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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 150 162
Rank change year-on-year +9 +12 +64
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 3 10 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.40% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile £73,500 - £46,875
25th Percentile £75,000 £46,000 £48,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £52,750 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +51.66% -1.40% -40.56%
75th Percentile £86,250 £68,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £84,575 £91,250
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £58,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +36.75% -8.24% -29.17%

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 2,297 2,419 2,906
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.45% 95.80% 93.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,551 2,570
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £113,875
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -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 11 February 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Mimecast
1 1 (33.33%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) DKIM
2 1 (33.33%) DMARC
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Information Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Security Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Data Encryption
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) MCSA
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Novell Certification
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
2 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware