Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in Scotland

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 220 221
Rank change year-on-year -47 +1 -44
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 15 2 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.22% 0.042% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.045% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 15 1 23
10th Percentile £40,865 - £42,850
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £83,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -48.80% +88.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £43,750 -
90th Percentile £69,500 - -
UK median annual salary £65,250 £61,500 £63,093
% change year-on-year +6.10% -2.53% -6.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,240 4,462 5,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.93% 94.23% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,423 2,247 2,772
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,392 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in Scotland

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in Scotland

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Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 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
Edinburgh - 6 £67,500 -
Glasgow -101 4 £60,000 +41.18%
Highlands - 3 £60,000 -
Dundee - 1 £49,990 -
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) Operational Security Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Operations Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Security Manager
3 4 (26.67%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (26.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (26.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 6 (40.00%) SIEM
4 4 (26.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (26.67%) Cyber Resilience
4 4 (26.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security
5 3 (20.00%) Secure Coding
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
6 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (13.33%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Use Case
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) CISM
1 5 (33.33%) CISSP
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) CISA
3 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) CCDP
4 1 (6.67%) CCNP
4 1 (6.67%) CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (46.67%) NIST
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (13.33%) HIPAA
4 1 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) CASB
2 1 (6.67%) CSIRT
2 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Qualys