Tenable Nessus
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Nessus skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Nessus over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 830 1068
Rank change year-on-year +12 +238 -276
Permanent jobs citing Nessus 80 150 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.15% 0.085%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.81% 1.02% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 66 129 112
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,500 £38,525
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.15% +12.63%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £69,733
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% +15.79% +5.56%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Nessus is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,900 14,758 28,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.98% 14.61% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,125 9,159 14,065
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -3.65% +9.09%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Nessus.

Salary trend for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Nessus over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 +30 70 £60,000 +8.00% 27
UK excluding London -26 45 £56,250 +2.27% 20
Work from Home +37 33 £60,000 +8.00% 7
London +64 25 £70,037 +7.75% 8
South East +17 23 £64,925 +8.21% 8
North of England +49 16 £50,000 +1.12% 4
North West +5 11 £46,250 +8.82% 2
Yorkshire +88 5 £60,000 -25.00% 2
West Midlands -5 2 £43,750 -28.57% 2
Midlands -34 2 £43,750 -7.89% 2
East of England +13 1 £60,000 +9.09% 2
South West -21 1 - - 2
Scotland -59 1 £55,000 +29.41%
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 - 1

Nessus
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 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.25%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 30 (37.50%) Azure
2 20 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (11.25%) SaaS
5 8 (10.00%) IaaS
6 6 (7.50%) AWS
6 6 (7.50%) PaaS
7 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.50%) Firewall
2 10 (12.50%) Network Security
3 8 (10.00%) Wireless
4 6 (7.50%) DNS
4 6 (7.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (6.25%) BGP
5 5 (6.25%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (5.00%) LAN
6 4 (5.00%) WAN
6 4 (5.00%) Wireshark
7 3 (3.75%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (3.75%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (3.75%) DMZ
7 3 (3.75%) MPLS
7 3 (3.75%) Unified Communications
7 3 (3.75%) VLAN
7 3 (3.75%) VPN
7 3 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.50%) DSL
8 2 (2.50%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Metasploit
2 8 (10.00%) Burp Suite
3 7 (8.75%) Snyk
4 1 (1.25%) AppScan
4 1 (1.25%) MSI
4 1 (1.25%) Robot Framework
4 1 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.75%) Finance
3 10 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 8 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.75%) Law
6 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.00%) Banking
7 4 (5.00%) Marketing
8 3 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.75%) Police
9 2 (2.50%) Legal
9 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (16.25%) Senior
2 11 (13.75%) Security Manager
3 10 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) Analyst
5 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (10.00%) Penetration Tester
5 8 (10.00%) Tester
6 7 (8.75%) Vulnerability Specialist
7 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 6 (7.50%) IT Engineer
7 6 (7.50%) Security Analyst
7 6 (7.50%) Security Assurance Manager
8 5 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) IT Manager
9 4 (5.00%) Lead
9 4 (5.00%) Vulnerability Manager
10 3 (3.75%) AWS Specialist
10 3 (3.75%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (3.75%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 8 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 7 (8.75%) IoT
4 6 (7.50%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (7.50%) Security Posture
4 6 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 5 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 5 (6.25%) PKI
6 4 (5.00%) Cyberattack
7 3 (3.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.75%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.50%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (2.50%) CMDB
8 2 (2.50%) Life Science
8 2 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.25%) Replication
9 1 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 28 (35.00%) Windows
2 22 (27.50%) Windows Server
3 20 (25.00%) Linux
4 10 (12.50%) Unix
5 8 (10.00%) Kali Linux
5 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (7.50%) Windows 10
7 5 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (5.00%) CentOS
8 4 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (5.00%) Ubuntu
8 4 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (3.75%) VMS
10 1 (1.25%) AIX
10 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (47.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 26 (32.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 21 (26.25%) Penetration Testing
5 20 (25.00%) ITIL
6 17 (21.25%) Information Security
6 17 (21.25%) SIEM
7 16 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (20.00%) Red Team
8 14 (17.50%) OWASP
9 12 (15.00%) DevSecOps
10 11 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (12.50%) Risk Management
11 10 (12.50%) Security Operations
11 10 (12.50%) Service Delivery
11 10 (12.50%) Threat Management
11 10 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
12 9 (11.25%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (11.25%) Project Management
12 9 (11.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.50%) Python
2 6 (7.50%) SQL
3 3 (3.75%) Java
3 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (18.75%) CISSP
2 14 (17.50%) Security Cleared
3 13 (16.25%) Degree
4 11 (13.75%) OSCP
5 10 (12.50%) GPEN
6 9 (11.25%) CISM
6 9 (11.25%) GIAC
7 8 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (10.00%) SC Cleared
8 7 (8.75%) CISA
8 7 (8.75%) CREST Certified
8 7 (8.75%) OSCE
9 6 (7.50%) SSCP
10 5 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (6.25%) DV Cleared
11 3 (3.75%) CEH
12 1 (1.25%) MCSA
12 1 (1.25%) MCSE
12 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (1.25%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (13.75%) GDPR
2 11 (13.75%) NIST
3 7 (8.75%) SOC 2
4 6 (7.50%) GRC
4 6 (7.50%) NIST 800
4 6 (7.50%) SLA
5 5 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (3.75%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.50%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 20 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (21.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.00%) vSphere
4 3 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.50%) Docker
5 2 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.25%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (16.25%) SCCM
2 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 7 (8.75%) Nexpose
3 7 (8.75%) Nmap
4 6 (7.50%) Kubernetes
4 6 (7.50%) WSUS
5 5 (6.25%) Terraform
6 4 (5.00%) vCenter Server
7 3 (3.75%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (2.50%) Grafana
8 2 (2.50%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (1.25%) Ansible
9 1 (1.25%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (1.25%) WMI
Vendors
1 40 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (37.50%) Qualys
3 24 (30.00%) VMware
4 9 (11.25%) Cisco
5 8 (10.00%) Red Hat
5 8 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 7 (8.75%) Darktrace
7 5 (6.25%) Citrix
8 4 (5.00%) Avaya
8 4 (5.00%) CheckPoint
8 4 (5.00%) F5
8 4 (5.00%) IBM
8 4 (5.00%) Oracle
8 4 (5.00%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.75%) arcserve
9 3 (3.75%) Clearswift
9 3 (3.75%) Dell
9 3 (3.75%) McAfee
9 3 (3.75%) Palo Alto
9 3 (3.75%) Veritas