Vulnerability Researcher Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Researcher
UK > UK excluding London

The median Vulnerability Researcher salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 750 743 847
Rank change year-on-year -7 +104 -164
Permanent jobs requiring a Vulnerability Researcher 10 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.015% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £31,250 - £43,875
25th Percentile £43,438 - £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £58,750
75th Percentile £60,625 - £74,063
90th Percentile £66,250 - £74,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 - £57,500

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,268 53,729 68,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,545 30,499 42,724
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £81,251 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Vulnerability Researcher
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Researcher in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Researcher in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Researcher
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Researcher in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Researcher in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Researcher
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Researcher in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Researcher in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Researcher
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Researcher within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Midlands - 7 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands - 7 £60,000 - 1
South East - 2 £32,500 -
South West -28 1 £55,000 -
Vulnerability Researcher
UK

Vulnerability Researcher Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Vulnerability Researcher job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Vulnerability Researcher in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (30.00%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
6 2 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (20.00%) Android
6 2 (20.00%) Automotive
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Security
6 2 (20.00%) 5G
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (10.00%) C
7 1 (10.00%) C++
7 1 (10.00%) Python
7 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
7 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
7 1 (10.00%) SDLC

Vulnerability Researcher Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) 5G
General
1 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Security
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C
1 1 (10.00%) C++
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Degree