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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 159 179
Rank change year-on-year +45 +20 +105
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 13 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.81% 0.54% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.57% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 3
10th Percentile £51,500 £60,550 £58,150
25th Percentile £54,688 £66,250 £67,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -15.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,250 £93,125
90th Percentile - £77,400 £94,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £74,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +1.35% -15.43% +2.94%

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 1,543 2,630 3,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.90% 93.83% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,245 1,724 2,713
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -

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 16 October 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 8 (61.54%) Network Security
3 3 (23.08%) BGP
3 3 (23.08%) OSPF
3 3 (23.08%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Burp Suite
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Financial Institution
4 3 (23.08%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Information Security Specialist
1 4 (30.77%) Information Specialist
1 4 (30.77%) Security Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Junior
3 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Application Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Information Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) CMDB
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) SIEM
2 10 (76.92%) Incident Response
2 10 (76.92%) Information Security
3 7 (53.85%) Security Operations
4 6 (46.15%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
5 4 (30.77%) Inventory Management
5 4 (30.77%) Malware Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Register
5 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) Time Management
6 3 (23.08%) Application Security
6 3 (23.08%) DevOps
6 3 (23.08%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Bash
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
2 4 (30.77%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (30.77%) Novell Certification
3 2 (15.38%) CISA
4 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CCNA
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
4 1 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (7.69%) MCITP
4 1 (7.69%) MCSA
4 1 (7.69%) MCSE
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.69%) OSCP
4 1 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
2 2 (15.38%) NIST
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (30.77%) CSIRT
2 1 (7.69%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Checkmarx
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) VMware