Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 661 603 608
Rank change year-on-year -58 +5 -58
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 119 125 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.24% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 89 84 213
10th Percentile £36,290 £23,519 £37,535
25th Percentile £42,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £55,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.62% -11.20% -9.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -30 41 £75,000 +76.47% 5
Midlands -51 20 £43,750 -7.89% 5
North of England +10 15 £42,500 -48.48% 3
West Midlands -9 14 £48,750 -33.22% 4
Scotland -57 13 £60,000 +41.18% 3
South West -42 11 £62,500 +31.58% 7
East of England -12 9 £72,500 +31.82% 3
North West -21 9 £40,000 -11.11% 3
East Midlands -44 6 £43,750 -7.89% 1
North East - 5 £42,500 -
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 -
Northern Ireland +22 3 - -
Wales +13 3 - -
Yorkshire +58 1 - -
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (31.93%) Azure
2 29 (24.37%) AWS
3 13 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.56%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (6.72%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (6.72%) Datadog
6 7 (5.88%) GCP
7 6 (5.04%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.52%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (2.52%) Route 53
8 3 (2.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.68%) IaaS
9 2 (1.68%) PaaS
10 1 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (28.57%) Firewall
2 22 (18.49%) Network Security
3 13 (10.92%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (4.20%) VPN
5 4 (3.36%) DNS
5 4 (3.36%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.52%) DHCP
6 3 (2.52%) LAN
6 3 (2.52%) Wireless
7 2 (1.68%) NAS
7 2 (1.68%) OSPF
7 2 (1.68%) SAN
7 2 (1.68%) WLAN
8 1 (0.84%) HTTP
8 1 (0.84%) Internet
8 1 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.84%) SMTP
8 1 (0.84%) WAN
8 1 (0.84%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.68%) Big Data
3 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.72%) GitLab
1 8 (6.72%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.84%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.84%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.84%) MSI
2 1 (0.84%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.81%) Finance
3 15 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.04%) Law
6 5 (4.20%) Banking
6 5 (4.20%) Legal
6 5 (4.20%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.36%) Marketing
8 3 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.52%) Retail
9 2 (1.68%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.84%) Games
10 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (31.93%) Analyst
2 30 (25.21%) Security Analyst
3 20 (16.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 16 (13.45%) Security Manager
5 12 (10.08%) Lead
6 9 (7.56%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (6.72%) Lead DevOps
7 8 (6.72%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.88%) Architect
8 7 (5.88%) Information Manager
8 7 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
8 7 (5.88%) IoT Architect
8 7 (5.88%) Security Engineer
8 7 (5.88%) Systems Architect
9 6 (5.04%) Consultant
9 6 (5.04%) Head of Compliance
9 6 (5.04%) Head of Information
9 6 (5.04%) Head of Information Assurance
10 5 (4.20%) Junior
10 5 (4.20%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.72%) .NET
2 3 (2.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 24 (20.17%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (11.76%) Security Posture
4 12 (10.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (7.56%) Operational Technology
6 8 (6.72%) Product Ownership
7 7 (5.88%) IoT
8 6 (5.04%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (5.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (5.04%) SCADA
9 4 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (3.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (3.36%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.68%) PKI
11 2 (1.68%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.84%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.84%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (24.37%) Windows
2 21 (17.65%) Linux
3 8 (6.72%) Windows Server
4 7 (5.88%) Unix
5 4 (3.36%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.84%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (73.11%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (38.66%) Incident Response
3 36 (30.25%) Information Security
4 30 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (25.21%) SIEM
5 25 (21.01%) Cloud Security
5 25 (21.01%) Penetration Testing
6 23 (19.33%) Computer Science
7 20 (16.81%) Risk Management
8 19 (15.97%) DevOps
9 18 (15.13%) Security Operations
10 17 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (13.45%) CI/CD
12 15 (12.61%) Security Architecture
13 14 (11.76%) Agile
13 14 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (10.92%) Threat Intelligence
15 12 (10.08%) Containerisation
15 12 (10.08%) Deployment Automation
16 11 (9.24%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.76%) Python
2 8 (6.72%) C#
3 7 (5.88%) C
3 7 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.20%) Bash
5 4 (3.36%) C++
6 2 (1.68%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (28.57%) Degree
2 25 (21.01%) CISSP
3 19 (15.97%) CISM
4 18 (15.13%) Security Cleared
5 17 (14.29%) AWS Certification
6 13 (10.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (8.40%) Master's Degree
8 9 (7.56%) SC Cleared
9 8 (6.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (5.88%) CISA
11 6 (5.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (5.04%) CEH
11 6 (5.04%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (4.20%) CCNA
12 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (2.52%) Azure Certification
13 3 (2.52%) CRISC
13 3 (2.52%) DBS Check
13 3 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (37.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (31.93%) NIST
3 17 (14.29%) NIST 800
4 14 (11.76%) GRC
5 11 (9.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (8.40%) NCSC
7 8 (6.72%) GDPR
8 7 (5.88%) ISO 13485
8 7 (5.88%) QA
9 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (2.52%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.84%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.84%) IASME
11 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (9.24%) Active Directory
1 11 (9.24%) Docker
2 6 (5.04%) Hyper-V
2 6 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.52%) KVM
4 2 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (10.08%) Terraform
2 11 (9.24%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.72%) Consul
3 8 (6.72%) Puppet
4 4 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (2.52%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.68%) Nessus
6 2 (1.68%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.84%) Ansible
7 1 (0.84%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.84%) Nmap
7 1 (0.84%) QRadar
7 1 (0.84%) SCCM
7 1 (0.84%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.84%) WMI
Vendors
1 30 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.88%) VMware
3 5 (4.20%) Cisco
4 4 (3.36%) Intel
5 3 (2.52%) Google
5 3 (2.52%) Qualys
6 2 (1.68%) Splunk
7 1 (0.84%) Dell
7 1 (0.84%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.84%) Meraki
7 1 (0.84%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.84%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.84%) Symantec
7 1 (0.84%) Thales
7 1 (0.84%) Varonis
7 1 (0.84%) Veeam
7 1 (0.84%) Zerto
7 1 (0.84%) Zscaler