.55%) Security Consultant
3 12 (25.53%) Security Engineer
4 11 (23.40%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 7 (14.89%) Control Systems Engineer
5 7 (14.89%) Industrial Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Coordinator
6 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 5 (10.64%) Security Assurance Coordinator
7 3 (6.38%) Bid Consultant
7 3 (6.38%) Network Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Principal Consultant
7 3 (6.38%) Risk Consultant
7 3 (6.38%) Security Officer
8 2 (4.26%) IT Security Officer
8 2 (4.26%) Managing Consultant
9 1 (2.13%) Principal Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Security Manager
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) ModSecurity
2 1 (2.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.89%) Operational Technology
3 5 (10.64%) CESG
3 5 (10.64%) CESG CLAS
4 4 (8.51%) PKI
5 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (59.57%) Risk Management
3 27 (57.45%) Information Assurance
4 15 (31.91%) Information Security
5 8 (17.02%) Security Architecture
6 7 (14.89%) Computer Science
6 7 (14.89%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (14.89%) Mathematics
6 7 (14.89%) Physics
7 6 (12.77%) Business Impact Analysis
7 6 (12.77%) Impact Analysis
8 5 (10.64%) Communications Security
8 5 (10.64%) Computer Security
8 5 (10.64%) Configuration Management
8 5 (10.64%) Key Management
8 5 (10.64%) Risk Register
9 4 (8.51%) Incident Response
9 4 (8.51%) Security Management
9 4 (8.51%) SIEM
9 4 (8.51%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) Bash
1 1 (2.13%) C
1 1 (2.13%) C++
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (93.62%) Security Cleared
2 27 (57.45%) SC Cleared
3 18 (38.30%) DV Cleared
4 17 (36.17%) CISSP
5 15 (31.91%) CESG Certified Professional
6 11 (23.40%) CISM
6 11 (23.40%) Degree
7 10 (21.28%) CRISC
8 7 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (14.89%) HND
8 7 (14.89%) Numerate Degree
9 5 (10.64%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (40.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (34.04%) JSP 440
3 9 (19.15%) NIST
4 6 (12.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 6 (12.77%) NCSC
5 3 (6.38%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.26%) GRC
7 1 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (8.51%) Nessus
1 4 (8.51%) SCCM
2 1 (2.13%) Ansible
2 1 (2.13%) Packer
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (8.51%) AlienVault
1 4 (8.51%) Cisco
1 4 (8.51%) SolarWinds
1 4 (8.51%) Sophos
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) VMware