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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 936 1181
Rank change year-on-year +88 +245 -323
Permanent jobs citing RMADS 48 34 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.032% 0.033%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35 31 41
10th Percentile £49,000 - £37,500
25th Percentile £57,510 £46,250 £57,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £47,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -29.63% +3.85%
75th Percentile £71,000 £71,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,600 £47,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +31.79% -29.63% +3.85%

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 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -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 27 April 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 27 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 +129 48 £67,500 +42.11% 6
UK excluding London +29 43 £62,600 +31.79% 6
South West +20 26 £60,202 -29.17% 4
Work from Home +87 20 £60,202 +26.74% 4
South East +38 15 £69,000 +6.15% 1
London - 4 £80,000 -
Midlands -4 1 £52,500 +10.53%
West Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
East of England - 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (22.92%) IIS
General
1 14 (29.17%) Aerospace
2 10 (20.83%) Aviation
2 10 (20.83%) Finance
2 10 (20.83%) Military
3 5 (10.42%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.08%) Local Government
5 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (60.42%) Consultant
1 29 (60.42%) Security Consultant
2 16 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 14 (29.17%) Coordinator
3 14 (29.17%) Cyber Defence Consultant
3 14 (29.17%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 14 (29.17%) Senior
4 11 (22.92%) Senior Consultant
4 11 (22.92%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
4 11 (22.92%) Senior Security Consultant
5 8 (16.67%) Bid Consultant
6 6 (12.50%) Lead
7 3 (6.25%) Architect
7 3 (6.25%) Security Architect
7 3 (6.25%) Security Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.25%) Senior Architect
7 3 (6.25%) Senior Security Architect
7 3 (6.25%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.17%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 19 (39.58%) Management Information System
2 16 (33.33%) CESG
3 4 (8.33%) CESG CLAS
4 3 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (77.08%) Information Assurance
2 34 (70.83%) Risk Management
3 27 (56.25%) Information Security
4 24 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
5 12 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
6 11 (22.92%) Matrix Organization
6 11 (22.92%) Project Management
7 10 (20.83%) Active Listening
8 9 (18.75%) Configuration Management
9 6 (12.50%) Information Management
9 6 (12.50%) Information Security Management
9 6 (12.50%) ISMS
9 6 (12.50%) Security Management
10 5 (10.42%) Security Architecture
11 4 (8.33%) Communications Security
11 4 (8.33%) Computer Security
11 4 (8.33%) Contingency Planning
11 4 (8.33%) ITIL
11 4 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 39 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 18 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 14 (29.17%) CISM
3 14 (29.17%) CISMP
3 14 (29.17%) CISSP
4 13 (27.08%) CESG Certified Professional
5 12 (25.00%) DV Cleared
6 11 (22.92%) IISP
7 7 (14.58%) Degree
8 5 (10.42%) CLAS
9 4 (8.33%) CISA
10 3 (6.25%) CRISC
11 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (2.08%) HND
11 1 (2.08%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (81.25%) JSP 440
2 29 (60.42%) NIST
3 21 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (39.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 11 (22.92%) NIST 800
6 8 (16.67%) NCSC
7 3 (6.25%) HMG Infosec
8 2 (4.17%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (6.25%) Splunk