Vulnerability Management Job Trends in Central London

Vulnerability Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Vulnerability Management 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 123 148 157
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 +87
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 25 34 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.06% 1.04% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.09% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15 24 18
10th Percentile £62,750 £48,375 £47,500
25th Percentile £80,625 £67,500 £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +16.36% +5.77%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,313 £73,750
90th Percentile - £113,125 £87,250
London median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% +3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Vulnerability Management 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in Central London

Vulnerability Management
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 Management 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 +25 23 £87,500 +9.38% 27
West End of London - 1 £57,500 -
Vulnerability Management
London

Vulnerability Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (16.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (16.00%) PaaS
6 3 (12.00%) Nutanix
7 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) LAN
2 2 (8.00%) Network Security
2 2 (8.00%) WAN
3 1 (4.00%) BGP
3 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.00%) OSPF
3 1 (4.00%) Spanning Tree
3 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Advertising
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Lead
2 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Security Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) IT Manager
4 4 (16.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
6 2 (8.00%) Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
6 2 (8.00%) Senior
7 1 (4.00%) Administrator
7 1 (4.00%) Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) IT Technical Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Network Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Senior IT Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) YAML
2 1 (4.00%) CSS
2 1 (4.00%) HTML
2 1 (4.00%) REST
2 1 (4.00%) SOAP
2 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Security Posture
2 7 (28.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (12.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (12.00%) Operational Technology
4 3 (12.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (8.00%) CMDB
5 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
1 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (8.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) SIEM
2 8 (32.00%) Coaching
2 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (32.00%) ITIL
2 8 (32.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (28.00%) Agile
3 7 (28.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (28.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (24.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (24.00%) Migration
4 6 (24.00%) SDLC
5 5 (20.00%) Application Security
5 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (20.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.00%) Python
3 2 (8.00%) SQL
4 1 (4.00%) Bash
4 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.00%) RPG
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (4.00%) CCNA
4 1 (4.00%) CCNP
4 1 (4.00%) CCSP
4 1 (4.00%) CEH
4 1 (4.00%) CISA
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CISM
4 1 (4.00%) CISSP
4 1 (4.00%) CREST Certified
4 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (4.00%) MCITP
4 1 (4.00%) MCSE
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.00%) OSCP
4 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (72.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (48.00%) NIST
3 5 (20.00%) GDPR
4 4 (16.00%) NCSC
5 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
7 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (4.00%) SLA
7 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) Ansible
3 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (4.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) Commvault
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) Citrix
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) IBM
4 1 (4.00%) Meraki
4 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds