Vulnerability Assessment Jobs

Vulnerability Assessment
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 686 732 834
Rank change year-on-year +46 +102 -139
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 219 244 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.25% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 176 154 315
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,987 £39,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,250 £63,187
Median % change year-on-year +17.90% -9.40% -6.39%
75th Percentile £80,313 £74,313 £79,000
90th Percentile £93,125 £92,625 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.58% -20.83% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +76 192 £70,000 +25.00% 40
UK excluding London +4 134 £62,500 +31.58% 24
London +98 80 £75,000 +4.90% 21
Work from Home +11 53 £62,500 +11.61% 30
South East -24 49 £77,500 +55.00% 3
North of England +68 21 £46,500 +3.33% 3
Midlands -21 19 £43,750 -7.89% 2
Scotland -54 13 £60,000 +41.18% 1
West Midlands +13 12 £40,000 -45.21% 2
South West -19 12 £62,500 +25.00% 4
North West +19 10 £39,000 +1.30% 2
East of England +20 9 £72,500 +31.82% 7
East Midlands -27 7 £47,500 -
Yorkshire +94 6 £60,000 -15.79%
North East - 5 £42,500 - 1
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £57,500 - 2
Wales +5 3 - - 2

Vulnerability Assessment
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 3 (1.37%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.46%) Apache
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 78 (35.62%) Azure
2 60 (27.40%) AWS
3 36 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.68%) GCP
5 16 (7.31%) Amazon ECS
5 16 (7.31%) Datadog
6 14 (6.39%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.57%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (4.11%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.74%) PaaS
11 5 (2.28%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.28%) Azure AKS
11 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (2.28%) SaaS
12 4 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.83%) IaaS
12 4 (1.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (1.37%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 3 (1.37%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 79 (36.07%) Firewall
2 27 (12.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 27 (12.33%) Network Security
3 15 (6.85%) DNS
4 13 (5.94%) TCP/IP
5 11 (5.02%) Wireless
6 8 (3.65%) VPN
7 6 (2.74%) DHCP
8 5 (2.28%) IPsec
8 5 (2.28%) SSL
9 4 (1.83%) LAN
9 4 (1.83%) SAN
10 3 (1.37%) OSPF
10 3 (1.37%) WLAN
11 2 (0.91%) Internet
11 2 (0.91%) NAS
11 2 (0.91%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.91%) Wireless Security
12 1 (0.46%) VLAN
12 1 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.11%) Power BI
2 4 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.91%) Big Data
3 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (11.87%) Jenkins
2 16 (7.31%) GitLab
3 4 (1.83%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.37%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.46%) AppScan
5 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.46%) MSI
5 1 (0.46%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.46%) Snyk
5 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 70 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 48 (21.92%) Finance
3 34 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.22%) Legal
5 13 (5.94%) Law
6 11 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.02%) Marketing
7 10 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.65%) Banking
8 8 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.20%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.74%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.83%) Retail
12 3 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 58 (26.48%) Analyst
2 42 (19.18%) Security Analyst
3 32 (14.61%) Senior
4 29 (13.24%) Lead
5 27 (12.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 27 (12.33%) Security Engineer
6 24 (10.96%) Security Manager
7 17 (7.76%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (7.31%) Lead DevOps
8 16 (7.31%) Lead DevOps Engineer
9 15 (6.85%) Architect
10 14 (6.39%) Penetration Tester
11 13 (5.94%) Tester
12 11 (5.02%) Information Manager
12 11 (5.02%) Information Security Manager
13 9 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 9 (4.11%) Security Specialist
13 9 (4.11%) Senior Security Engineer
14 8 (3.65%) Senior Penetration Tester
14 8 (3.65%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.31%) .NET
2 3 (1.37%) EDI
3 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.91%) REST
3 2 (0.91%) Sass
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.46%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.72%) Management Information System
2 39 (17.81%) Cyber Threat
3 26 (11.87%) Security Posture
4 17 (7.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (5.02%) PKI
6 10 (4.57%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (4.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (4.11%) IoT
7 9 (4.11%) Operational Technology
8 8 (3.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.20%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (2.28%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.83%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.83%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.83%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 51 (23.29%) Windows
2 28 (12.79%) Linux
3 17 (7.76%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.65%) Unix
5 7 (3.20%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.37%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.91%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (70.78%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (36.99%) Incident Response
3 80 (36.53%) Information Security
4 66 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (28.31%) SIEM
6 61 (27.85%) Penetration Testing
7 43 (19.63%) Cloud Security
7 43 (19.63%) Vulnerability Management
8 36 (16.44%) Security Architecture
9 33 (15.07%) Security Operations
10 28 (12.79%) Computer Science
10 28 (12.79%) DevOps
11 27 (12.33%) ITIL
11 27 (12.33%) Risk Management
12 26 (11.87%) CI/CD
12 26 (11.87%) Threat Intelligence
13 25 (11.42%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 24 (10.96%) Business Continuity
15 22 (10.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 22 (10.05%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 31 (14.16%) Python
2 9 (4.11%) C#
3 7 (3.20%) Bash
3 7 (3.20%) C
3 7 (3.20%) C++
3 7 (3.20%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.28%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.46%) Java
Qualifications
1 59 (26.94%) CISSP
1 59 (26.94%) Degree
2 37 (16.89%) CISM
3 25 (11.42%) AWS Certification
4 24 (10.96%) CISA
5 22 (10.05%) Security Cleared
6 18 (8.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 18 (8.22%) GIAC
7 16 (7.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 16 (7.31%) CEH
8 14 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (6.39%) Master's Degree
8 14 (6.39%) OSCP
9 13 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (5.94%) CompTIA CySA+
9 13 (5.94%) CRISC
10 12 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (5.48%) SC Cleared
11 11 (5.02%) CREST Certified
12 9 (4.11%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (36.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (32.88%) NIST
3 31 (14.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (11.42%) GRC
5 20 (9.13%) NCSC
6 16 (7.31%) GDPR
6 16 (7.31%) NIST 800
7 15 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (5.02%) COBIT
9 9 (4.11%) PCI DSS
10 7 (3.20%) ISO 13485
10 7 (3.20%) QA
11 6 (2.74%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (2.28%) HIPAA
13 3 (1.37%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.46%) FISMA
14 1 (0.46%) IASME
14 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.46%) SLA
14 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (10.05%) Docker
2 20 (9.13%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.20%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.37%) KVM
6 2 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (11.42%) Kubernetes
2 23 (10.50%) Terraform
3 16 (7.31%) Consul
3 16 (7.31%) Puppet
4 10 (4.57%) Ansible
5 6 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.28%) Nessus
7 4 (1.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.83%) CSIRT
7 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.37%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.91%) Nmap
9 2 (0.91%) WSUS
10 1 (0.46%) CASB
10 1 (0.46%) DatAdvantage
10 1 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.46%) QRadar
10 1 (0.46%) SCCM
10 1 (0.46%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.46%) WMI
Vendors
1 64 (29.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.48%) Google
3 10 (4.57%) VMware
4 9 (4.11%) Alibaba
5 6 (2.74%) Cisco
5 6 (2.74%) Qualys
6 4 (1.83%) Intel
7 3 (1.37%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.37%) Splunk
8 2 (0.91%) arcserve
8 2 (0.91%) CA
8 2 (0.91%) Meraki
8 2 (0.91%) Veeam
9 1 (0.46%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.46%) Dell
9 1 (0.46%) Oracle
9 1 (0.46%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.46%) Symantec