Threat and Vulnerability Management Jobs

Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Threat and Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat and Vulnerability Management 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 810 802 1149
Rank change year-on-year -8 +347 -303
Permanent jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management 97 145 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.15% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.16% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 72 87 92
10th Percentile £36,420 £44,118 £36,972
25th Percentile £49,063 £45,000 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.47% -3.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £101,250 £73,750 £94,063
90th Percentile £105,000 £97,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat and Vulnerability 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 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%

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Threat and Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management.

Salary trend for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management 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 -5 91 £80,000 +28.00% 21
London +121 59 £87,500 +20.69% 12
UK excluding London -76 33 £55,000 +4.76% 9
Work from Home +1 30 £55,000 -15.38% 5
Midlands -4 11 £36,300 -20.40% 1
West Midlands -4 11 £36,300 -29.10% 1
South East -43 10 £87,500 +66.67% 3
North of England +26 6 £53,500 +18.89% 4
North West -3 3 £52,000 +18.86% 3
South West -31 3 £41,206 -
Scotland - 3 £135,000 - 1
Yorkshire +54 2 £66,959 +48.80% 1
North East - 1 £42,500 -

Threat and Vulnerability 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 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (46.39%) Azure
2 39 (40.21%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (21.65%) AWS
4 13 (13.40%) GCP
5 9 (9.28%) Power Platform
6 6 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (5.15%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.06%) SaaS
10 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 46 (47.42%) Firewall
2 23 (23.71%) Network Security
3 14 (14.43%) DNS
4 11 (11.34%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (7.22%) Internet
5 7 (7.22%) Wireshark
6 6 (6.19%) VPN
7 3 (3.09%) LAN
7 3 (3.09%) WAN
8 1 (1.03%) DHCP
8 1 (1.03%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (14.43%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.12%) Snyk
General
1 45 (46.39%) Finance
2 13 (13.40%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.22%) Banking
4 6 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.19%) Marketing
5 4 (4.12%) Legal
6 3 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.06%) Welsh Language
8 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.03%) Retail
8 1 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (39.18%) Analyst
2 31 (31.96%) Security Analyst
3 27 (27.84%) Senior
4 25 (25.77%) IT Analyst
5 24 (24.74%) IT Security Analyst
6 19 (19.59%) Senior Analyst
6 19 (19.59%) Senior Security Analyst
7 15 (15.46%) CISSP Analyst
7 15 (15.46%) Security Engineer
7 15 (15.46%) Senior IT Security Analyst
8 13 (13.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 10 (10.31%) Security Manager
10 9 (9.28%) Architect
10 9 (9.28%) Security Architect
11 8 (8.25%) Vulnerability Analyst
12 6 (6.19%) Email Analyst
12 6 (6.19%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
12 6 (6.19%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
12 6 (6.19%) Vulnerability Manager
13 5 (5.15%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.15%) Web Services
2 4 (4.12%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (21.65%) Management Information System
2 14 (14.43%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (13.40%) PKI
4 11 (11.34%) Security Posture
5 9 (9.28%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (6.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (5.15%) Data Centre
8 3 (3.09%) Operational Technology
9 2 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.06%) Cyberattack
9 2 (2.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (2.06%) IoT
9 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.03%) Client/Server
10 1 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (27.84%) Windows
2 8 (8.25%) Linux
3 7 (7.22%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.15%) Kali Linux
5 4 (4.12%) Unix
6 2 (2.06%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.06%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.03%) Android
7 1 (1.03%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (83.51%) Vulnerability Management
2 76 (78.35%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (51.55%) Incident Response
4 47 (48.45%) SIEM
5 40 (41.24%) Security Operations
6 27 (27.84%) Incident Management
7 26 (26.80%) Threat Management
8 25 (25.77%) Information Security
9 23 (23.71%) Threat Detection
10 22 (22.68%) Application Security
10 22 (22.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 21 (21.65%) ITIL
11 21 (21.65%) Security Management
12 20 (20.62%) Threat Modelling
13 18 (18.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 17 (17.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 17 (17.53%) Threat Intelligence
15 16 (16.49%) Privileged Access Management
16 15 (15.46%) Change Management
16 15 (15.46%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.71%) Python
2 10 (10.31%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.03%) C#
4 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (44.33%) CISSP
2 22 (22.68%) CISM
3 21 (21.65%) Degree
4 17 (17.53%) GIAC
5 15 (15.46%) CRISC
6 13 (13.40%) ISSMP
7 8 (8.25%) Azure Certification
8 6 (6.19%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.09%) Security Cleared
10 2 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
10 2 (2.06%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (1.03%) CEH
11 1 (1.03%) CISA
11 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.03%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (1.03%) SANS
11 1 (1.03%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (34.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (16.49%) NIST
2 16 (16.49%) PCI DSS
3 13 (13.40%) COBIT
4 11 (11.34%) GDPR
4 11 (11.34%) GRC
5 9 (9.28%) NCSC
6 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.06%) SLA
9 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (14.43%) Ansible
2 10 (10.31%) CSIRT
3 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (5.15%) Suricata
5 4 (4.12%) Nessus
5 4 (4.12%) Nexpose
5 4 (4.12%) SCCM
6 2 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.03%) Nmap
Vendors
1 58 (59.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.40%) Alibaba
3 11 (11.34%) Qualys
4 9 (9.28%) Google
5 8 (8.25%) Splunk
6 6 (6.19%) Cisco
6 6 (6.19%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.15%) Juniper
7 5 (5.15%) VMware
8 3 (3.09%) Sun
9 1 (1.03%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (1.03%) Meraki
9 1 (1.03%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (1.03%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.03%) Rapid7
9 1 (1.03%) Thycotic
9 1 (1.03%) Zscaler