Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring RMADS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited RMADS over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 731 683 1036
Rank change year-on-year -48 +353 -7
Permanent jobs citing RMADS 35 47 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.089% 0.031%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.32% 0.60% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6 42 26
10th Percentile £52,596 £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,563 £56,313 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £62,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -9.82% +1.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £87,250 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.64% -9.63% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

RMADS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,014 7,820 21,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.88% 14.76% 17.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,490 5,740 11,810
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,602 £42,793 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,902 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +5.00% +5.26%

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 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for RMADS in the UK

RMADS
Top 9 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 8 December 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 -70 33 £61,250 -1.21% 21
UK excluding London -72 32 £60,000 -1.64% 20
Midlands -31 23 £60,000 +14.29% 18
West Midlands -24 17 £60,000 +14.29% 12
Yorkshire - 7 - -
North of England - 7 - -
East Midlands -30 6 - - 6
Work from Home -11 4 £63,750 -1.16% 2
South West -4 2 £58,148 -27.32% 1

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:

General
1 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
1 2 (5.71%) Automotive
1 2 (5.71%) Aviation
1 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (62.86%) Analyst
1 22 (62.86%) Principal Engineer
1 22 (62.86%) Principal Security Analyst
1 22 (62.86%) Principal Security Engineer
1 22 (62.86%) Product Analyst
1 22 (62.86%) Security Analyst
1 22 (62.86%) Security Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) Consultant
2 10 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 10 (28.57%) Security Consultant
3 2 (5.71%) Coordinator
3 2 (5.71%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 2 (5.71%) Senior
3 2 (5.71%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (5.71%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (5.71%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (2.86%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 1 (2.86%) Information Specialist
4 1 (2.86%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.86%) Oculus
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Information Security
2 33 (94.29%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (77.14%) Risk Management
4 22 (62.86%) Cyber Resilience
4 22 (62.86%) Project Management
4 22 (62.86%) Security Testing
5 7 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (14.29%) Information Assurance
7 2 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (5.71%) Security Management
8 1 (2.86%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.86%) Contingency Planning
8 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.86%) Impact Assessments
8 1 (2.86%) Information Management
8 1 (2.86%) Information Security Management
8 1 (2.86%) ISMS
8 1 (2.86%) ITIL
8 1 (2.86%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 34 (97.14%) CISM
1 34 (97.14%) CISSP
2 30 (85.71%) CESG Certified Professional
2 30 (85.71%) Degree
3 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.86%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (94.29%) JSP 440
1 33 (94.29%) NIST
2 32 (91.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.43%) NCSC