Vulnerability Remediation Jobs in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Vulnerability Remediation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Remediation 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 196 209 227
Rank change year-on-year +13 +18 -55
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 86 13 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.28% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.29% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile - - £44,924
25th Percentile - £60,000 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £65,000 £48,846
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +33.07% +16.30%
75th Percentile £47,696 £85,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £49,784 - £63,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +11.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation 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 6,238 4,437 5,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.24% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,226 2,788
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Remediation in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Remediation in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -27 82 £47,000 -
Edinburgh +31 3 £48,507 -35.32%
Vulnerability Remediation
UK

Vulnerability Remediation
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 71 (82.56%) AWS
1 71 (82.56%) Datadog
2 52 (60.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 10 (11.63%) Azure
4 9 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) DKIM
1 8 (9.30%) DMARC
1 8 (9.30%) DNS
1 8 (9.30%) Internet
2 2 (2.33%) Network Security
General
1 75 (87.21%) Social Skills
2 73 (84.88%) Finance
3 71 (82.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 71 (82.56%) Law
4 40 (46.51%) Marketing
5 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.33%) Games
6 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (82.56%) Software Engineer
2 52 (60.47%) Cloud Engineer
2 52 (60.47%) Cloud Software Engineer
3 40 (46.51%) Lead
3 40 (46.51%) Lead Software Engineer
4 21 (24.42%) Lead Cloud Engineer
5 13 (15.12%) Analyst
6 10 (11.63%) Security Analyst
7 8 (9.30%) Information Analyst
7 8 (9.30%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (2.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 1 (1.16%) Operations Analyst
9 1 (1.16%) Security Engineer
9 1 (1.16%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (82.56%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (1.16%) RESTful
2 1 (1.16%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 71 (82.56%) Cloud Native
2 52 (60.47%) Public Cloud
3 20 (23.26%) Management Information System
4 19 (22.09%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (9.30%) Cyberattack
6 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.49%) Windows
2 2 (2.33%) Unix
2 2 (2.33%) VMS
3 1 (1.16%) Android
3 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (82.56%) Agile
1 71 (82.56%) Architectural Design
1 71 (82.56%) Artificial Intelligence
1 71 (82.56%) CI/CD
1 71 (82.56%) Community of Practice
1 71 (82.56%) Information Architecture
1 71 (82.56%) Machine Learning
1 71 (82.56%) Observability
1 71 (82.56%) Operational Stability
1 71 (82.56%) SDLC
1 71 (82.56%) Software Engineering
1 71 (82.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 70 (81.40%) Continuous Delivery
3 53 (61.63%) Identity Access Management
4 52 (60.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 37 (43.02%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (10.47%) SIEM
7 8 (9.30%) Cloud Security
7 8 (9.30%) Information Security
7 8 (9.30%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 53 (61.63%) Java
2 1 (1.16%) Go
2 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (2.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.16%) CISM
2 1 (1.16%) CISSP
2 1 (1.16%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.16%) GDPR
1 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.16%) NIST
1 1 (1.16%) SLA
Systems Management
1 71 (82.56%) Grafana
2 52 (60.47%) Terraform
3 19 (22.09%) Prometheus
4 8 (9.30%) CASB
5 3 (3.49%) SCCM
6 2 (2.33%) WSUS
7 1 (1.16%) Nessus
Vendors
1 71 (82.56%) Dynatrace
1 71 (82.56%) Splunk
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.33%) Apple
4 1 (1.16%) Qualys