Risk Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Risk Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 692 665 802
Rank change year-on-year -27 +137 -143
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Manager 83 89 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.15% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 68 63 33
10th Percentile £46,750 £52,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,595 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,526 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +0.04% +8.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £102,129 £75,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -3.23% +10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Risk Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Risk Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Manager in the UK excluding London

Risk Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Midlands +14 33 £65,000 +6.12% 7
West Midlands +20 24 £65,000 +6.12% 1
North of England +22 15 £72,500 +31.72% 17
South East +12 15 £58,750 +4.36% 7
East Midlands - 9 £55,000 - 6
Yorkshire +57 7 £75,000 +36.26% 10
South West -32 6 £58,000 -2.56% 2
Scotland -64 6 £62,500 +5.00% 10
Wales - 6 £40,553 -
North West 0 5 £72,500 +21.80% 6
North East -4 3 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East of England -5 2 £62,500 +13.64% 5
Risk Manager
UK

Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Risk Manager in the job title.

1 53 (63.86%) Risk Management
2 35 (42.17%) Finance
3 16 (19.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (18.07%) Law
4 15 (18.07%) Remediation Plan
5 14 (16.87%) IT Audit
6 12 (14.46%) ITGC
6 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
7 11 (13.25%) Information Security
7 11 (13.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (13.25%) Process Improvement
8 10 (12.05%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (12.05%) Risk Register
9 9 (10.84%) GRC
9 9 (10.84%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (10.84%) Legal
9 9 (10.84%) Agile
10 8 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (8.43%) Business Continuity
11 7 (8.43%) Project Management
12 6 (7.23%) Service Delivery
12 6 (7.23%) NIST
12 6 (7.23%) Police
12 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
13 5 (6.02%) Azure
13 5 (6.02%) AWS
13 5 (6.02%) CISM
13 5 (6.02%) CISSP

Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.02%) AWS
2 5 (6.02%) Azure
3 4 (4.82%) SaaS
4 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Metadata
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
General
1 35 (42.17%) Finance
2 15 (18.07%) Law
3 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
4 9 (10.84%) Legal
5 6 (7.23%) Police
6 5 (6.02%) Banking
6 5 (6.02%) Marketing
6 5 (6.02%) Retail
7 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Local Government
9 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.82%) Public Cloud
2 4 (4.82%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Windows
1 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (63.86%) Risk Management
2 15 (18.07%) Remediation Plan
3 14 (16.87%) IT Audit
4 11 (13.25%) Information Security
4 11 (13.25%) Process Improvement
5 10 (12.05%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (12.05%) Risk Register
6 9 (10.84%) Agile
6 9 (10.84%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (8.43%) Business Continuity
7 7 (8.43%) Project Management
8 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.23%) Service Delivery
9 5 (6.02%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (6.02%) Roadmaps
10 4 (4.82%) BCP
10 4 (4.82%) Customer Service
10 4 (4.82%) Data Security
10 4 (4.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (4.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 5 (6.02%) CISM
1 5 (6.02%) CISSP
1 5 (6.02%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.82%) CRISC
3 3 (3.61%) Degree
3 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (1.20%) CISA
4 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (14.46%) ITGC
3 11 (13.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (10.84%) GRC
5 7 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (7.23%) NIST
7 5 (6.02%) ISO 9001
8 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (4.82%) GDPR
8 4 (4.82%) SOC 2
9 3 (3.61%) COBIT
9 3 (3.61%) PCI DSS
10 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (2.41%) NCSC
10 2 (2.41%) PMO
10 2 (2.41%) QA
11 1 (1.20%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.20%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (1.20%) Cadence
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft