Vulnerability Scanning Jobs in England

Vulnerability Scanning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Vulnerability Scanning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Scanning over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 641 633 907
Rank change year-on-year -8 +274 -157
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 223 267 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.33% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.34% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 188 185 182
10th Percentile £42,275 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £88,625
UK median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% -15.38% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Scanning 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Scanning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning in England.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +59 112 £75,000 +20.00% 18
North of England +33 51 £47,500 -9.52% 10
Yorkshire +73 23 £50,000 - 5
South East -34 21 £75,000 +42.86% 9
South West -46 20 £45,000 -2.70% 1
North West -17 17 £45,000 -30.77% 5
Midlands -43 16 £65,000 +52.94% 1
East Midlands -25 14 £65,000 +87.97% 1
North East -8 11 £45,000 -30.77%
West Midlands -20 2 £65,000 +52.94%
East of England -13 1 - - 2
Vulnerability Scanning
UK

Vulnerability Scanning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.79%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.45%) Misys Opics
1 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 67 (30.04%) Azure
2 52 (23.32%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (20.18%) AWS
4 21 (9.42%) SaaS
5 16 (7.17%) Entra ID
6 13 (5.83%) PaaS
7 11 (4.93%) Google Workspace
7 11 (4.93%) IaaS
8 8 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.59%) Cloudflare
9 4 (1.79%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (1.35%) AWS CloudTrail
10 3 (1.35%) AWS Control Tower
11 2 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.90%) GCP
12 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (39.46%) Firewall
2 54 (24.22%) Network Security
3 22 (9.87%) DNS
4 20 (8.97%) Wireless
5 18 (8.07%) VPN
6 16 (7.17%) VLAN
7 14 (6.28%) Intrusion Detection
7 14 (6.28%) LAN
7 14 (6.28%) WAN
8 11 (4.93%) Broadband
8 11 (4.93%) NAS
9 8 (3.59%) BGP
9 8 (3.59%) Cisco ISE
9 8 (3.59%) DMZ
10 7 (3.14%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (3.14%) MPLS
10 7 (3.14%) Unified Communications
10 7 (3.14%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (3.14%) Wireshark
11 5 (2.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 29 (13.00%) Burp Suite
1 29 (13.00%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.69%) Snyk
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 76 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 59 (26.46%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.52%) Games
4 18 (8.07%) Finance
5 17 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.73%) Retail
7 14 (6.28%) Law
8 8 (3.59%) Banking
8 8 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.14%) Legal
10 4 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.90%) Advertising
12 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Police
13 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.45%) Aviation
13 1 (0.45%) Military
13 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (23.32%) Analyst
2 43 (19.28%) Security Analyst
3 36 (16.14%) Senior
4 35 (15.70%) Consultant
5 33 (14.80%) Penetration Tester
5 33 (14.80%) Tester
6 24 (10.76%) Security Consultant
7 19 (8.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 18 (8.07%) IT Analyst
8 18 (8.07%) IT Security Analyst
9 17 (7.62%) IT Consultant
10 16 (7.17%) Architect
11 14 (6.28%) Security Engineer
12 13 (5.83%) Information Security Consultant
12 13 (5.83%) Network Engineer
12 13 (5.83%) Senior Network Engineer
13 12 (5.38%) Lead
14 9 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 9 (4.04%) Infrastructure Architect
14 9 (4.04%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.59%) Laravel
2 3 (1.35%) OAuth
2 3 (1.35%) OpenID
2 3 (1.35%) SAML
3 2 (0.90%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.45%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (10.76%) Cyberattack
3 23 (10.31%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (8.97%) Onboarding
4 20 (8.97%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (8.52%) Management Information System
6 15 (6.73%) Security Posture
7 14 (6.28%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (4.48%) IoT
8 10 (4.48%) PKI
9 9 (4.04%) Data Centre
10 7 (3.14%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (3.14%) Public Cloud
11 6 (2.69%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (1.35%) Mobile App
14 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 58 (26.01%) Windows
2 55 (24.66%) Linux
3 41 (18.39%) Windows Server
4 29 (13.00%) Kali Linux
5 16 (7.17%) Unix
6 11 (4.93%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.59%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.79%) Rocky
8 4 (1.79%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.35%) VMS
9 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.45%) AIX
10 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (71.75%) Cybersecurity
2 88 (39.46%) Information Security
3 83 (37.22%) Penetration Testing
4 80 (35.87%) SIEM
5 77 (34.53%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (26.46%) Incident Response
7 58 (26.01%) Security Operations
8 53 (23.77%) Vulnerability Management
9 47 (21.08%) Security Testing
10 43 (19.28%) Data Protection
11 38 (17.04%) Computer Science
12 35 (15.70%) Red Team
13 34 (15.25%) Cloud Security
14 30 (13.45%) Application Security
15 28 (12.56%) Malware Analysis
16 27 (12.11%) Identity Management
17 26 (11.66%) Critical Thinking
17 26 (11.66%) ITIL
17 26 (11.66%) Reverse Engineering
18 25 (11.21%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.25%) PowerShell
2 31 (13.90%) Bash
3 27 (12.11%) Python
4 8 (3.59%) PHP
4 8 (3.59%) Rust
4 8 (3.59%) SQL
5 3 (1.35%) Java
5 3 (1.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (26.46%) Degree
2 42 (18.83%) CISSP
3 30 (13.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (9.42%) Master's Degree
4 21 (9.42%) Security Cleared
5 14 (6.28%) CISA
6 13 (5.83%) CISM
6 13 (5.83%) CREST Certified
7 12 (5.38%) CEH
8 11 (4.93%) CompTIA CySA+
9 10 (4.48%) CISMP
9 10 (4.48%) SC Cleared
10 9 (4.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (4.04%) OSCP
11 7 (3.14%) SANS
12 6 (2.69%) GIAC
13 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.79%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.79%) CCSAM
14 4 (1.79%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (30.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (18.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 38 (17.04%) GDPR
4 23 (10.31%) NIST
5 20 (8.97%) SOC 2
6 19 (8.52%) PCI DSS
7 13 (5.83%) NCSC
8 12 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (4.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (3.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (2.69%) COBIT
13 5 (2.24%) GRC
14 4 (1.79%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.90%) SLA
16 1 (0.45%) DO-254
16 1 (0.45%) GxP
16 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 41 (18.39%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.93%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.90%) Docker
4 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (12.56%) Nessus
2 13 (5.83%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (4.48%) CASB
4 8 (3.59%) SCCM
5 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.69%) Nexpose
6 6 (2.69%) WSUS
7 5 (2.24%) CSIRT
8 4 (1.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (1.35%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (1.35%) Nmap
9 3 (1.35%) Terraform
10 2 (0.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.90%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.45%) DatAdvantage
11 1 (0.45%) Grafana
11 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.45%) QRadar
11 1 (0.45%) Stealthwatch
11 1 (0.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 94 (42.15%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.76%) VMware
3 18 (8.07%) Qualys
4 17 (7.62%) Cisco
5 12 (5.38%) Google
6 11 (4.93%) Apple
7 8 (3.59%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.69%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.69%) PagerDuty
8 6 (2.69%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.79%) arcserve
9 4 (1.79%) Avaya
9 4 (1.79%) Citrix
9 4 (1.79%) F5
9 4 (1.79%) IBM
9 4 (1.79%) Oracle
10 3 (1.35%) Clearswift
10 3 (1.35%) McAfee
10 3 (1.35%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.35%) Veritas