Tenable Nessus
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 798 1128
Rank change year-on-year -29 +330 -309
Permanent jobs citing Nessus 78 148 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.16% 0.080%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.79% 1.08% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 64 131 112
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £69,645
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.38% - +16.67%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Nessus is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,899 13,744 31,442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.41% 14.50% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 7,032 8,785 14,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £58,750 £58,000
% change year-on-year -6.38% +1.29% +5.45%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Nessus.

Salary trend for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Nessus over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England -3 69 £60,000 +9.09% 19
UK excluding London -65 41 £53,750 +2.38% 15
Work from Home +14 33 £60,000 +9.09% 9
London +61 26 £70,073 +7.80% 5
South East -5 20 £70,000 +27.27% 5
North of England +30 16 £50,000 -9.09% 2
North West -15 11 £46,250 -9.76% 1
Yorkshire +61 5 £60,000 -25.00% 1
West Midlands -14 3 £42,500 -30.61% 1
Midlands -31 3 £42,500 -10.53% 1
South West -30 1 - - 3
Scotland -70 1 £55,000 +47.65% 1

Nessus
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 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.28%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 31 (39.74%) Azure
2 21 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.10%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (12.82%) SaaS
5 8 (10.26%) IaaS
6 7 (8.97%) AWS
6 7 (8.97%) PaaS
7 5 (6.41%) Entra ID
8 4 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (19.23%) Firewall
2 9 (11.54%) Network Security
2 9 (11.54%) Wireless
3 6 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (6.41%) BGP
4 5 (6.41%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (6.41%) DNS
4 5 (6.41%) LAN
4 5 (6.41%) WAN
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (5.13%) DMZ
5 4 (5.13%) MPLS
5 4 (5.13%) Unified Communications
5 4 (5.13%) VLAN
5 4 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (3.85%) DSL
6 3 (3.85%) VPN
6 3 (3.85%) Wireshark
7 2 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (12.82%) Metasploit
2 7 (8.97%) Burp Suite
2 7 (8.97%) Snyk
3 1 (1.28%) MSI
3 1 (1.28%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Finance
3 10 (12.82%) Telecoms
4 8 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.26%) Law
5 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.13%) Banking
6 4 (5.13%) Marketing
7 3 (3.85%) Police
8 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Legal
8 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (17.95%) Senior
2 10 (12.82%) Analyst
2 10 (12.82%) Security Manager
3 8 (10.26%) Security Engineer
4 7 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (8.97%) Penetration Tester
4 7 (8.97%) Security Analyst
4 7 (8.97%) Tester
4 7 (8.97%) Vulnerability Specialist
5 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 6 (7.69%) IT Engineer
5 6 (7.69%) Security Assurance Manager
6 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Lead
7 4 (5.13%) Network Engineer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) Senior Security Consultant
8 3 (3.85%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.85%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) Software Packaging
2 2 (2.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Operational Technology
2 7 (8.97%) IoT
2 7 (8.97%) Mobile App
3 6 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.41%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.41%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.13%) Cyberattack
6 3 (3.85%) CMDB
6 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.85%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.56%) Anti-Spyware
7 2 (2.56%) Life Science
7 2 (2.56%) PKI
7 2 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.28%) Replication
8 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (32.05%) Windows
2 21 (26.92%) Windows Server
3 19 (24.36%) Linux
4 10 (12.82%) Unix
5 8 (10.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (8.97%) Kali Linux
7 6 (7.69%) Windows 10
8 4 (5.13%) CentOS
8 4 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (5.13%) Ubuntu
8 4 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (2.56%) VMS
10 1 (1.28%) AIX
10 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (57.69%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (47.44%) Vulnerability Management
3 26 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 22 (28.21%) ITIL
5 21 (26.92%) Penetration Testing
6 18 (23.08%) SIEM
7 16 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (20.51%) Red Team
8 14 (17.95%) Information Security
9 13 (16.67%) OWASP
10 12 (15.38%) DevSecOps
11 11 (14.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (14.10%) Service Delivery
12 10 (12.82%) Threat Management
12 10 (12.82%) Threat Modelling
13 9 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
13 9 (11.54%) Project Management
13 9 (11.54%) Security Operations
13 9 (11.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 8 (10.26%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.97%) SQL
3 4 (5.13%) Python
4 3 (3.85%) Java
4 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (17.95%) CISSP
2 12 (15.38%) Degree
2 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 10 (12.82%) OSCP
4 9 (11.54%) GIAC
4 9 (11.54%) GPEN
5 8 (10.26%) CISM
5 8 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (8.97%) CREST Certified
6 7 (8.97%) OSCE
6 7 (8.97%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.69%) CISA
8 5 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (6.41%) SSCP
9 4 (5.13%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.85%) CEH
11 1 (1.28%) MCSA
11 1 (1.28%) MCSE
11 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (12.82%) GDPR
2 10 (12.82%) NIST
3 6 (7.69%) GRC
3 6 (7.69%) NIST 800
3 6 (7.69%) SLA
3 6 (7.69%) SOC 2
4 5 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.56%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 14 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.13%) vSphere
4 3 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.56%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.28%) Docker
6 1 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (16.67%) SCCM
2 12 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 7 (8.97%) Nexpose
3 7 (8.97%) Nmap
4 5 (6.41%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.41%) Terraform
4 5 (6.41%) WSUS
5 4 (5.13%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.85%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.28%) Ansible
7 1 (1.28%) Grafana
7 1 (1.28%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (1.28%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (1.28%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (38.46%) Qualys
3 21 (26.92%) VMware
4 9 (11.54%) Cisco
5 8 (10.26%) Darktrace
5 8 (10.26%) Red Hat
5 8 (10.26%) ServiceNow
6 5 (6.41%) CheckPoint
6 5 (6.41%) Citrix
7 4 (5.13%) Avaya
7 4 (5.13%) F5
7 4 (5.13%) IBM
7 4 (5.13%) Oracle
7 4 (5.13%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.85%) arcserve
8 3 (3.85%) Clearswift
8 3 (3.85%) McAfee
8 3 (3.85%) Snow
8 3 (3.85%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.85%) Veritas