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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 131 157
Rank change year-on-year -19 +26 +56
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 4 11 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.096% 0.57% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.59% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 £46,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £47,000 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year +56.91% -29.59% -11.59%
75th Percentile £80,625 £61,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £67,500 £91,500
Central London median annual salary £73,750 £47,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year +56.08% -40.94% +5.96%

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 3,335 1,868 2,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.23% 96.34% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,408 1,413 2,375
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,315
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,813 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 £112,500
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 1 June 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Mimecast
2 1 (25.00%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) DKIM
2 1 (25.00%) DMARC
2 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Principal Security Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Information Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Information Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Data Encryption
3 2 (50.00%) Information Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) CEH
3 2 (50.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (25.00%) MCITP
4 1 (25.00%) MCSA
4 1 (25.00%) MCSE
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) NCSC
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Darktrace
3 1 (25.00%) VMware