Vulnerability Scanning Jobs in the North of England

Vulnerability Scanning
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 361 394 442
Rank change year-on-year +33 +48 -100
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 51 29 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.19% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37 22 8
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,625 £37,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +13.51% -15.91%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,081 15,203 17,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.10% 96.75% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,841 7,774 10,691
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,225 £81,500 £80,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the North of England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the North of England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in the North of England

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
Yorkshire +73 23 £50,000 - 5
North West -17 17 £45,000 -30.77% 5
North East -8 11 £45,000 -30.77%
Vulnerability Scanning
England

Vulnerability Scanning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (33.33%) Azure
2 14 (27.45%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (13.73%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.84%) AWS
5 1 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.96%) CloudFront
5 1 (1.96%) IaaS
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.96%) PaaS
5 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (31.37%) Firewall
2 7 (13.73%) Intrusion Detection
2 7 (13.73%) LAN
2 7 (13.73%) WAN
3 5 (9.80%) Network Security
4 4 (7.84%) DNS
5 3 (5.88%) Internet
5 3 (5.88%) Wireless
6 2 (3.92%) DMZ
6 2 (3.92%) HTTP
6 2 (3.92%) SMTP
6 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.92%) tcpdump
6 2 (3.92%) VPN
6 2 (3.92%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.96%) DHCP
7 1 (1.96%) DKIM
7 1 (1.96%) DMARC
7 1 (1.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Burp Suite
1 3 (5.88%) Metasploit
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.73%) Manufacturing
4 3 (5.88%) Law
4 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.96%) Legal
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Retail
5 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (39.22%) Analyst
2 16 (31.37%) Security Analyst
3 15 (29.41%) Consultant
3 15 (29.41%) Security Consultant
4 13 (25.49%) Information Security Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) SOC Analyst
6 6 (11.76%) IT Consultant
6 6 (11.76%) IT Security Consultant
7 5 (9.80%) Information Analyst
7 5 (9.80%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (7.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (7.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) IT Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) Penetration Tester
9 3 (5.88%) Tester
10 2 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 2 (3.92%) Security Specialist
11 1 (1.96%) Cloud Engineer
11 1 (1.96%) ICT Officer
11 1 (1.96%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (19.61%) IoT
3 9 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (13.73%) Cyberattack
4 7 (13.73%) Security Posture
5 5 (9.80%) Management Information System
5 5 (9.80%) Onboarding
5 5 (9.80%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (7.84%) Operational Technology
7 3 (5.88%) Mobile App
8 2 (3.92%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (3.92%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (3.92%) NHS
9 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.96%) Life Science
9 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Kali Linux
2 2 (3.92%) Linux
3 1 (1.96%) Windows
3 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (78.43%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (47.06%) SIEM
3 23 (45.10%) Incident Response
3 23 (45.10%) Information Security
4 18 (35.29%) Security Operations
4 18 (35.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (31.37%) Data Protection
7 15 (29.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 15 (29.41%) Security Testing
7 15 (29.41%) Threat Intelligence
8 14 (27.45%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (25.49%) Incident Management
10 12 (23.53%) Business Continuity
10 12 (23.53%) Risk Register
11 11 (21.57%) Cloud Security
12 10 (19.61%) Threat Modelling
13 9 (17.65%) ITIL
13 9 (17.65%) Security Auditing
14 8 (15.69%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) Python
2 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
3 6 (11.76%) Bash
4 3 (5.88%) Java
4 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) CISSP
2 11 (21.57%) CISA
3 9 (17.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (11.76%) CISMP
4 6 (11.76%) GIAC
4 6 (11.76%) SANS
5 5 (9.80%) CREST Certified
5 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
5 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
6 4 (7.84%) Degree
7 3 (5.88%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.88%) OSCE
7 3 (5.88%) OSCP
8 2 (3.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (3.92%) CASP
8 2 (3.92%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (3.92%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (3.92%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (43.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (27.45%) GDPR
4 12 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (15.69%) NIST
6 7 (13.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (9.80%) COBIT
7 5 (9.80%) SOC 2
8 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 7 (13.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (15.69%) Nessus
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.88%) Nmap
4 2 (3.92%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (1.96%) CASB
Vendors
1 26 (50.98%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Qualys
3 1 (1.96%) LogRhythm
3 1 (1.96%) Rapid7
3 1 (1.96%) Splunk