Vulnerability Management Jobs

Vulnerability Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 431 280 545
Rank change year-on-year -151 +265 -54
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 564 1,290 946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 1.27% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.33% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 419 468 500
10th Percentile £39,900 £43,750 £37,479
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,987 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.02% +3.98% -
75th Percentile £84,375 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England -102 508 £65,000 - 134
UK excluding London -199 353 £52,500 - 77
London -9 190 £80,000 +23.08% 57
Work from Home -47 174 £61,050 +1.75% 63
South East -107 95 £65,000 +13.04% 29
North of England -39 89 £52,084 -0.79% 14
North West -51 57 £52,084 -5.30% 5
South West -86 52 £52,500 -4.55% 13
Midlands -90 39 £40,000 -20.00% 12
East of England +18 35 £72,500 +31.82% 4
Yorkshire +52 29 £56,500 +9.99% 9
West Midlands -41 26 £37,500 -25.00% 9
Scotland -150 25 £52,500 -1.28% 4
Wales -17 17 £65,000 - 1
East Midlands -46 13 £49,250 +3.68% 3
North East -5 3 £40,000 -36.00%
Northern Ireland +17 1 - - 1

Vulnerability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 24 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.53%) IIS
4 2 (0.35%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Confluence
5 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 171 (30.32%) Azure
2 116 (20.57%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (13.83%) AWS
4 41 (7.27%) SaaS
5 28 (4.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 25 (4.43%) Entra ID
7 22 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (3.72%) GCP
9 17 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.66%) IaaS
10 15 (2.66%) PaaS
11 9 (1.60%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.06%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.06%) WhatsApp
13 4 (0.71%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.53%) GitHub
15 2 (0.35%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 145 (25.71%) Firewall
2 131 (23.23%) Network Security
3 33 (5.85%) TCP/IP
4 26 (4.61%) DNS
4 26 (4.61%) LAN
4 26 (4.61%) SAN
4 26 (4.61%) WAN
5 25 (4.43%) Intrusion Detection
6 24 (4.26%) Internet
6 24 (4.26%) Wireshark
7 22 (3.90%) VPN
8 8 (1.42%) HTTP
9 6 (1.06%) SMTP
9 6 (1.06%) SSL
10 5 (0.89%) VoIP
11 4 (0.71%) DKIM
11 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.53%) tcpdump
13 2 (0.35%) NAS
13 2 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.60%) Power BI
3 5 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
4 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.35%) Big Data
5 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.35%) MySQL
5 2 (0.35%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.18%) OrientDB
6 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (3.01%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.95%) Burp Suite
3 9 (1.60%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.42%) Snyk
5 3 (0.53%) Git
5 3 (0.53%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.35%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.35%) GitLab
6 2 (0.35%) Hudson
6 2 (0.35%) JIRA
6 2 (0.35%) JUnit
General
1 160 (28.37%) Finance
2 152 (26.95%) Social Skills
3 45 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.45%) Military
5 38 (6.74%) Retail
6 36 (6.38%) Banking
7 31 (5.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (5.32%) Games
9 22 (3.90%) Legal
10 18 (3.19%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.84%) Law
12 10 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.77%) Marketing
13 6 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.89%) Advertising
14 5 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.53%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.35%) Electronics
16 2 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 163 (28.90%) Analyst
2 108 (19.15%) Security Analyst
3 96 (17.02%) Senior
4 80 (14.18%) Security Engineer
5 60 (10.64%) Senior Analyst
6 57 (10.11%) Security Manager
7 55 (9.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 46 (8.16%) Lead
8 46 (8.16%) Vulnerability Manager
9 43 (7.62%) Consultant
10 42 (7.45%) Security Consultant
11 40 (7.09%) Senior Security Analyst
12 38 (6.74%) Architect
12 38 (6.74%) IT Analyst
12 38 (6.74%) Security Architect
13 31 (5.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 31 (5.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 27 (4.79%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 26 (4.61%) IT Security Analyst
16 25 (4.43%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.26%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (2.30%) REST
3 12 (2.13%) Web Services
4 11 (1.95%) .NET
5 10 (1.77%) React
6 7 (1.24%) Kafka
6 7 (1.24%) Middleware
7 6 (1.06%) SAML
8 5 (0.89%) EDI
9 4 (0.71%) OAuth
10 3 (0.53%) web3js
10 3 (0.53%) YAML
11 2 (0.35%) HTML5
11 2 (0.35%) Keycloak
11 2 (0.35%) LDAP
11 2 (0.35%) Node.js
11 2 (0.35%) RESTful
11 2 (0.35%) Sass
11 2 (0.35%) ServiceStack
11 2 (0.35%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 117 (20.74%) Management Information System
2 71 (12.59%) Security Operations Centre
3 50 (8.87%) Security Posture
4 48 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
5 43 (7.62%) Cyber Threat
6 38 (6.74%) Data Centre
7 34 (6.03%) Cyberattack
8 31 (5.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 30 (5.32%) PKI
10 25 (4.43%) Operational Technology
11 23 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (3.01%) Cyber Defence
13 14 (2.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 14 (2.48%) Product Ownership
14 13 (2.30%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.95%) Public Cloud
16 6 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (1.06%) Mobile App
17 5 (0.89%) IoT
18 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 159 (28.19%) Windows
2 83 (14.72%) Linux
3 64 (11.35%) Windows Server
4 34 (6.03%) Unix
5 17 (3.01%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.84%) Android
7 12 (2.13%) VMS
8 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.89%) CentOS
9 5 (0.89%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.89%) Solaris
9 5 (0.89%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.71%) zOS
11 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (65.25%) Cybersecurity
2 235 (41.67%) Information Security
3 215 (38.12%) SIEM
4 189 (33.51%) Security Operations
5 154 (27.30%) Incident Response
6 93 (16.49%) Cloud Security
6 93 (16.49%) ITIL
7 89 (15.78%) Identity Access Management
8 86 (15.25%) Incident Management
9 82 (14.54%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 75 (13.30%) Threat Intelligence
11 70 (12.41%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 69 (12.23%) Agile
13 67 (11.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 67 (11.88%) Penetration Testing
13 67 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
14 58 (10.28%) Application Security
15 57 (10.11%) Risk Management
15 57 (10.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 54 (9.57%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 72 (12.77%) PowerShell
2 64 (11.35%) Python
3 15 (2.66%) Bash
4 13 (2.30%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.13%) C#
6 9 (1.60%) SQL
7 6 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.53%) Java
9 1 (0.18%) C++
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) ProC
9 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 143 (25.35%) CISSP
2 116 (20.57%) Degree
3 100 (17.73%) Security Cleared
4 87 (15.43%) CISM
5 49 (8.69%) CEH
6 48 (8.51%) SC Cleared
7 46 (8.16%) GIAC
8 39 (6.91%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (6.21%) DV Cleared
10 23 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 21 (3.72%) CRISC
12 20 (3.55%) CCSP
12 20 (3.55%) SSCP
13 18 (3.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 18 (3.19%) CCNA
13 18 (3.19%) CISA
13 18 (3.19%) SANS
14 15 (2.66%) CompTIA CySA+
14 15 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
14 15 (2.66%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (27.48%) NIST
2 129 (22.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (11.52%) GDPR
4 63 (11.17%) PCI DSS
5 49 (8.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 33 (5.85%) COBIT
7 31 (5.50%) GRC
8 20 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 20 (3.55%) SLA
9 16 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (2.66%) NCSC
11 14 (2.48%) SOC 2
12 11 (1.95%) NIST 800
13 8 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.53%) QA
15 2 (0.35%) ISO 31000
16 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 71 (12.59%) Active Directory
2 27 (4.79%) vSphere
3 26 (4.61%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.95%) Docker
7 8 (1.42%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (8.16%) SCCM
2 39 (6.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (6.74%) Nessus
4 27 (4.79%) Ansible
5 25 (4.43%) CASB
6 24 (4.26%) Nmap
7 18 (3.19%) WSUS
8 15 (2.66%) CSIRT
9 14 (2.48%) Kubernetes
10 13 (2.30%) Terraform
11 12 (2.13%) QRadar
12 7 (1.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 7 (1.24%) Nexpose
13 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.89%) Suricata
13 5 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 4 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.71%) DatAdvantage
14 4 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 201 (35.64%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.99%) Qualys
3 55 (9.75%) VMware
4 39 (6.91%) Splunk
5 26 (4.61%) Tanium
5 26 (4.61%) Tripwire
6 25 (4.43%) Rapid7
6 25 (4.43%) SolarWinds
7 24 (4.26%) Cisco
8 23 (4.08%) Citrix
9 22 (3.90%) NetApp
10 19 (3.37%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.66%) Alibaba
12 14 (2.48%) Thycotic
13 13 (2.30%) Palo Alto
14 12 (2.13%) Apple
15 11 (1.95%) Google
16 9 (1.60%) Juniper
17 6 (1.06%) IBM
17 6 (1.06%) Varonis