Vulnerability Scanning Jobs in England

Vulnerability Scanning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Vulnerability Scanning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Scanning over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 596 620 883
Rank change year-on-year +24 +263 -191
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 222 324 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.37% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 187 188 184
10th Percentile £41,550 £33,375 £41,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Scanning 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Scanning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +83 108 £75,000 +15.38% 18
North of England +59 47 £46,250 -15.91% 17
South West -17 24 £45,000 -10.00% 5
South East -22 23 £75,000 +42.86% 4
Yorkshire +101 21 £50,000 - 10
North West +22 16 £43,500 -37.86% 6
Midlands -12 16 £65,000 +52.94% 3
East Midlands -11 13 £65,000 +87.97% 1
North East +5 10 £41,250 -25.00% 1
West Midlands +14 3 £52,500 +23.53% 2
East of England +11 2 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Vulnerability Scanning
UK

Vulnerability Scanning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.45%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 64 (28.83%) Azure
2 49 (22.07%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (15.32%) AWS
4 17 (7.66%) SaaS
5 16 (7.21%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.50%) Google Workspace
7 9 (4.05%) PaaS
8 8 (3.60%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.60%) Cloudflare
8 8 (3.60%) IaaS
9 4 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.45%) AWS CloudTrail
12 1 (0.45%) AWS Control Tower
12 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.45%) GCP
12 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 90 (40.54%) Firewall
2 53 (23.87%) Network Security
3 23 (10.36%) DNS
4 17 (7.66%) VPN
5 16 (7.21%) Intrusion Detection
6 14 (6.31%) Wireless
7 13 (5.86%) VLAN
8 11 (4.95%) LAN
8 11 (4.95%) WAN
9 10 (4.50%) Broadband
9 10 (4.50%) NAS
10 8 (3.60%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.70%) BGP
12 5 (2.25%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (2.25%) DMZ
13 4 (1.80%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (1.80%) Internet
14 3 (1.35%) MPLS
14 3 (1.35%) OSPF
14 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (13.96%) Burp Suite
1 31 (13.96%) Metasploit
2 7 (3.15%) Snyk
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 80 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 65 (29.28%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.11%) Finance
3 18 (8.11%) Games
3 18 (8.11%) Public Sector
3 18 (8.11%) Retail
4 13 (5.86%) Law
5 8 (3.60%) Banking
5 8 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (3.60%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.15%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.15%) Aviation
6 7 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.15%) Military
7 5 (2.25%) Legal
8 3 (1.35%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.90%) Police
10 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (24.77%) Analyst
2 46 (20.72%) Security Analyst
3 35 (15.77%) Penetration Tester
3 35 (15.77%) Tester
4 34 (15.32%) Senior
5 33 (14.86%) Consultant
6 23 (10.36%) Security Consultant
7 21 (9.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 20 (9.01%) IT Analyst
8 20 (9.01%) IT Security Analyst
9 17 (7.66%) Architect
10 14 (6.31%) IT Consultant
10 14 (6.31%) Security Engineer
11 13 (5.86%) Lead
12 11 (4.95%) Information Security Consultant
13 10 (4.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 10 (4.50%) Infrastructure Architect
14 9 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (4.05%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.60%) Laravel
2 2 (0.90%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.45%) OAuth
3 1 (0.45%) OpenID
3 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.51%) Cyber Threat
2 25 (11.26%) Management Information System
3 24 (10.81%) Cyberattack
4 20 (9.01%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (9.01%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (7.66%) Onboarding
6 13 (5.86%) PKI
7 12 (5.41%) IoT
7 12 (5.41%) Security Posture
7 12 (5.41%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (3.60%) Operational Technology
9 7 (3.15%) Cyber Security Posture
9 7 (3.15%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.70%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.80%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 59 (26.58%) Windows
2 53 (23.87%) Linux
3 43 (19.37%) Windows Server
4 31 (13.96%) Kali Linux
5 18 (8.11%) Unix
6 10 (4.50%) Mac OS
7 9 (4.05%) Windows 10
8 6 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.80%) VMS
9 4 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.45%) AIX
11 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (71.62%) Cybersecurity
2 87 (39.19%) Information Security
3 85 (38.29%) Penetration Testing
4 79 (35.59%) SIEM
5 73 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (25.23%) Incident Response
7 54 (24.32%) Security Operations
8 52 (23.42%) Computer Science
9 50 (22.52%) Vulnerability Management
10 46 (20.72%) Security Testing
11 41 (18.47%) Data Protection
12 37 (16.67%) Red Team
13 32 (14.41%) Application Security
14 30 (13.51%) Malware Analysis
15 28 (12.61%) Cloud Security
15 28 (12.61%) Critical Thinking
15 28 (12.61%) Reverse Engineering
16 25 (11.26%) Identity Management
17 24 (10.81%) ITIL
18 23 (10.36%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 32 (14.41%) PowerShell
2 22 (9.91%) Bash
3 19 (8.56%) Python
4 8 (3.60%) PHP
4 8 (3.60%) Rust
5 7 (3.15%) SQL
6 3 (1.35%) Java
6 3 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (31.08%) Degree
2 36 (16.22%) CISSP
3 34 (15.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (9.91%) Master's Degree
5 20 (9.01%) Security Cleared
6 14 (6.31%) CISA
7 12 (5.41%) CREST Certified
8 11 (4.95%) CISM
8 11 (4.95%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (4.05%) CISMP
9 9 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (4.05%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.60%) CEH
11 7 (3.15%) SANS
12 6 (2.70%) GIAC
13 5 (2.25%) OSCP
14 4 (1.80%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.80%) DV Cleared
14 4 (1.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (31.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (18.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 36 (16.22%) GDPR
4 27 (12.16%) NIST
5 22 (9.91%) PCI DSS
6 17 (7.66%) SOC 2
7 11 (4.95%) NCSC
8 10 (4.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (3.15%) COBIT
10 7 (3.15%) DO-254
10 7 (3.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (2.70%) GRC
12 4 (1.80%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.45%) GxP
13 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.45%) QA
13 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.31%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.35%) Docker
5 3 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (12.16%) Nessus
2 13 (5.86%) CASB
3 11 (4.95%) SCCM
4 10 (4.50%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (4.05%) WSUS
6 7 (3.15%) CSIRT
6 7 (3.15%) Nexpose
7 4 (1.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (1.35%) Grafana
8 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.35%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (1.35%) Nmap
8 3 (1.35%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.90%) Terraform
10 1 (0.45%) DatAdvantage
10 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.45%) QRadar
10 1 (0.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 88 (39.64%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.81%) Qualys
2 24 (10.81%) VMware
3 15 (6.76%) Cisco
4 11 (4.95%) Google
5 10 (4.50%) Apple
6 6 (2.70%) PagerDuty
7 5 (2.25%) arcserve
7 5 (2.25%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.80%) Avaya
8 4 (1.80%) Citrix
8 4 (1.80%) Dell
8 4 (1.80%) F5
8 4 (1.80%) IBM
8 4 (1.80%) Oracle
8 4 (1.80%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.35%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.35%) Juniper
9 3 (1.35%) McAfee
9 3 (1.35%) Veritas