Risk Management Job Trends in Wales

Risk Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Risk Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 28 94
Rank change year-on-year -51 +66 -4
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 32 38 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.40% 5.55% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 6.62% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 25 10 12
10th Percentile £48,065 £44,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £61,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.37% -23.44% +69.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £78,800 £75,510 -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -3.33% +23.36% -8.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Risk Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,477 574 1,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 64.67% 83.80% 70.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,072 402 1,129
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,949 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +13.22% -
75th Percentile £65,188 £66,211 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,613 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.72%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Risk Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Risk Management
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Risk Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Risk Management

Risk Management
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management in Wales over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in Wales

Risk Management
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
South Wales -41 21 £72,500 +11.54% 5
West Wales -35 11 £70,000 - 1
Risk Management
UK

Risk Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 (9.38%) Confluence
1 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.25%) Serverless
4 1 (3.13%) Google Sheets
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) LAN
1 4 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Looker
2 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
General
1 17 (53.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 17 (53.13%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Public Sector
3 8 (25.00%) Finance
4 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Advertising
5 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 4 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Retail
7 1 (3.13%) Banking
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Law
7 1 (3.13%) Legal
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 8 (25.00%) Senior
2 6 (18.75%) Senior Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Senior IT Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Technology Director
4 3 (9.38%) Security Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Data Scientist
5 2 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.25%) IT Programme Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 2 (6.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (15.63%) Security Posture
3 4 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 4 (12.50%) SCADA
4 3 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (6.25%) Cloud Native
5 2 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (6.25%) Mainframe
5 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
1 4 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.13%) Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (43.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (37.50%) Agile
3 12 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (31.25%) Project Delivery
4 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (28.13%) PRINCE2
6 7 (21.88%) Analytics
6 7 (21.88%) Information Security
6 7 (21.88%) Roadmaps
7 6 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (18.75%) Waterfall
8 5 (15.63%) Computer Science
8 5 (15.63%) DevOps
8 5 (15.63%) Information Governance
8 5 (15.63%) Service Delivery
8 5 (15.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Python
1 3 (9.38%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) CISSP
1 7 (21.88%) Degree
2 5 (15.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (12.50%) CISM
3 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 2 (6.25%) PMP
6 1 (3.13%) CRISC
6 1 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.63%) NIST
3 4 (12.50%) GRC
4 3 (9.38%) GDPR
5 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.13%) COBIT
6 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 4 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow