Vulnerability Management Jobs

Vulnerability Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 431 281 534
Rank change year-on-year -150 +253 -58
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 562 1,299 965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 1.26% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.31% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 418 469 509
10th Percentile £39,850 £43,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,292 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.40% -12.50% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Management 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 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 -118 503 £62,500 -3.85% 154
UK excluding London -207 352 £52,292 -0.40% 82
London +7 189 £80,000 +23.08% 74
Work from Home -42 174 £62,500 +4.17% 75
South East -94 93 £65,000 +13.04% 31
North of England -47 90 £52,084 -0.79% 11
North West -49 57 £52,084 -5.30% 4
South West -87 54 £52,500 -10.64% 16
Midlands -67 36 £38,750 -22.50% 14
East of England +13 34 £72,500 +31.82% 6
Yorkshire +48 30 £56,500 +9.99% 7
Scotland -147 26 £52,500 -1.28% 3
West Midlands -35 24 £37,500 -25.00% 10
Wales -7 18 £65,000 - 2
East Midlands -42 12 £46,000 - 4
North East -8 3 £40,000 -36.00%
Northern Ireland +15 1 - - 1

Vulnerability Management
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 24 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.53%) IIS
4 2 (0.36%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 173 (30.78%) Azure
2 118 (21.00%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (13.70%) AWS
4 42 (7.47%) SaaS
5 29 (5.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 25 (4.45%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.56%) GCP
8 18 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
9 17 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.67%) IaaS
10 15 (2.67%) PaaS
11 9 (1.60%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.07%) Mimecast
12 6 (1.07%) WhatsApp
13 4 (0.71%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.53%) GitHub
15 2 (0.36%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 143 (25.44%) Firewall
2 127 (22.60%) Network Security
3 34 (6.05%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.80%) DNS
5 26 (4.63%) SAN
6 25 (4.45%) LAN
6 25 (4.45%) WAN
7 24 (4.27%) Internet
7 24 (4.27%) Intrusion Detection
8 23 (4.09%) Wireshark
9 21 (3.74%) VPN
10 8 (1.42%) HTTP
11 6 (1.07%) SMTP
12 5 (0.89%) SSL
12 5 (0.89%) VoIP
13 4 (0.71%) DKIM
13 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (0.53%) tcpdump
15 2 (0.36%) VLAN
15 2 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.60%) Power BI
3 5 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
4 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.36%) Big Data
5 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.36%) MySQL
5 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle9i Database
6 1 (0.18%) OrientDB
6 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (3.02%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.96%) Burp Suite
3 9 (1.60%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.42%) Snyk
5 3 (0.53%) Git
5 3 (0.53%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.36%) GitLab
6 2 (0.36%) Hudson
6 2 (0.36%) JUnit
7 1 (0.18%) JIRA
General
1 162 (28.83%) Finance
2 155 (27.58%) Social Skills
3 47 (8.36%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.47%) Military
5 40 (7.12%) Banking
6 38 (6.76%) Retail
7 34 (6.05%) Games
8 32 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (3.91%) Legal
10 18 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.02%) Law
12 10 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.78%) Marketing
13 7 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.89%) Advertising
14 5 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.53%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.36%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 160 (28.47%) Analyst
2 104 (18.51%) Security Analyst
3 99 (17.62%) Senior
4 77 (13.70%) Security Engineer
5 62 (11.03%) Senior Analyst
6 54 (9.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 54 (9.61%) Security Manager
7 47 (8.36%) Lead
8 46 (8.19%) Vulnerability Manager
9 43 (7.65%) Consultant
10 42 (7.47%) Security Consultant
11 41 (7.30%) Architect
11 41 (7.30%) Security Architect
11 41 (7.30%) Senior Security Analyst
12 38 (6.76%) IT Analyst
13 31 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 30 (5.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 27 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 26 (4.63%) IT Security Analyst
17 25 (4.45%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.27%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (2.31%) REST
3 11 (1.96%) .NET
3 11 (1.96%) Web Services
4 10 (1.78%) React
5 7 (1.25%) Middleware
6 6 (1.07%) Kafka
6 6 (1.07%) SAML
7 5 (0.89%) EDI
8 4 (0.71%) OAuth
9 3 (0.53%) web3js
9 3 (0.53%) YAML
10 2 (0.36%) HTML5
10 2 (0.36%) Keycloak
10 2 (0.36%) LDAP
10 2 (0.36%) Node.js
10 2 (0.36%) RESTful
10 2 (0.36%) Sass
10 2 (0.36%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.36%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 116 (20.64%) Management Information System
2 73 (12.99%) Security Operations Centre
3 48 (8.54%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (8.36%) Security Posture
5 43 (7.65%) Cyber Threat
6 37 (6.58%) Data Centre
7 33 (5.87%) Cyberattack
8 31 (5.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 30 (5.34%) PKI
10 25 (4.45%) Operational Technology
11 23 (4.09%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (3.02%) Cyber Defence
13 14 (2.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 14 (2.49%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.96%) Public Cloud
15 10 (1.78%) Onboarding
16 5 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.89%) IoT
16 5 (0.89%) Mobile App
17 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 160 (28.47%) Windows
2 82 (14.59%) Linux
3 66 (11.74%) Windows Server
4 33 (5.87%) Unix
5 16 (2.85%) Apple iOS
6 15 (2.67%) Android
7 12 (2.14%) VMS
8 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.89%) CentOS
9 5 (0.89%) Solaris
9 5 (0.89%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.71%) Kali Linux
10 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (0.71%) zOS
11 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (65.84%) Cybersecurity
2 229 (40.75%) Information Security
3 215 (38.26%) SIEM
4 186 (33.10%) Security Operations
5 151 (26.87%) Incident Response
6 94 (16.73%) Cloud Security
7 90 (16.01%) Identity Access Management
7 90 (16.01%) ITIL
8 83 (14.77%) Incident Management
9 81 (14.41%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 77 (13.70%) Threat Intelligence
11 70 (12.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 69 (12.28%) Agile
13 68 (12.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 65 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
15 61 (10.85%) Penetration Testing
16 57 (10.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 56 (9.96%) Application Security
18 54 (9.61%) Data Loss Prevention
18 54 (9.61%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 70 (12.46%) PowerShell
2 62 (11.03%) Python
3 15 (2.67%) Bash
4 13 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.14%) C#
6 9 (1.60%) SQL
7 6 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.53%) Java
9 1 (0.18%) C++
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) ProC
9 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 141 (25.09%) CISSP
2 112 (19.93%) Degree
3 104 (18.51%) Security Cleared
4 86 (15.30%) CISM
5 49 (8.72%) CEH
6 48 (8.54%) SC Cleared
7 45 (8.01%) GIAC
8 38 (6.76%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (6.23%) DV Cleared
10 24 (4.27%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (3.56%) CCSP
11 20 (3.56%) SSCP
12 19 (3.38%) CRISC
13 18 (3.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 18 (3.20%) SANS
14 17 (3.02%) CCNA
15 16 (2.85%) CISA
16 15 (2.67%) CompTIA CySA+
16 15 (2.67%) ISSMP
17 14 (2.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (26.87%) NIST
2 124 (22.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 64 (11.39%) GDPR
4 60 (10.68%) PCI DSS
5 49 (8.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 32 (5.69%) COBIT
7 30 (5.34%) GRC
8 20 (3.56%) SLA
9 19 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 16 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 15 (2.67%) NCSC
12 14 (2.49%) SOC 2
13 11 (1.96%) NIST 800
14 8 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.53%) QA
16 2 (0.36%) ISO 31000
17 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 72 (12.81%) Active Directory
2 29 (5.16%) Virtual Machines
3 27 (4.80%) vSphere
4 25 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.78%) Docker
7 8 (1.42%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (8.19%) SCCM
2 40 (7.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (6.76%) Nessus
4 27 (4.80%) Ansible
5 25 (4.45%) CASB
6 24 (4.27%) Nmap
7 18 (3.20%) WSUS
8 15 (2.67%) CSIRT
9 13 (2.31%) Kubernetes
9 13 (2.31%) Terraform
10 11 (1.96%) QRadar
11 7 (1.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 7 (1.25%) Nexpose
12 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.71%) DatAdvantage
13 4 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.71%) Suricata
14 3 (0.53%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 199 (35.41%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.03%) Qualys
3 53 (9.43%) VMware
4 39 (6.94%) Splunk
5 26 (4.63%) Tanium
5 26 (4.63%) Tripwire
6 25 (4.45%) SolarWinds
7 24 (4.27%) Rapid7
8 23 (4.09%) Citrix
9 22 (3.91%) NetApp
10 20 (3.56%) Cisco
11 19 (3.38%) ServiceNow
12 15 (2.67%) Alibaba
13 14 (2.49%) Thycotic
14 12 (2.14%) Apple
15 11 (1.96%) Google
15 11 (1.96%) Palo Alto
16 8 (1.42%) Juniper
17 6 (1.07%) LogRhythm
17 6 (1.07%) Varonis