Risk Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Risk Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Risk Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £64,627 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 430 538 596
Rank change year-on-year +108 +58 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 17 48 71
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.098% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 29 38
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £52,111
25th Percentile £60,686 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £71,875 £77,500 £96,392
90th Percentile £73,750 £111,250 £96,857
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% -16.13% +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,896 32,441 39,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 95.98% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9,943 24,914 28,116
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,127 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

Risk Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Risk Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Risk Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Risk Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Risk Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security
3 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
4 5 (29.41%) Credit Risk
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
5 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
5 4 (23.53%) CISSP
5 4 (23.53%) CISA
5 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
5 4 (23.53%) Retail
5 4 (23.53%) Data Management
5 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) Information Assurance
5 4 (23.53%) GDPR
5 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
5 4 (23.53%) Operational Technology
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
6 3 (17.65%) Cost Reduction
6 3 (17.65%) Data Science
6 3 (17.65%) Commercial Awareness
6 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
6 3 (17.65%) Finance
7 2 (11.76%) SAS
7 2 (11.76%) Banking
7 2 (11.76%) Coaching
7 2 (11.76%) Analytics
7 2 (11.76%) GRC
8 1 (5.88%) Social Skills

Risk Manager Skill Set
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 2 (11.76%) SAS
General
1 4 (23.53%) Retail
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Credit Risk
2 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 4 (23.53%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security
3 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
4 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
4 4 (23.53%) Data Management
4 4 (23.53%) Information Assurance
5 3 (17.65%) Commercial Awareness
5 3 (17.65%) Cost Reduction
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
5 3 (17.65%) Data Science
6 2 (11.76%) Analytics
6 2 (11.76%) Coaching
7 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk Analytics
7 1 (5.88%) Culture Change
7 1 (5.88%) Information Governance
7 1 (5.88%) Risk Register
7 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
7 1 (5.88%) Threat Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) CISA
2 4 (23.53%) CISSP
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (23.53%) GDPR
2 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (11.76%) GRC
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) NEC