Risk Assessment Job Trends in the West Midlands

Risk Assessment
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Risk Assessment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 183 170
Rank change year-on-year +24 -13 +52
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 15 15 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.28% 0.36% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.40% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 14
10th Percentile £35,250 £44,725 £34,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £59,980 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,543 £68,231 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.72% +4.97% +18.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,800 £80,000 £84,625
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +26.13% -20.71% +10.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Risk Assessment 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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,323 3,783 3,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.09% 91.51% 87.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,682 2,769
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Risk Assessment relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Risk Assessment job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Risk Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Risk Assessment in the West Midlands

Risk Assessment
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Birmingham +26 7 £40,118 -42.12% 1
Herefordshire - 5 £62,500 -
Staffordshire -6 3 - - 3
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Information Security Manager
2 4 (26.67%) IT Security Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Security Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Administrator
4 2 (13.33%) Compliance Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Manager
4 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) IT Compliance Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Head of Data Science
5 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (60.00%) Information Security
2 6 (40.00%) Information Security Management
3 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (33.33%) Document Management
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Security Management
4 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
5 3 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
6 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
6 2 (13.33%) Product Management
6 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 1 (6.67%) AI
7 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) Mathematics
7 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) CISM
1 8 (53.33%) CISSP
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) CITP
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) CISMP
4 1 (6.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (66.67%) NIST
3 8 (53.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (13.33%) GRC
5 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
5 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (6.67%) ISO 22301
6 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Cognos
2 3 (20.00%) SAP