Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 439 614
Rank change year-on-year -83 +175 +8
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 127 154 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.46% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.49% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 67 117 150
10th Percentile £37,716 £38,850 £39,950
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £91,125 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £88,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% -4.00% +12.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44,852 31,653 64,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.42% 94.39% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,726 21,312 37,405
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,748 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
South East -20 51 £75,000 +50.00% 7
Midlands -33 31 £57,000 -24.00% 8
North of England -30 27 £47,500 -20.83% 12
West Midlands -38 18 £57,500 -23.33% 3
South West +11 14 £73,750 +63.89% 2
North West -45 14 £37,935 -31.03% 4
East Midlands -26 13 £47,500 -13.64% 5
Yorkshire +14 8 £61,500 +2.50% 5
North East -29 5 - - 3
East of England -56 4 £61,500 -18.00% 2
Scotland -8 2 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Northern Ireland +26 1 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (4.72%) Apache
1 6 (4.72%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (27.56%) Azure
2 22 (17.32%) AWS
3 18 (14.17%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (13.39%) IaaS
4 17 (13.39%) PaaS
5 16 (12.60%) SaaS
6 11 (8.66%) GCP
7 5 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.94%) Mimecast
8 3 (2.36%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.57%) Serverless
10 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 54 (42.52%) Firewall
2 32 (25.20%) Network Security
3 30 (23.62%) VPN
4 23 (18.11%) Intrusion Detection
5 14 (11.02%) DMZ
6 12 (9.45%) DNS
7 11 (8.66%) DHCP
7 11 (8.66%) LAN
8 10 (7.87%) WAN
9 9 (7.09%) TCP/IP
10 6 (4.72%) Wireless
11 5 (3.94%) VLAN
12 2 (1.57%) Broadband
12 2 (1.57%) Internet
12 2 (1.57%) VoIP
12 2 (1.57%) Wireshark
13 1 (0.79%) HTTP
13 1 (0.79%) OSPF
13 1 (0.79%) SMTP
13 1 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.87%) MySQL
1 10 (7.87%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.72%) Git
1 6 (4.72%) Mercurial
2 4 (3.15%) Burp Suite
2 4 (3.15%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (31.50%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.96%) Finance
3 15 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.45%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.30%) Legal
6 6 (4.72%) Retail
7 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.57%) Games
8 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Marketing
9 1 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (23.62%) Analyst
2 23 (18.11%) Security Engineer
3 18 (14.17%) Security Manager
4 15 (11.81%) IT Engineer
4 15 (11.81%) IT Security Engineer
5 14 (11.02%) Security Analyst
6 13 (10.24%) Senior
7 11 (8.66%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 11 (8.66%) SOC Analyst
8 8 (6.30%) Security Specialist
8 8 (6.30%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.72%) Head of Cybersecurity
10 6 (4.72%) Head of Security
10 6 (4.72%) Vulnerability Specialist
11 5 (3.94%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) Cloud Network Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) Operational Security Manager
11 5 (3.94%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) LAMP
1 6 (4.72%) LAPP Stack
1 6 (4.72%) LEMP Stack
2 2 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.26%) Management Information System
2 26 (20.47%) Security Posture
3 20 (15.75%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (7.09%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (6.30%) CESG
5 8 (6.30%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.36%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.36%) Digital Media
7 3 (2.36%) Insider Threat
7 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.36%) PKI
8 2 (1.57%) Blog
8 2 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.57%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.57%) IoT
8 2 (1.57%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 30 (23.62%) Linux
2 24 (18.90%) Windows
3 6 (4.72%) Ubuntu
3 6 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.15%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.57%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (74.02%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (37.80%) Information Security
3 44 (34.65%) Incident Response
4 35 (27.56%) Risk Management
5 32 (25.20%) SIEM
6 31 (24.41%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (22.05%) Penetration Testing
8 27 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (21.26%) Project Management
9 22 (17.32%) Security Operations
10 20 (15.75%) Cloud Security
11 19 (14.96%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (13.39%) Computer Science
13 16 (12.60%) Application Security
14 14 (11.02%) Scenario Testing
14 14 (11.02%) Security Architecture
15 12 (9.45%) People Management
16 11 (8.66%) IT Strategy
17 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 10 (7.87%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.45%) SQL
2 11 (8.66%) Python
3 7 (5.51%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.72%) Bash
4 6 (4.72%) PHP
5 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 33 (25.98%) CISSP
2 23 (18.11%) Degree
3 17 (13.39%) CISM
3 17 (13.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (13.39%) Security Cleared
4 14 (11.02%) CEH
5 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
6 11 (8.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (8.66%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (7.87%) CESG Certified Professional
7 10 (7.87%) CompTIA Security+
8 9 (7.09%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (5.51%) Azure Certification
9 7 (5.51%) CISA
10 6 (4.72%) AWS Certification
10 6 (4.72%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (4.72%) GIAC
10 6 (4.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (3.94%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (47.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (25.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 22 (17.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 20 (15.75%) NIST
5 17 (13.39%) GDPR
6 7 (5.51%) HIPAA
7 5 (3.94%) NCSC
7 5 (3.94%) NIST 800
8 4 (3.15%) PCI DSS
9 3 (2.36%) ISO 14001
9 3 (2.36%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.57%) FedRAMP
10 2 (1.57%) QA
11 1 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (7.87%) Active Directory
1 10 (7.87%) Hyper-V
2 9 (7.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Ansible
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (3.94%) Terraform
2 4 (3.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (3.15%) Nmap
3 3 (2.36%) CSIRT
3 3 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.57%) CASB
4 2 (1.57%) Kibana
4 2 (1.57%) logstash
4 2 (1.57%) Nessus
5 1 (0.79%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (29.13%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.24%) Meraki
3 10 (7.87%) VMware
4 9 (7.09%) Google
5 5 (3.94%) Cisco
5 5 (3.94%) Sophos
5 5 (3.94%) TP-LINK
5 5 (3.94%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.36%) Intel
7 1 (0.79%) Dell
7 1 (0.79%) Splunk
7 1 (0.79%) Veeam
7 1 (0.79%) Zerto