Risk Salary
Guide 2025

Strategic insights for hiring and career planning in risk management

The risk management landscape continues to evolve, driven by regulatory shifts, economic uncertainty, and the increasing importance of operational resilience. Understanding salary trends and hiring dynamics is essential for businesses seeking top talent and professionals looking to advance their careers.

Our Risk Salary Guide 2025 provides data-driven insights into compensation trends, hiring activity, and market developments across corporate and investment banking, fintech, asset management, and hedge funds. Whether you are making strategic hiring decisions or evaluating your next career move, this guide serves as a critical reference point.

What you will gain from this guide?

Our research, based on direct engagement with hiring managers and risk professionals, highlights key developments shaping the industry in 2025.

Comprehensive salary data: Benchmark compensation for key risk roles across financial services, from Analyst to Managing Director.
Hiring trends and market shifts: Understand where demand is increasing and which skills are most valued in today’s market.
Expert industry insights: Gain perspective from Pure Search’s specialist recruitment team on the evolving role of risk management in financial services.

Pure Search has over 20 years of experience placing top-tier risk professionals within global financial institutions. Our expertise and industry knowledge provide unmatched insight into hiring trends, salary benchmarks, and career progression within risk management.

We work with the world’s leading financial institutions including investment banks, hedge funds, fintech firms, and asset managers.
Our insights are based on real-world data drawn from placements, industry research, and direct engagement with hiring managers and candidates.
We advise professionals at every stage of their careers from Analysts looking for their next opportunity to Managing Directors building high-performing teams.

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Meet the team

Julian Doyle

Managing Director

Julian is a Managing Director at Pure Search, where he oversees Audit, Risk, Compliance, and In-House Legal.

James Baker

Director

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