Senior Risk Analyst Jobs

Senior Risk Analyst
UK

The median Senior Risk Analyst salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 891 846 1211
Rank change year-on-year -45 +365 -260
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Risk Analyst 31 99 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.11% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.12% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 17 28 37
10th Percentile £37,850 £37,885 £44,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,354 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,139 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.64% -49.86% +66.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 -
90th Percentile £89,700 £85,000 £118,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £50,139 £100,000
% change year-on-year -14.24% -49.86% +110.53%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Senior Risk Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Risk Analyst in the UK

Senior Risk Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Risk Analyst in the UK

Senior Risk Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Risk Analyst over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Risk Analyst in the UK

Senior Risk Analyst
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Risk Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -25 30 £65,000 +29.64% 12
London +44 17 £67,500 -3.57% 8
UK excluding London -101 14 £43,000 -14.24% 5
Work from Home +33 11 £55,000 -21.43% 5
North of England +22 9 £31,000 -38.17% 1
Yorkshire +58 4 £63,500 +26.65% 1
North West -6 4 £31,000 -38.17%
Midlands -30 3 £55,000 -
West Midlands -9 2 £55,000 -
East Midlands -33 1 - -
South West -39 1 - -
Scotland -67 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - -

Senior Risk Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Senior Risk Analyst 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 Senior Risk Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (61.29%) Risk Management
2 18 (58.06%) Finance
3 17 (54.84%) Credit Risk
4 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
5 13 (41.94%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (41.94%) Data Analysis
5 13 (41.94%) SQL
6 12 (38.71%) Legal
7 11 (35.48%) SAS
7 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
7 11 (35.48%) Customer Experience
7 11 (35.48%) Credit Risk Management
8 10 (32.26%) Regulatory Compliance
8 10 (32.26%) Proactive Management
8 10 (32.26%) Customer Service
8 10 (32.26%) Technical Analysis
8 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (22.58%) NIST
10 6 (19.35%) Degree
11 5 (16.13%) Information Security
11 5 (16.13%) CISSP
11 5 (16.13%) CISA
11 5 (16.13%) CISM
11 5 (16.13%) Front Office
11 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
12 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
12 4 (12.90%) Power BI
12 4 (12.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (12.90%) Market Risk

Senior Risk Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (35.48%) SAS
2 1 (3.23%) Jupyter
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Firewall
1 1 (3.23%) LAN
1 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 18 (58.06%) Finance
2 16 (51.61%) Social Skills
3 13 (41.94%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (38.71%) Legal
5 5 (16.13%) Front Office
6 2 (6.45%) Banking
6 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) .NET
1 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.23%) HTML
1 1 (3.23%) JSON
1 1 (3.23%) JSP
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) Servlets
1 1 (3.23%) SOAP
1 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (54.84%) Credit Risk
2 4 (12.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (12.90%) Market Risk
2 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.68%) Product Ownership
3 3 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.23%) SCADA
4 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Risk Management
2 13 (41.94%) Data Analysis
3 11 (35.48%) Credit Risk Management
3 11 (35.48%) Customer Experience
4 10 (32.26%) Customer Service
4 10 (32.26%) Proactive Management
4 10 (32.26%) Regulatory Compliance
4 10 (32.26%) Technical Analysis
5 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
5 5 (16.13%) Information Security
6 3 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (9.68%) E-Commerce
6 3 (9.68%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (9.68%) Information Security Management
6 3 (9.68%) Internal Audit
6 3 (9.68%) Password Management
6 3 (9.68%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.68%) Security Management
6 3 (9.68%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) SQL
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) VBA
4 1 (3.23%) C#
4 1 (3.23%) Java
4 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) CISA
2 5 (16.13%) CISM
2 5 (16.13%) CISSP
3 3 (9.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (6.45%) CRISC
5 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.23%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) NIST
2 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (9.68%) COBIT
4 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Dataiku
2 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.23%) Rapid7