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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 149 161
Rank change year-on-year +20 +12 +76
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 5 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.22% 0.53% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.55% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile £74,500 £46,000 £48,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £48,688 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £63,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +17.76% -40.56%
75th Percentile £82,500 £74,188 £64,438
90th Percentile £87,000 £85,500 £79,375
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +26.98% +0.80% -30.56%

All Process & 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 1,949 2,527 2,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.61% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,424 1,615 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend 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 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the City of London

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (20.00%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) DKIM
2 1 (20.00%) DMARC
2 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 3 (60.00%) Information Specialist
1 3 (60.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Information Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Information Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CMDB
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) PKI
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (60.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (60.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (60.00%) Malware Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Register
3 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Time Management
4 2 (40.00%) Data Encryption
4 2 (40.00%) Information Security Management
4 2 (40.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
5 1 (20.00%) Privileged Identity Management
5 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (60.00%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Novell Certification
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) CCSP
4 1 (20.00%) CISA
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (20.00%) MCITP
4 1 (20.00%) MCSA
4 1 (20.00%) MCSE
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (60.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware