Risk Assessment Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Risk Assessment
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 446 470
Rank change year-on-year +93 +24 +168
Permanent jobs citing Risk Assessment 106 132 198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.39% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.43% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 61 118 132
10th Percentile £25,313 £42,500 £50,737
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,568 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £74,589
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -19.56% +33.19%
75th Percentile £86,776 £81,786 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £51,645 £63,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -18.99% -5.56% +22.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,886 30,803 39,731
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.21% 91.37% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,670 23,360 27,643
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Risk Assessment
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Risk Assessment trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Risk Assessment
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Risk Assessment.

Risk Assessment salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Assessment
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Risk Assessment salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (19.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.72%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.89%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.94%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Autodesk Inventor
1 2 (1.89%) CATIA
1 2 (1.89%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.94%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.94%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.60%) Azure
1 7 (6.60%) Entra ID
2 6 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (3.77%) AWS
4 4 (3.77%) SaaS
5 1 (0.94%) GCP
5 1 (0.94%) IaaS
5 1 (0.94%) PaaS
5 1 (0.94%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.09%) Network Security
2 3 (2.83%) Firewall
3 2 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.94%) DNS
4 1 (0.94%) IPv4
4 1 (0.94%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.94%) JIRA
General
1 35 (33.02%) Social Skills
2 31 (29.25%) Finance
3 21 (19.81%) German Language
3 21 (19.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (12.26%) Banking
5 9 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.49%) Legal
6 8 (7.55%) Manufacturing
7 7 (6.60%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (5.66%) Retail
9 5 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.77%) Police
10 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
10 4 (3.77%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.89%) Law
11 2 (1.89%) Marketing
12 1 (0.94%) Advertising
12 1 (0.94%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Security Specialist
2 21 (19.81%) Information Security Specialist
2 21 (19.81%) Information Specialist
3 17 (16.04%) Analyst
4 10 (9.43%) Architect
4 10 (9.43%) Security Architect
4 10 (9.43%) Senior
5 9 (8.49%) Risk Analyst
5 9 (8.49%) Technologist
6 7 (6.60%) Consultant
6 7 (6.60%) IT Analyst
6 7 (6.60%) Principal Architect
6 7 (6.60%) Principal Security Architect
7 6 (5.66%) IT Risk Analyst
7 6 (5.66%) Principal Consultant
7 6 (5.66%) Security Analyst
8 5 (4.72%) Lead
9 4 (3.77%) Network Operations Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (3.77%) Technical Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (19.81%) SailPoint
2 4 (3.77%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (47.17%) Management Information System
2 21 (19.81%) Virtual Team
3 9 (8.49%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.66%) Taxonomies
5 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Licensing
5 5 (4.72%) NHS
6 2 (1.89%) 3D Printing
6 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.89%) LIMS
6 2 (1.89%) Robotics
7 1 (0.94%) Animation
7 1 (0.94%) Blog
7 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.94%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.94%) Photography
7 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (62.26%) Risk Management
2 60 (56.60%) Information Security
3 40 (37.74%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (24.53%) Mentoring
5 24 (22.64%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (19.81%) Identity Access Management
6 21 (19.81%) Identity Management
6 21 (19.81%) Line Management
7 15 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (13.21%) Risk Register
8 14 (13.21%) Security Architecture
8 14 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.26%) Decision-Making
9 13 (12.26%) Incident Management
9 13 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (11.32%) Information Security Management
10 12 (11.32%) Security Management
11 11 (10.38%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (10.38%) Risk Analysis
12 9 (8.49%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.81%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.89%) Python
3 1 (0.94%) Java
3 1 (0.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (47.17%) Degree
2 17 (16.04%) Security Cleared
3 13 (12.26%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.49%) CISSP
4 9 (8.49%) Master's Degree
5 8 (7.55%) CISM
5 8 (7.55%) DV Cleared
6 7 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.72%) CISMP
8 4 (3.77%) CESG Certified Professional
8 4 (3.77%) CRISC
9 3 (2.83%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (2.83%) HNC
9 3 (2.83%) HND
10 2 (1.89%) IISP
10 2 (1.89%) SANS
11 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.94%) CISA
11 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.94%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (21.70%) NIST
3 7 (6.60%) GRC
3 7 (6.60%) NCSC
3 7 (6.60%) QA
4 6 (5.66%) COBIT
4 6 (5.66%) SOC 2
5 5 (4.72%) NIST 800
6 4 (3.77%) SOC 1
7 3 (2.83%) GDPR
8 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.94%) PMO
8 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (27.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.77%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.89%) Terraform
3 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (19.81%) Okta
1 21 (19.81%) Salesforce
2 11 (10.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.83%) NEC
4 2 (1.89%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.94%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco
5 1 (0.94%) OneTrust
5 1 (0.94%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.94%) Siemens
5 1 (0.94%) Tenable