IT Risk Manager
UK

The median IT Risk Manager salary in the UK is £61,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 957 1223
Rank change year-on-year +106 +266 -313
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Risk Manager 45 18 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.018% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.020% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 40 16 8
10th Percentile £47,375 £43,608 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,420 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,250 £71,938
90th Percentile £68,500 £86,250 £86,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +11.36% -6.38% +6.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Risk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Risk Manager in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Risk Manager.

Salary trend for IT Risk Manager in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Risk Manager over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Risk Manager in the UK

IT Risk Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Risk Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +18 42 £61,250 +11.36% 7
England +103 40 £60,000 - 8
Midlands +22 22 £65,000 +40.57% 2
West Midlands +17 16 £65,000 +40.57%
Work from Home +79 10 £51,250 -14.58% 4
South East - 10 £57,500 - 3
East Midlands - 6 £60,000 - 2
London +123 3 £80,000 +17.65% 1
Yorkshire +90 3 £75,000 +36.36% 2
North of England +35 3 £75,000 +20.97% 2
Wales - 3 - -
East of England +3 2 £62,500 +13.64%
Scotland - 2 £62,500 -

IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, IT 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 featuring IT Risk Manager in the job title.

1 29 (64.44%) Risk Management
2 18 (40.00%) Finance
3 15 (33.33%) IT Audit
3 15 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
4 12 (26.67%) ITGC
4 12 (26.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (24.44%) Law
5 11 (24.44%) Process Improvement
6 7 (15.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (13.33%) Azure
7 6 (13.33%) Service Delivery
7 6 (13.33%) CISM
7 6 (13.33%) CISSP
7 6 (13.33%) GRC
8 5 (11.11%) Retail
8 5 (11.11%) COBIT
8 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (11.11%) CRISC
9 4 (8.89%) Business Continuity Planning
9 4 (8.89%) Degree
9 4 (8.89%) Information Security
9 4 (8.89%) Business Continuity
9 4 (8.89%) BCP
9 4 (8.89%) Windows
9 4 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
9 4 (8.89%) Risk Register
9 4 (8.89%) Internal Audit
10 3 (6.67%) Police
10 3 (6.67%) Impact Assessments

IT Risk Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) Azure
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.22%) AWS
3 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (2.22%) Firewall
1 1 (2.22%) Network Security
General
1 18 (40.00%) Finance
2 11 (24.44%) Law
3 5 (11.11%) Retail
4 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Police
6 2 (4.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.22%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.22%) PKI
1 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
1 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (2.22%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.89%) Windows
2 3 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (64.44%) Risk Management
2 15 (33.33%) IT Audit
2 15 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 11 (24.44%) Process Improvement
4 6 (13.33%) Service Delivery
5 4 (8.89%) BCP
5 4 (8.89%) Business Continuity
5 4 (8.89%) Business Continuity Planning
5 4 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (8.89%) Information Security
5 4 (8.89%) Internal Audit
5 4 (8.89%) Risk Register
6 3 (6.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (6.67%) Data Protection
6 3 (6.67%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (6.67%) IT Governance
7 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (4.44%) Project Management
8 1 (2.22%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) CISM
1 6 (13.33%) CISSP
2 5 (11.11%) CRISC
3 4 (8.89%) Degree
4 1 (2.22%) CIMA
4 1 (2.22%) CISA
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) FFIEC
4 1 (2.22%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.67%) ITGC
1 12 (26.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (15.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (13.33%) GRC
4 5 (11.11%) COBIT
5 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (6.67%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.44%) NIST
7 1 (2.22%) AIFMD
7 1 (2.22%) COSO
7 1 (2.22%) GDPR
7 1 (2.22%) PSD2
Vendors
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft