Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in Central London

Vulnerability Assessment
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London 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 141 164 168
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +94
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 7 18 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.30% 0.55% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.58% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 8
10th Percentile £64,000 £46,000 £49,600
25th Percentile £72,500 £48,688 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £63,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +8.62% -35.56%
75th Percentile £82,500 £74,188 £69,063
90th Percentile £85,500 £85,500 £79,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% -1.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,080 3,122 2,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.51% 95.65% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 1,933 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in Central London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in Central London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in Central London

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the Central London 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
City of London +29 7 £80,000 +26.98% 4
Vulnerability Assessment
London

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Mimecast
1 1 (14.29%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) BGP
2 1 (14.29%) DKIM
2 1 (14.29%) DMARC
2 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) OSPF
2 1 (14.29%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Financial Institution
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Information Specialist
1 3 (42.86%) Security Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) CMDB
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) SIEM
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
3 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
3 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
4 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
5 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
5 3 (42.86%) Inventory Management
5 3 (42.86%) Malware Analysis
5 3 (42.86%) Risk Register
5 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (42.86%) Time Management
6 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (28.57%) Data Encryption
6 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
6 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Security Management
6 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (14.29%) Data Security
7 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
7 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Novell Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CISA
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (14.29%) MCITP
4 1 (14.29%) MCSA
4 1 (14.29%) MCSE
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
2 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (42.86%) CSIRT
2 1 (14.29%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Meraki
2 1 (14.29%) VMware