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 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 446 264 552
Rank change year-on-year -182 +288 -72
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 562 1,312 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 1.38% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.45% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 419 446 532
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,477 £37,286
25th Percentile £50,500 £48,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,708
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.33% -3.53%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,500
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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
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 2 June 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 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 -118 510 £65,000 - 144
UK excluding London -244 340 £52,500 - 80
London +13 202 £80,000 +23.08% 61
Work from Home -55 171 £61,050 +6.17% 58
North of England -74 89 £52,084 -0.79% 26
South East -125 87 £60,000 +4.35% 26
North West -82 57 £52,084 -9.42% 13
South West -106 49 £62,500 +6.38% 8
Midlands -101 40 £40,000 -20.00% 12
East of England -8 34 £72,500 +41.46% 4
Yorkshire +17 30 £56,500 +9.99% 12
West Midlands -67 27 £37,500 -28.57% 4
Scotland -159 25 £53,750 +4.64% 4
Wales -25 15 £65,000 +16.07%
East Midlands -53 13 £52,500 +10.53% 8
North East -12 2 £35,750 -42.80% 1
Northern Ireland +5 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 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.71%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) Apache
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Ripple
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 166 (29.54%) Azure
2 114 (20.28%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (14.59%) AWS
4 38 (6.76%) SaaS
5 29 (5.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 27 (4.80%) Entra ID
7 25 (4.45%) GCP
8 24 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (3.38%) Microsoft Purview
10 17 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.78%) IaaS
11 10 (1.78%) PaaS
12 9 (1.60%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.07%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.71%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (0.53%) GitHub
15 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
16 2 (0.36%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 140 (24.91%) Firewall
2 130 (23.13%) Network Security
3 30 (5.34%) TCP/IP
4 28 (4.98%) LAN
4 28 (4.98%) WAN
5 27 (4.80%) Wireshark
6 26 (4.63%) Intrusion Detection
6 26 (4.63%) SAN
7 25 (4.45%) DNS
8 23 (4.09%) Internet
9 22 (3.91%) VPN
10 9 (1.60%) SSL
11 7 (1.25%) HTTP
11 7 (1.25%) SMTP
12 4 (0.71%) DKIM
12 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.53%) tcpdump
13 3 (0.53%) VoIP
14 2 (0.36%) DHCP
14 2 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.31%) 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 (0.36%) Big Data
5 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.36%) MySQL
5 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL 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 19 (3.38%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.14%) Burp Suite
3 10 (1.78%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.42%) Snyk
5 5 (0.89%) Git
6 3 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.36%) GitLab
7 2 (0.36%) Hudson
7 2 (0.36%) JIRA
7 2 (0.36%) JUnit
General
1 161 (28.65%) Finance
2 144 (25.62%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.47%) Military
5 37 (6.58%) Retail
6 35 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (5.16%) Banking
8 24 (4.27%) Legal
9 23 (4.09%) Games
10 18 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.02%) Law
12 10 (1.78%) Marketing
13 9 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.89%) Advertising
16 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
18 2 (0.36%) Back Office
18 2 (0.36%) Financial Institution
18 2 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (29.72%) Analyst
2 110 (19.57%) Security Analyst
3 95 (16.90%) Senior
4 81 (14.41%) Security Engineer
5 57 (10.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 56 (9.96%) Security Manager
6 56 (9.96%) Senior Analyst
7 51 (9.07%) Lead
8 48 (8.54%) Consultant
9 47 (8.36%) Security Consultant
10 43 (7.65%) Vulnerability Manager
11 38 (6.76%) IT Analyst
12 35 (6.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 35 (6.23%) Senior Security Analyst
13 33 (5.87%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 32 (5.69%) Architect
14 32 (5.69%) Security Architect
15 27 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 26 (4.63%) IT Security Analyst
16 26 (4.63%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.98%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (2.49%) REST
3 11 (1.96%) .NET
4 10 (1.78%) React
5 7 (1.25%) Kafka
5 7 (1.25%) Web Services
6 6 (1.07%) SAML
7 5 (0.89%) EDI
8 4 (0.71%) OAuth
9 3 (0.53%) Sass
9 3 (0.53%) web3js
9 3 (0.53%) YAML
10 2 (0.36%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.36%) LDAP
10 2 (0.36%) Node.js
10 2 (0.36%) RESTful
10 2 (0.36%) ServiceStack
11 1 (0.18%) J2EE
11 1 (0.18%) Middleware
11 1 (0.18%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 111 (19.75%) Management Information System
2 67 (11.92%) Security Operations Centre
3 48 (8.54%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (8.36%) Security Posture
5 39 (6.94%) Cyber Threat
6 36 (6.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 36 (6.41%) Data Centre
7 35 (6.23%) Cyberattack
8 31 (5.52%) PKI
9 22 (3.91%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (3.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 16 (2.85%) Product Ownership
13 14 (2.49%) Onboarding
13 14 (2.49%) Operational Technology
14 13 (2.31%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.89%) Blockchain
17 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
17 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 159 (28.29%) Windows
2 86 (15.30%) Linux
3 59 (10.50%) Windows Server
4 37 (6.58%) Unix
5 17 (3.02%) Apple iOS
6 16 (2.85%) Android
7 12 (2.14%) VMS
8 7 (1.25%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.89%) CentOS
9 5 (0.89%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.89%) Solaris
9 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.71%) zOS
11 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (64.23%) Cybersecurity
2 242 (43.06%) Information Security
3 211 (37.54%) SIEM
4 179 (31.85%) Security Operations
5 150 (26.69%) Incident Response
6 92 (16.37%) Incident Management
7 90 (16.01%) Cloud Security
8 89 (15.84%) ITIL
9 87 (15.48%) Identity Access Management
10 81 (14.41%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 73 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
12 71 (12.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 70 (12.46%) Penetration Testing
13 70 (12.46%) Threat Intelligence
14 68 (12.10%) Agile
14 68 (12.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 60 (10.68%) Risk Management
16 59 (10.50%) Application Security
17 57 (10.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 56 (9.96%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 72 (12.81%) PowerShell
2 69 (12.28%) Python
3 16 (2.85%) Bash
4 13 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.14%) C#
6 11 (1.96%) SQL
7 6 (1.07%) 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
1 152 (27.05%) CISSP
2 118 (21.00%) Degree
3 96 (17.08%) Security Cleared
4 93 (16.55%) CISM
5 50 (8.90%) CEH
6 47 (8.36%) SC Cleared
7 46 (8.19%) GIAC
8 40 (7.12%) Cisco Certification
9 34 (6.05%) DV Cleared
10 25 (4.45%) CRISC
11 20 (3.56%) CCSP
11 20 (3.56%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (3.56%) SSCP
12 19 (3.38%) CCNA
12 19 (3.38%) CISA
13 18 (3.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (3.02%) SANS
15 16 (2.85%) ISSMP
16 15 (2.67%) DBS Check
17 14 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (27.76%) NIST
2 126 (22.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (11.39%) GDPR
4 55 (9.79%) PCI DSS
5 43 (7.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 34 (6.05%) GRC
7 31 (5.52%) COBIT
8 21 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 21 (3.74%) SLA
9 15 (2.67%) NCSC
10 14 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (2.49%) SOC 2
11 11 (1.96%) NIST 800
12 7 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.71%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.53%) QA
15 2 (0.36%) ISO 31000
16 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
16 1 (0.18%) RMADS
System Software
1 70 (12.46%) Active Directory
2 32 (5.69%) vSphere
3 24 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.96%) Docker
7 6 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 48 (8.54%) SCCM
2 37 (6.58%) Nessus
3 32 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (5.16%) Ansible
5 27 (4.80%) CASB
6 25 (4.45%) Nmap
7 18 (3.20%) WSUS
8 15 (2.67%) CSIRT
8 15 (2.67%) Kubernetes
9 14 (2.49%) QRadar
9 14 (2.49%) Terraform
10 7 (1.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 7 (1.25%) Nexpose
11 5 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.89%) Suricata
11 5 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.71%) DatAdvantage
13 3 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 205 (36.48%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.68%) Qualys
3 57 (10.14%) VMware
4 36 (6.41%) Splunk
5 30 (5.34%) Tripwire
6 29 (5.16%) Cisco
6 29 (5.16%) SolarWinds
7 28 (4.98%) Tanium
8 27 (4.80%) Rapid7
9 23 (4.09%) Citrix
10 22 (3.91%) NetApp
11 19 (3.38%) ServiceNow
12 16 (2.85%) Alibaba
13 14 (2.49%) Thycotic
14 13 (2.31%) Palo Alto
15 12 (2.14%) Apple
15 12 (2.14%) Google
16 9 (1.60%) Juniper
17 8 (1.42%) IBM
17 8 (1.42%) Kenna