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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 154 171
Rank change year-on-year +35 +17 +92
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 10 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.53% 0.50% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.53% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 6
10th Percentile £70,375 £51,375 £48,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £59,125 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,750 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.54% +32.24% -40.56%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,938 £64,438
90th Percentile £83,250 £86,125 £79,375
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £70,750 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.54% +21.98% -35.56%

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 1,709 2,658 2,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 89.95% 94.83% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 1,753 2,597
10th Percentile £40,532 £46,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £116,250 £118,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £74,750 £73,500
% change year-on-year +0.33% +1.70% -2.00%

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 10 December 2025.

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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (10.00%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
1 9 (90.00%) Network Security
2 3 (30.00%) BGP
2 3 (30.00%) OSPF
2 3 (30.00%) Spanning Tree
3 1 (10.00%) DKIM
3 1 (10.00%) DMARC
3 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (10.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (30.00%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 4 (40.00%) Information Specialist
1 4 (40.00%) Security Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (40.00%) CMDB
2 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (10.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) SIEM
2 9 (90.00%) Information Security
3 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (40.00%) Inventory Management
6 4 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
6 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (40.00%) Risk Register
6 4 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (40.00%) Time Management
6 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (30.00%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (20.00%) Data Encryption
8 2 (20.00%) Information Security Management
8 2 (20.00%) Security Management
9 1 (10.00%) Data Security
9 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Novell Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CISA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (10.00%) MCITP
4 1 (10.00%) MCSA
4 1 (10.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (40.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (10.00%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Meraki
2 1 (10.00%) VMware