Risk Analysis Jobs

Risk Analysis
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Risk Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Analysis over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 638 820
Rank change year-on-year -58 +182 -110
Permanent jobs citing Risk Analysis 214 328 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.35% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.36% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 137 175 248
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £40,853
25th Percentile £42,300 £49,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +12.61%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £89,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £112,500 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,250 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.95% +5.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Risk Analysis 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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Risk Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Risk Analysis over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Risk Analysis in the UK

Risk Analysis
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 -46 202 £60,000 -14.29% 88
UK excluding London -44 151 £58,250 +10.95% 47
Work from Home +3 75 £60,000 -14.29% 31
London +50 54 £72,500 -3.33% 41
South East -23 41 £42,300 -19.43% 17
North of England +37 39 £67,500 +68.75% 10
Midlands +15 39 £38,750 -12.74% 7
Yorkshire +61 29 £70,000 +75.00% 3
South West -14 23 £45,000 -47.06% 3
West Midlands -1 21 £38,750 -29.55% 4
East Midlands -3 18 £43,500 +28.66% 3
North West +1 9 £59,000 +31.11% 6
East of England -28 4 £65,000 - 8
Wales -1 3 £62,500 +78.57% 1
Scotland -65 2 - - 4
North East - 1 £65,000 - 1

Risk Analysis
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 9 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.34%) Office Communications Server
2 5 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) IIS
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (10.28%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (9.81%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.93%) Trello
6 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Primavera
1 3 (1.40%) Sage 200
1 3 (1.40%) Sage 300 ERP
2 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Postilion
3 1 (0.47%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 43 (20.09%) Azure
2 10 (4.67%) AWS
3 8 (3.74%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.40%) GCP
6 3 (1.40%) GitHub
6 3 (1.40%) PaaS
6 3 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (0.93%) IaaS
7 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.93%) OCI
7 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.93%) SaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 40 (18.69%) Firewall
2 22 (10.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (6.07%) Network Security
4 8 (3.74%) Wireshark
5 3 (1.40%) LAN
5 3 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.93%) DNS
6 2 (0.93%) Extranet
6 2 (0.93%) Intranet
7 1 (0.47%) ATM
7 1 (0.47%) DKIM
7 1 (0.47%) DMARC
7 1 (0.47%) VPN
7 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.74%) Power BI
2 4 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.87%) DTS
2 4 (1.87%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.93%) MySQL
4 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.27%) JIRA
2 3 (1.40%) Git
3 2 (0.93%) GitLab
3 2 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.47%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 69 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.23%) Finance
3 36 (16.82%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.55%) Manufacturing
5 27 (12.62%) Legal
6 25 (11.68%) Law
7 21 (9.81%) Public Sector
8 18 (8.41%) Retail
9 16 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (4.21%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.80%) Games
12 6 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.80%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.87%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.87%) Aviation
13 4 (1.87%) Back Office
13 4 (1.87%) Local Government
14 3 (1.40%) Banking
14 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (21.50%) Analyst
2 40 (18.69%) Project Manager
3 32 (14.95%) Lead
4 23 (10.75%) Senior
5 21 (9.81%) Project Controller
6 19 (8.88%) Team Leader
7 14 (6.54%) Architect
7 14 (6.54%) Penetration Tester
7 14 (6.54%) Tester
8 13 (6.07%) Security Analyst
9 12 (5.61%) Business Analyst
9 12 (5.61%) Consultant
10 10 (4.67%) Risk Analyst
10 10 (4.67%) Security Consultant
10 10 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 9 (4.21%) IT Analyst
11 9 (4.21%) Security Penetration Tester
11 9 (4.21%) Security Tester
12 7 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.34%) XML
2 3 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.93%) .NET
3 2 (0.93%) XSLT
4 1 (0.47%) CSS
4 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) RESTful
4 1 (0.47%) SAML
4 1 (0.47%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 38 (17.76%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.48%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (6.07%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.67%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.21%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.34%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.34%) FMCG
7 5 (2.34%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.40%) PMI
9 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.93%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.93%) Device Driver
9 2 (0.93%) EPoS
9 2 (0.93%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.74%) Windows
2 7 (3.27%) Linux
3 5 (2.34%) Unix
4 4 (1.87%) AIX
5 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.71%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (29.44%) Project Management
3 52 (24.30%) Incident Response
4 43 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (17.76%) Project Delivery
6 36 (16.82%) SIEM
7 32 (14.95%) ITIL
8 29 (13.55%) Project Planning
8 29 (13.55%) Risk Management
9 27 (12.62%) Change Management
9 27 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (12.62%) Line Management
10 26 (12.15%) Information Security
10 26 (12.15%) Migration
11 23 (10.75%) Computer Science
12 22 (10.28%) Earned Value Management
12 22 (10.28%) Penetration Testing
13 20 (9.35%) Agile
13 20 (9.35%) Decision-Making
13 20 (9.35%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.61%) SQL
2 10 (4.67%) Python
3 4 (1.87%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.40%) Bash
4 3 (1.40%) Java
5 2 (0.93%) C
5 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.93%) VBA
6 1 (0.47%) C++
6 1 (0.47%) Go
6 1 (0.47%) R
6 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (21.03%) Degree
2 23 (10.75%) CISSP
3 21 (9.81%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.94%) SC Cleared
5 14 (6.54%) OSCP
6 13 (6.07%) CISM
7 11 (5.14%) CRISC
8 10 (4.67%) CHECK Team Member
8 10 (4.67%) SANS
9 9 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (3.27%) CISA
10 7 (3.27%) PMI Certification
11 6 (2.80%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.34%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.34%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.34%) CEH
13 4 (1.87%) CCNA
13 4 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.81%) PCI DSS
2 18 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.94%) NIST
4 12 (5.61%) GDPR
5 11 (5.14%) NCSC
6 9 (4.21%) GRC
7 8 (3.74%) COBIT
8 6 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.80%) QA
9 5 (2.34%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.40%) JSP 440
10 3 (1.40%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.93%) ECSS
11 2 (0.93%) GLBA
11 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.93%) SLA
12 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.47%) HAZOP
12 1 (0.47%) RMADS
System Software
1 4 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.93%) Docker
2 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (4.67%) CSIRT
2 3 (1.40%) Terraform
3 2 (0.93%) Ansible
3 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (24.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.80%) Qualys
2 6 (2.80%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.34%) Cisco
3 5 (2.34%) Dell
4 4 (1.87%) LogRhythm
4 4 (1.87%) Oracle
4 4 (1.87%) VMware
5 3 (1.40%) McAfee
5 3 (1.40%) Sage
6 2 (0.93%) ArcSight
6 2 (0.93%) Citrix
6 2 (0.93%) HP
6 2 (0.93%) Murex
6 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.93%) Sophos
6 2 (0.93%) Splunk
6 2 (0.93%) Sun
6 2 (0.93%) Sybase
6 2 (0.93%) Tripwire