Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in Berkshire

Vulnerability Assessment
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 126 140
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 0
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 2 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.10% 0.52% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.56% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £61,200 £70,000 £27,975
25th Percentile £62,250 - £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £75,000 £34,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% +115.83% -18.62%
75th Percentile £69,750 - £39,688
90th Percentile £71,400 - £42,125
South East median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% +30.43% +22.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Vulnerability Assessment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,655 1,610 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.79% 92.26% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 754 719 1,200
10th Percentile £28,825 £36,975 £31,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -5.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,750 £87,550
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Reading +29 1 £70,000 -6.67% 4
Vulnerability Assessment
South East

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CESG
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable