Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in the City of London

Vulnerability Assessment
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 146 188
Rank change year-on-year +28 +42 +108
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 14 19 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.82% 0.68% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.73% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 4
10th Percentile £51,750 £56,750 £61,350
25th Percentile £55,000 £63,875 £75,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,500 £91,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -18.36% +40.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £82,375 -
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £91,250
% change year-on-year - -17.81% +25.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 2,619 3,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.96% 93.17% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 1,834 2,978
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,575 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £115,375
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -2.03% +2.07%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the City of London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the City of London over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the City of London

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Firewall
2 8 (57.14%) Network Security
3 3 (21.43%) BGP
3 3 (21.43%) OSPF
3 3 (21.43%) Spanning Tree
4 2 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Financial Institution
4 3 (21.43%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Information Security Specialist
1 4 (28.57%) Information Specialist
1 4 (28.57%) Security Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Junior
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Application Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Information Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Information Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 4 (28.57%) CMDB
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) SIEM
2 11 (78.57%) Information Security
3 10 (71.43%) Incident Response
4 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (50.00%) Security Operations
5 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
6 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
7 4 (28.57%) Inventory Management
7 4 (28.57%) Malware Analysis
7 4 (28.57%) Risk Register
7 4 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (28.57%) Time Management
8 3 (21.43%) Application Security
8 3 (21.43%) DevOps
8 3 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bash
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) CISSP
2 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 4 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (28.57%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Novell Certification
4 3 (21.43%) CISA
5 2 (14.29%) CISM
6 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (7.14%) CCNA
6 1 (7.14%) CCNP
6 1 (7.14%) CCSP
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
6 1 (7.14%) MCITP
6 1 (7.14%) MCSA
6 1 (7.14%) MCSE
6 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (7.14%) OSCP
6 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (21.43%) NIST
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (14.29%) GDPR
3 2 (14.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (7.14%) COBIT
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
4 1 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (28.57%) CSIRT
2 1 (7.14%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Checkmarx
3 1 (7.14%) Meraki
3 1 (7.14%) VMware