Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in England

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Vulnerability Assessment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 655 711 777
Rank change year-on-year +56 +66 -92
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 192 221 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.25% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.26% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 154 143 290
10th Percentile £38,575 £37,731 £39,750
25th Percentile £56,155 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -10.57% -10.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,125 £93,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £56,000 £63,187
% change year-on-year +20.54% -11.37% -4.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Assessment 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 73,438 86,230 127,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.46% 95.62% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 53,979 51,187 72,943
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
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 Assessment within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +121 80 £75,000 +4.90% 17
South East -17 48 £80,000 +60.00% 5
North of England +64 21 £46,500 +0.54% 3
Midlands -15 19 £43,750 -7.89% 3
West Midlands +25 12 £40,000 -45.21% 3
South West -21 12 £62,500 +25.00% 5
North West +9 10 £39,000 +1.30% 2
East of England +14 9 £72,500 +31.82% 7
East Midlands -21 7 £47,500 -
Yorkshire +84 6 £60,000 -33.33%
North East - 5 £42,500 - 1
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
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 3 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.52%) Apache
3 1 (0.52%) IIS
3 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 69 (35.94%) Azure
2 54 (28.13%) AWS
3 34 (17.71%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (8.33%) Amazon ECS
4 16 (8.33%) Datadog
5 13 (6.77%) Entra ID
6 12 (6.25%) GCP
7 9 (4.69%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (3.65%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (3.13%) PaaS
10 5 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.60%) SaaS
11 4 (2.08%) IaaS
12 2 (1.04%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.04%) AWS CloudTrail
12 2 (1.04%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.04%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.52%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 73 (38.02%) Firewall
2 23 (11.98%) Network Security
3 21 (10.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 14 (7.29%) DNS
5 13 (6.77%) TCP/IP
6 11 (5.73%) Wireless
7 5 (2.60%) DHCP
7 5 (2.60%) IPsec
7 5 (2.60%) SSL
8 4 (2.08%) LAN
8 4 (2.08%) SAN
8 4 (2.08%) VPN
9 3 (1.56%) OSPF
9 3 (1.56%) WLAN
10 2 (1.04%) Internet
10 2 (1.04%) NAS
10 2 (1.04%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.04%) Wireless Security
11 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.69%) Power BI
2 2 (1.04%) Big Data
2 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (13.54%) Jenkins
2 16 (8.33%) GitLab
3 3 (1.56%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.04%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.52%) MSI
5 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.52%) Snyk
5 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 61 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.35%) Finance
3 26 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.33%) Legal
5 10 (5.21%) Law
5 10 (5.21%) Marketing
5 10 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (4.17%) Banking
6 8 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.60%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Games
11 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (25.00%) Analyst
2 37 (19.27%) Security Analyst
3 33 (17.19%) Senior
4 27 (14.06%) Lead
5 25 (13.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 25 (13.02%) Security Engineer
6 18 (9.38%) Security Manager
7 17 (8.85%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (8.33%) Lead DevOps
8 16 (8.33%) Lead DevOps Engineer
9 15 (7.81%) Architect
10 13 (6.77%) Penetration Tester
11 12 (6.25%) Tester
12 11 (5.73%) Information Manager
12 11 (5.73%) Information Security Manager
13 9 (4.69%) Security Specialist
13 9 (4.69%) Senior Security Engineer
14 8 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (4.17%) Senior Penetration Tester
14 8 (4.17%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.33%) .NET
2 3 (1.56%) EDI
2 3 (1.56%) Sass
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.04%) REST
4 1 (0.52%) OAuth
4 1 (0.52%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.52%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.19%) Cyber Threat
1 33 (17.19%) Management Information System
2 22 (11.46%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.77%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (5.73%) PKI
5 10 (5.21%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (5.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 9 (4.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (4.69%) IoT
7 8 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.65%) Product Ownership
9 6 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.60%) Cyberattack
10 5 (2.60%) Operational Technology
11 4 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (2.08%) Data Centre
11 4 (2.08%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.08%) Public Cloud
11 4 (2.08%) SCADA
12 2 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 47 (24.48%) Windows
2 25 (13.02%) Linux
3 17 (8.85%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.60%) Unix
6 2 (1.04%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (71.88%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (39.58%) Information Security
3 68 (35.42%) Incident Response
4 61 (31.77%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (28.13%) SIEM
6 51 (26.56%) Penetration Testing
7 38 (19.79%) Vulnerability Management
8 36 (18.75%) Cloud Security
9 35 (18.23%) Security Architecture
10 26 (13.54%) CI/CD
10 26 (13.54%) ITIL
10 26 (13.54%) Security Operations
11 25 (13.02%) DevOps
12 24 (12.50%) Business Continuity
12 24 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
13 22 (11.46%) OWASP
14 20 (10.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 20 (10.42%) Risk Management
15 19 (9.90%) Server Management
15 19 (9.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.58%) Python
2 9 (4.69%) C#
3 7 (3.65%) C
3 7 (3.65%) C++
3 7 (3.65%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.08%) Bash
6 1 (0.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (25.52%) Degree
2 46 (23.96%) CISSP
3 25 (13.02%) CISM
4 22 (11.46%) AWS Certification
5 21 (10.94%) Security Cleared
6 20 (10.42%) CISA
7 18 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (8.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 16 (8.33%) CEH
9 15 (7.81%) GIAC
10 13 (6.77%) CompTIA CySA+
10 13 (6.77%) OSCP
11 12 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (6.25%) CRISC
11 12 (6.25%) Master's Degree
11 12 (6.25%) SC Cleared
12 11 (5.73%) CREST Certified
13 9 (4.69%) CHECK Team Member
13 9 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (38.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (32.29%) NIST
3 31 (16.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (12.50%) GRC
5 19 (9.90%) NCSC
6 16 (8.33%) NIST 800
7 15 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (7.29%) GDPR
9 11 (5.73%) COBIT
10 9 (4.69%) PCI DSS
11 7 (3.65%) ISO 13485
11 7 (3.65%) QA
12 6 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (1.56%) HIPAA
13 3 (1.56%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.52%) FISMA
14 1 (0.52%) IASME
14 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.52%) SLA
14 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (10.94%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.90%) Docker
3 10 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.65%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.56%) KVM
6 2 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (11.46%) Kubernetes
2 20 (10.42%) Terraform
3 16 (8.33%) Consul
3 16 (8.33%) Puppet
4 10 (5.21%) Ansible
5 6 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.08%) CSIRT
7 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.56%) Nessus
8 2 (1.04%) Nmap
8 2 (1.04%) WSUS
9 1 (0.52%) CASB
9 1 (0.52%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.52%) QRadar
9 1 (0.52%) SCCM
9 1 (0.52%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.52%) WMI
Vendors
1 57 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.21%) VMware
3 9 (4.69%) Alibaba
3 9 (4.69%) Google
4 6 (3.13%) Cisco
5 5 (2.60%) Qualys
6 4 (2.08%) Intel
7 3 (1.56%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.56%) Splunk
8 2 (1.04%) arcserve
8 2 (1.04%) CA
8 2 (1.04%) Veeam
9 1 (0.52%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.52%) Dell
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle
9 1 (0.52%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.52%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.52%) Symantec