Risk Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 114 118
Rank change year-on-year +31 +4 +83
Permanent jobs citing Risk Management 3,176 3,101 4,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.20% 3.06% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 3.20% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,486 1,678 2,231
10th Percentile £41,188 £40,401 £40,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,045 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,250 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.43% +4.55% -0.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Risk Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Risk Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Management in the UK

Risk Management
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +55 2,350 £57,250 -0.43% 530
England +15 2,289 £60,000 -7.69% 946
Work from Home +6 848 £60,202 -5.93% 420
Scotland +35 794 £58,500 -16.43% 54
London -2 746 £77,500 -3.13% 455
North of England +76 410 £55,000 -4.35% 136
South East -45 368 £54,000 +2.86% 108
Midlands +46 339 £54,325 -1.23% 90
South West +18 303 £67,500 +12.50% 70
North West +86 237 £53,580 -6.82% 85
West Midlands +22 220 £57,982 +5.42% 51
Yorkshire +45 121 £55,000 -4.86% 34
East Midlands +51 109 £54,000 +6.93% 39
East of England +30 102 £54,000 -10.00% 57
North East +35 52 £55,000 - 18
Wales -7 25 £70,000 +28.35% 21
Northern Ireland +28 7 £57,500 +0.44% 8
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33% 2

Risk Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 310 (9.76%) Apache Spark
2 126 (3.97%) Apache
3 87 (2.74%) SharePoint
4 85 (2.68%) SAS
5 47 (1.48%) FileNet
6 46 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.63%) Camunda
8 15 (0.47%) Confluence
9 14 (0.44%) CMS
9 14 (0.44%) IIS
10 13 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 5 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.16%) WebSphere
12 4 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.13%) Drupal
13 3 (0.094%) Apache Pulsar
14 2 (0.063%) Captiva
14 2 (0.063%) Documentum
14 2 (0.063%) Luigi
Applications
1 187 (5.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 93 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
3 90 (2.83%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 11 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.094%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.063%) Trello
10 1 (0.031%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 78 (2.46%) Primavera
2 20 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.47%) Endur
4 11 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.063%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.063%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.063%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.063%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 1 (0.031%) CA PPM
8 1 (0.031%) Data Workbench
Cloud Services
1 488 (15.37%) AWS
2 232 (7.30%) Azure
3 133 (4.19%) Power Platform
4 99 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
5 96 (3.02%) GCP
6 81 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
7 71 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
8 62 (1.95%) SaaS
9 58 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
9 58 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
9 58 (1.83%) Serverless
10 54 (1.70%) Amazon S3
11 51 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
11 51 (1.61%) Amazon EMR
11 51 (1.61%) Amazon SQS
12 29 (0.91%) GitHub
13 27 (0.85%) BlazeMeter
14 26 (0.82%) Entra ID
15 15 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 100 (3.15%) Firewall
2 46 (1.45%) Network Security
3 36 (1.13%) Internet
4 25 (0.79%) LAN
4 25 (0.79%) VPN
5 22 (0.69%) WAN
6 20 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 16 (0.50%) SAN
8 14 (0.44%) 5G
9 13 (0.41%) PPP
10 12 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.35%) Wireless
12 10 (0.31%) HTTP
12 10 (0.31%) Intranet
13 7 (0.22%) Extranet
14 6 (0.19%) Broadband
14 6 (0.19%) SSL
14 6 (0.19%) VLAN
15 5 (0.16%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 338 (10.64%) NoSQL
2 253 (7.97%) Big Data
3 233 (7.34%) Hadoop
4 115 (3.62%) Power BI
5 106 (3.34%) Apache Hive
6 90 (2.83%) HBase
7 66 (2.08%) Electronic Patient Records
8 52 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
9 51 (1.61%) Tableau
10 48 (1.51%) Data Lake
11 47 (1.48%) Apache Cassandra
12 46 (1.45%) Qlik Sense
13 45 (1.42%) SQL Server
14 34 (1.07%) Relational Database
15 26 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
16 16 (0.50%) Impala
17 14 (0.44%) QlikView
18 12 (0.38%) Metadata
19 9 (0.28%) BigQuery
19 9 (0.28%) Flink
Development Applications
1 149 (4.69%) Jenkins
2 129 (4.06%) JIRA
3 127 (4.00%) Git
4 74 (2.33%) Bitbucket Server
5 67 (2.11%) JUnit
6 32 (1.01%) Maven
7 30 (0.94%) Gradle
8 27 (0.85%) JMeter
9 26 (0.82%) Jasmine
9 26 (0.82%) Mockito
10 20 (0.63%) CircleCI
10 20 (0.63%) Travis CI
11 9 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.28%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.22%) RStudio
13 5 (0.16%) MSTest
13 5 (0.16%) Postman
13 5 (0.16%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 1,692 (53.27%) Finance
2 1,106 (34.82%) Social Skills
3 1,081 (34.04%) Legal
4 948 (29.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 878 (27.64%) Law
6 457 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
7 267 (8.41%) Banking
8 135 (4.25%) Marketing
9 121 (3.81%) Manufacturing
9 121 (3.81%) Retail
10 118 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
11 112 (3.53%) Public Sector
12 104 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
13 78 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
14 61 (1.92%) Telecoms
15 54 (1.70%) Publishing
16 37 (1.16%) Investment Banking
17 36 (1.13%) Police
18 35 (1.10%) Aerospace
19 32 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 719 (22.64%) Software Engineer
2 445 (14.01%) Senior
3 405 (12.75%) Project Manager
4 295 (9.29%) Java Engineer
4 295 (9.29%) Java Software Engineer
5 246 (7.75%) Analyst
6 227 (7.15%) Big Data Engineer
6 227 (7.15%) Big Data Software Engineer
7 205 (6.45%) AWS Engineer
7 205 (6.45%) AWS Software Engineer
7 205 (6.45%) IT Manager
8 185 (5.82%) Senior Manager
9 172 (5.42%) Data Engineer
10 171 (5.38%) Consultant
11 155 (4.88%) Full Stack Engineer
12 153 (4.82%) Lead
13 151 (4.75%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 142 (4.47%) Security Manager
15 125 (3.94%) Security Consultant
16 121 (3.81%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (6.90%) Spring
2 170 (5.35%) React
3 139 (4.38%) Kafka
4 123 (3.87%) AngularJS
5 110 (3.46%) J2EE
6 93 (2.93%) HTML
7 82 (2.58%) Spring Boot
8 79 (2.49%) JMS
9 75 (2.36%) Hibernate
10 71 (2.24%) Node.js
10 71 (2.24%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 70 (2.20%) PySpark
12 66 (2.08%) CSS
13 57 (1.79%) .NET
14 54 (1.70%) jQuery
15 53 (1.67%) XML
16 50 (1.57%) JSON
17 48 (1.51%) GraphQL
18 47 (1.48%) Spring Integration
19 45 (1.42%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 517 (16.28%) Algorithms
2 326 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 210 (6.61%) Onboarding
4 131 (4.12%) Cloud Native
5 129 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
6 113 (3.56%) Credit Risk
7 87 (2.74%) Security Posture
8 86 (2.71%) Operational Technology
9 62 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
10 56 (1.76%) Market Risk
11 52 (1.64%) Data Structures
12 43 (1.35%) Legacy Code
13 42 (1.32%) Cyberattack
14 40 (1.26%) Data Centre
15 37 (1.16%) Product Ownership
16 34 (1.07%) Industrial Internet of Things
17 26 (0.82%) PMI
18 25 (0.79%) IoT
19 23 (0.72%) NHS
20 22 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (3.84%) Unix
2 70 (2.20%) Linux
3 60 (1.89%) Windows
4 23 (0.72%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.44%) Android
5 14 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.19%) zOS
7 5 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.094%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.063%) AIX
10 1 (0.031%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.031%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.031%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.031%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,206 (37.97%) Agile
2 786 (24.75%) Software Engineering
3 774 (24.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 725 (22.83%) CI/CD
5 698 (21.98%) SDLC
6 654 (20.59%) Project Management
7 569 (17.92%) Operational Stability
8 545 (17.16%) Cybersecurity
9 543 (17.10%) Artificial Intelligence
10 536 (16.88%) Machine Learning
10 536 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
11 529 (16.66%) Visualisation
12 488 (15.37%) Decision-Making
13 434 (13.66%) Community of Practice
14 419 (13.19%) Information Security
15 391 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
16 301 (9.48%) Change Management
17 280 (8.82%) Project Delivery
18 252 (7.93%) Coaching
19 246 (7.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 590 (18.58%) Java
1 590 (18.58%) SQL
2 488 (15.37%) Python
3 129 (4.06%) Scala
4 104 (3.27%) PL/SQL
5 85 (2.68%) JavaScript
6 49 (1.54%) TypeScript
7 47 (1.48%) C#
8 41 (1.29%) R
9 26 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 23 (0.72%) PL/1
11 22 (0.69%) Ruby
12 20 (0.63%) PHP
13 15 (0.47%) C++
13 15 (0.47%) Kotlin
14 13 (0.41%) Go
15 9 (0.28%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.22%) Groovy
17 6 (0.19%) Bash
17 6 (0.19%) REXX
Qualifications
1 641 (20.18%) Degree
2 316 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 268 (8.44%) CISSP
4 217 (6.83%) CISM
5 204 (6.42%) SC Cleared
6 148 (4.66%) CRISC
7 106 (3.34%) Master's Degree
8 98 (3.09%) CISA
9 96 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 72 (2.27%) PMI Certification
11 64 (2.02%) CESG Certified Professional
12 58 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 50 (1.57%) ACCA
14 47 (1.48%) PMP
15 34 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
16 30 (0.94%) DV Cleared
17 29 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
18 26 (0.82%) CEH
18 26 (0.82%) CISMP
19 23 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (8.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 226 (7.12%) NIST
3 190 (5.98%) GDPR
4 142 (4.47%) QA
5 128 (4.03%) IFRS
6 125 (3.94%) GRC
7 100 (3.15%) Data Quality
8 89 (2.80%) NCSC
9 85 (2.68%) PMO
10 72 (2.27%) IFRS 9
11 70 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 61 (1.92%) PCI DSS
13 49 (1.54%) JSP 440
14 44 (1.39%) COBIT
15 41 (1.29%) NIST 800
15 41 (1.29%) SLA
16 33 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 30 (0.94%) RMADS
18 27 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 22 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 90 (2.83%) HDFS
2 50 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 44 (1.39%) Docker
4 17 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.19%) Firmware
6 6 (0.19%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.094%) ACF2
9 3 (0.094%) RACF
9 3 (0.094%) vSphere
10 2 (0.063%) IAG
11 1 (0.031%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.031%) Job Entry Subsystem
11 1 (0.031%) LXC
11 1 (0.031%) Microcode
11 1 (0.031%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 154 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 90 (2.83%) Terraform
3 14 (0.44%) SCOM
4 10 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (0.31%) Nessus
5 9 (0.28%) Grafana
6 7 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (0.19%) Ansible
8 5 (0.16%) CASB
8 5 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
8 5 (0.16%) OMEGAMON
9 3 (0.094%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.094%) Kibana
9 3 (0.094%) Puppet
9 3 (0.094%) SCCM
10 2 (0.063%) QRadar
11 1 (0.031%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.031%) OfficeScan
11 1 (0.031%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.031%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 362 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 160 (5.04%) Databricks
3 136 (4.28%) Oracle
4 83 (2.61%) Informatica
5 61 (1.92%) Alteryx
6 60 (1.89%) Cloudera
7 51 (1.61%) CA
8 40 (1.26%) SAP
9 39 (1.23%) Google
10 31 (0.98%) ServiceNow
10 31 (0.98%) VMware
11 27 (0.85%) Cisco
12 26 (0.82%) Pega
13 23 (0.72%) IFS
13 23 (0.72%) Workday
14 20 (0.63%) Splunk
15 18 (0.57%) IBM
16 17 (0.54%) Qualys
17 14 (0.44%) Veeam
18 13 (0.41%) OpenLink