Vulnerability Scanning Jobs in the North West

Vulnerability Scanning
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 284 295
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 -77
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 16 11 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.16% 0.14% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.14% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 9
10th Percentile £35,000 £57,625 £35,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £65,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +55.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £75,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,250 - £55,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year - -2.04% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,089 7,596 8,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.07% 95.73% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,145 3,957 5,366
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Vulnerability Scanning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the North West

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning in the North West.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the North West

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in the North West

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Manchester +25 8 £50,000 -33.33% 4
Cheshire -8 6 £35,000 - 3
Merseyside +15 2 £43,500 -17.14%
Vulnerability Scanning
England

Vulnerability Scanning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) CloudFront
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) IaaS
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) PowerApps
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Firewall
2 5 (31.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (18.75%) DNS
3 3 (18.75%) Wireless
4 2 (12.50%) DKIM
4 2 (12.50%) DMARC
4 2 (12.50%) Internet
5 1 (6.25%) DHCP
5 1 (6.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Burp Suite
1 3 (18.75%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Law
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Information Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Information Security Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Security Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Penetration Tester
4 3 (18.75%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Tester
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Compliance Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Compliance Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Cyberattack
2 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (18.75%) IoT
3 3 (18.75%) Mobile App
3 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
4 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (6.25%) Life Science
5 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Kali Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (62.50%) Information Security
3 9 (56.25%) SIEM
4 7 (43.75%) ITIL
5 6 (37.50%) Incident Management
6 5 (31.25%) Cloud Security
6 5 (31.25%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (31.25%) Project Management
6 5 (31.25%) Release Management
6 5 (31.25%) Secure Coding
6 5 (31.25%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
8 3 (18.75%) Data Privacy
8 3 (18.75%) Microservices
8 3 (18.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (18.75%) Red Team
8 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
8 3 (18.75%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) Java
2 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) CISSP
2 5 (31.25%) CISA
3 3 (18.75%) CREST Certified
3 3 (18.75%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) OSCE
3 3 (18.75%) OSCP
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (31.25%) SOC 2
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (12.50%) GDPR
3 2 (12.50%) NIST
4 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
4 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Nessus
2 3 (18.75%) CASB
2 3 (18.75%) Nmap
3 1 (6.25%) CSIRT
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (25.00%) Qualys