Risk Officer
UK

The median Risk Officer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 957 1197
Rank change year-on-year +72 +240 -285
Permanent jobs requiring a Risk Officer 22 3 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.003% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.003% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 27
10th Percentile - £29,500 £33,950
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £63,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.60% +48.24% -51.43%
75th Percentile £48,750 £67,125 £50,625
90th Percentile £61,000 £68,100 £69,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +38.46% -62.86%

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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Risk Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Officer in the UK

Risk Officer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Officer in the UK

Risk Officer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Officer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Officer in the UK

Risk Officer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +89 18 £47,500 -24.60% 6
UK excluding London +14 18 £47,500 +5.56% 2
South East +10 15 £47,500 -29.63% 1
Work from Home +72 9 £47,500 +5.56%
London +102 3 £97,500 +54.76% 4
Scotland - 3 - -

Risk Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Risk Officer 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 Risk Officer in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 13 (59.09%) Risk Management
2 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
3 11 (50.00%) Degree
4 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (36.36%) CRISC
4 8 (36.36%) Proactive Management
4 8 (36.36%) Conflict Management
5 3 (13.64%) Data Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) Master Data Management
5 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Data Modelling
5 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) Data Architecture
5 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
5 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (9.09%) COBIT
6 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
7 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.55%) Risk Register
7 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (4.55%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (4.55%) Internal Audit
7 1 (4.55%) Contingency Planning
7 1 (4.55%) GDPR
7 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials

Risk Officer 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:

Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
General
1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
3 8 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Risk Management
2 8 (36.36%) Conflict Management
2 8 (36.36%) Proactive Management
2 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (13.64%) Data Architecture
3 3 (13.64%) Data Engineering
3 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
3 3 (13.64%) Data Modelling
3 3 (13.64%) Master Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (4.55%) Business Continuity
4 1 (4.55%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.55%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (4.55%) Information Security
4 1 (4.55%) Internal Audit
4 1 (4.55%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.55%) Risk Register
4 1 (4.55%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 8 (36.36%) CRISC
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) CEH
4 1 (4.55%) CISM
4 1 (4.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) COBIT
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow