Vulnerability Analyst
UK

The median Vulnerability Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 859 944 1208
Rank change year-on-year +85 +264 -326
Permanent jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 45 49 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.047% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.052% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 15
10th Percentile - £52,000 £41,384
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +31.58% +18.75%
75th Percentile £55,625 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £63,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -29.41% +34.21% +21.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst within the UK 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
England +78 39 £45,000 -29.41% 6
UK excluding London +10 32 £45,000 -29.41% 4
Work from Home +108 22 £55,000 -
South East -4 16 £42,500 - 2
London +122 11 £55,000 -4.35%
Midlands +19 8 £45,000 -28.00% 1
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 1
North of England +52 3 - - 1
North West +8 2 - -
Scotland -62 2 - -
Yorkshire +79 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Vulnerability Analyst 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 featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 33 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (57.78%) Windows
2 26 (57.78%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 23 (51.11%) Vulnerability Management
4 21 (46.67%) Patch Management
5 20 (44.44%) Azure
6 18 (40.00%) WSUS
7 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
7 14 (31.11%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (28.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
8 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
9 12 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (26.67%) Change Advisory Board
9 12 (26.67%) Games
9 12 (26.67%) Change Management
9 12 (26.67%) Firewall
9 12 (26.67%) Apple
9 12 (26.67%) VMS
9 12 (26.67%) Unix
9 12 (26.67%) SCCM
9 12 (26.67%) Network Security
10 9 (20.00%) ITIL
10 9 (20.00%) Finance
10 9 (20.00%) Security Operations
11 8 (17.78%) Management Information System
11 8 (17.78%) Windows Server
12 7 (15.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 7 (15.56%) Qualys

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (44.44%) Azure
2 14 (31.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.67%) Firewall
1 12 (26.67%) Network Security
2 7 (15.56%) DNS
3 6 (13.33%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.22%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Burp Suite
1 4 (8.89%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (26.67%) Games
2 9 (20.00%) Finance
3 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (17.78%) Management Information System
3 6 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (57.78%) Windows
2 12 (26.67%) Unix
2 12 (26.67%) VMS
3 8 (17.78%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (57.78%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 23 (51.11%) Vulnerability Management
4 21 (46.67%) Patch Management
5 12 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
5 12 (26.67%) Change Advisory Board
5 12 (26.67%) Change Management
6 9 (20.00%) ITIL
6 9 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 7 (15.56%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 7 (15.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 6 (13.33%) Data Protection
8 6 (13.33%) Data Security
8 6 (13.33%) Incident Response
8 6 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (13.33%) Project Planning
8 6 (13.33%) SIEM
8 6 (13.33%) Threat Detection
8 6 (13.33%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) SC Cleared
1 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (28.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (15.56%) NCSC
3 6 (13.33%) GDPR
3 6 (13.33%) GRC
3 6 (13.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (40.00%) WSUS
2 12 (26.67%) SCCM
3 6 (13.33%) CSIRT
4 4 (8.89%) Nmap
5 1 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.22%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (26.67%) Apple
3 7 (15.56%) Qualys
4 1 (2.22%) Meraki