Vulnerability Research Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Vulnerability Research skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Research 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 621 571 774
Rank change year-on-year -50 +203 -4
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Research 28 20 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.051% 0.060% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.063% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 13
10th Percentile - £51,073 £73,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £55,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.13% -11.11% +78.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £93,750 £113,750
90th Percentile £90,000 - -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £72,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -48.28% -12.12% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research 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 Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
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 Research 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
Midlands -16 18 £60,000 -11.11% 1
West Midlands -18 18 £60,000 -11.11% 1
South West +18 10 £37,500 - 3
Vulnerability Research
UK

Vulnerability Research
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:

Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) 3GPP
1 8 (28.57%) 5G
2 2 (7.14%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) GDB
General
1 14 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (7.14%) Law
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Vulnerability Researcher
2 8 (28.57%) Tester
3 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (21.43%) Senior
5 5 (17.86%) Security Tester
6 3 (10.71%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Tester
8 1 (3.57%) Telecoms Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Cyberattack
2 7 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 4 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 4 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (7.14%) Cybercrime
4 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 7 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (25.00%) Line Management
3 5 (17.86%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 4 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
4 4 (14.29%) SDLC
5 2 (7.14%) Agile
5 2 (7.14%) Digital Forensics
5 2 (7.14%) Manual Testing
5 2 (7.14%) Offensive Security
5 2 (7.14%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (7.14%) Security Testing
5 2 (7.14%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) C++
1 7 (25.00%) Go
1 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (25.00%) Ruby
2 2 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) OSCP
3 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (28.57%) NCSC
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Active Directory