Senior Risk Analyst Job Trends

Senior Risk Analyst
UK

The median Senior Risk Analyst salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 650 707
Rank change year-on-year +4 +57 +279
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Risk Analyst 7 49 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.092% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.099% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 5 18 9
10th Percentile - £62,500 -
25th Percentile - £78,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £90,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £162,500 £126,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +50.00% +37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Senior Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Risk Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Risk Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Risk Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Risk Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Risk Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Risk Analyst over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Risk Analyst in the UK

Senior Risk Analyst
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Risk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +30 7 £85,000 +3.03% 1
UK excluding London +25 4 £85,000 +3.03% 1
London +44 3 £100,000 +21.21% 1
South East +37 3 £85,000 -2.30% 1
Midlands +15 1 £92,500 +12.12%
East Midlands -13 1 £92,500 +12.12%

Senior Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Risk Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) GRC
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) CGEIT
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) CRISC
2 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) SAP GRC
2 3 (42.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Attestation
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) CISA
3 1 (14.29%) CMS
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Data Science
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
3 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS

Senior Risk Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) SAS
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Front Office
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Attestation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Data Science
3 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
3 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 1 (14.29%) Model Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Post-Production
3 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Statistics
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) R
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CGEIT
2 3 (42.86%) CRISC
3 1 (14.29%) CISA
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GRC
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow