Risk Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Risk Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Risk Manager salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 235 256
Rank change year-on-year +79 +21 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 41 23 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.94% 0.31% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 0.33% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4 22 12
10th Percentile £54,750 - £43,150
25th Percentile £58,125 £62,500 £44,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile £62,813 £70,000 £66,625
90th Percentile £67,875 £72,500 £68,650
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -15.63% +3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,968 6,948 5,767
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.16% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,798 5,218 3,277
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the West Midlands

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the West Midlands

Risk Manager
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 Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Birmingham +67 37 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Wolverhampton - 2 £67,500 -
Staffordshire - 1 - - 2
Coventry - 1 - -
Risk Manager
England

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Risk Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 38 (92.68%) Risk Management
1 38 (92.68%) Finance
2 27 (65.85%) Blockchain
3 25 (60.98%) Creative Thinking
3 25 (60.98%) Artificial Intelligence
4 24 (58.54%) IT Governance
4 24 (58.54%) ITGC
5 23 (56.10%) Data Analytics
5 23 (56.10%) Analytics
5 23 (56.10%) Mentoring
5 23 (56.10%) Coaching
5 23 (56.10%) Robotic Process Automation
5 23 (56.10%) Retail
5 23 (56.10%) Robotics
5 23 (56.10%) Agile
5 23 (56.10%) Telecoms
6 21 (51.22%) Marketing
6 21 (51.22%) People Management
6 21 (51.22%) Project Delivery
7 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
8 11 (26.83%) Financial Institution
9 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (17.07%) Test Strategy
10 7 (17.07%) Line Management
10 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (17.07%) Credit Risk
10 7 (17.07%) Avaloq
11 4 (9.76%) Hedge funds
11 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 38 (92.68%) Finance
2 23 (56.10%) Retail
2 23 (56.10%) Telecoms
3 21 (51.22%) Marketing
4 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
5 11 (26.83%) Financial Institution
6 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (9.76%) Law
7 4 (9.76%) Legal
7 4 (9.76%) Prime Brokerage
8 1 (2.44%) Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 27 (65.85%) Blockchain
2 23 (56.10%) Robotics
3 7 (17.07%) Credit Risk
4 4 (9.76%) Derivative
4 4 (9.76%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (92.68%) Risk Management
2 25 (60.98%) Artificial Intelligence
2 25 (60.98%) Creative Thinking
3 24 (58.54%) IT Governance
4 23 (56.10%) Agile
4 23 (56.10%) Analytics
4 23 (56.10%) Coaching
4 23 (56.10%) Data Analytics
4 23 (56.10%) Mentoring
4 23 (56.10%) Robotic Process Automation
5 21 (51.22%) People Management
5 21 (51.22%) Project Delivery
6 7 (17.07%) Line Management
6 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (17.07%) Test Strategy
7 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (9.76%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (9.76%) Rehypothecation
7 4 (9.76%) Stress Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (4.88%) CRISC
2 1 (2.44%) CISA
2 1 (2.44%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (58.54%) ITGC
2 4 (9.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 4 (9.76%) GDPR
3 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.44%) COBIT
4 1 (2.44%) GRC
4 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Avaloq