Senior Risk Manager Job Trends

Senior Risk Manager
UK

The median Senior Risk Manager salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 613 694 696
Rank change year-on-year +81 +2 +328
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Risk Manager 30 34 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.061% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.065% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £63,217 - £74,650
25th Percentile £72,500 - £76,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £70,000 £87,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -19.54% -8.42%
75th Percentile £83,750 - £90,500
90th Percentile - - £90,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% -18.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 54,268 52,045 49,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 93.40% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33,559 27,623 38,199
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,450 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Risk Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Risk Manager
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Risk Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Risk Manager over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Risk Manager in the UK

Senior Risk Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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 +85 30 £82,500 +17.86% 4
London +60 22 £82,500 - 4
UK excluding London +33 8 £75,000 +7.14% 2
Midlands +34 6 £82,500 -
Work from Home - 6 £78,750 - 5
East Midlands 0 5 - -
West Midlands +30 1 £82,500 -
North of England +5 1 £57,028 -18.53%
Yorkshire -4 1 £57,028 -18.53%
South East - 1 £75,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, Senior Risk Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 17 (56.67%) Analytics
2 14 (46.67%) Decision-Making
2 14 (46.67%) Risk Management
3 13 (43.33%) Creative Thinking
4 11 (36.67%) Data Quality
5 10 (33.33%) Data Governance
5 10 (33.33%) Degree
5 10 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (33.33%) People Management
5 10 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 10 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
6 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (26.67%) AI
7 8 (26.67%) CISM
7 8 (26.67%) CISSP
7 8 (26.67%) CRISC
7 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (26.67%) Data Analytics
7 8 (26.67%) Information Security
7 8 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (23.33%) Change Management
8 7 (23.33%) CISA
8 7 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (23.33%) Data Privacy
8 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
8 7 (23.33%) Machine Learning
9 4 (13.33%) Coaching
9 4 (13.33%) Data Science
9 4 (13.33%) Economics
9 4 (13.33%) GRC

Senior Risk Manager 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 3 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) AWS
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Tableau
General
1 20 (66.67%) Finance
2 16 (53.33%) Marketing
2 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (30.00%) Automotive
5 7 (23.33%) Legal
6 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (10.00%) Financial Institution
8 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (3.33%) Banking
9 1 (3.33%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Algorithms
1 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
1 7 (23.33%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (13.33%) Credit Risk
3 3 (10.00%) Derivative
4 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Analytics
2 14 (46.67%) Decision-Making
2 14 (46.67%) Risk Management
3 13 (43.33%) Creative Thinking
4 10 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 10 (33.33%) People Management
4 10 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 10 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
5 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (26.67%) AI
6 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (26.67%) Data Analytics
6 8 (26.67%) Information Security
6 8 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (23.33%) Change Management
7 7 (23.33%) Data Privacy
7 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
7 7 (23.33%) Machine Learning
8 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) Python
1 4 (13.33%) R
2 3 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (10.00%) VBA
3 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (26.67%) CISM
2 8 (26.67%) CISSP
2 8 (26.67%) CRISC
3 7 (23.33%) CISA
4 3 (10.00%) CFA
4 3 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (36.67%) Data Quality
2 10 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (13.33%) GRC
5 3 (10.00%) GDPR
6 2 (6.67%) NIST
6 2 (6.67%) QA
7 1 (3.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Google
1 1 (3.33%) Salesforce