Vulnerability Management Job Trends in the City of London

Vulnerability Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 132 149
Rank change year-on-year +20 +17 +74
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 24 30 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.07% 1.13% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.18% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 12 21 19
10th Percentile £80,125 £66,250 £47,750
25th Percentile £83,125 £72,000 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £73,750
90th Percentile - £118,750 £74,500
Central London median annual salary £88,750 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.94% +14.29% +7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 2,536 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.55% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 1,623 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,125 £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 £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Vulnerability Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the City of London

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 12 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
3 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (16.67%) PaaS
4 3 (12.50%) Nutanix
5 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Advertising
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Lead
2 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (20.83%) IT Manager
2 5 (20.83%) Security Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Security Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
6 1 (4.17%) Administrator
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Technical Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Cyber Threat Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) YAML
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) SOAP
2 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Security Posture
2 7 (29.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (12.50%) Operational Technology
4 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (4.17%) CMDB
5 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Coaching
1 10 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 9 (37.50%) Agile
3 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (33.33%) ITIL
4 7 (29.17%) Creative Thinking
4 7 (29.17%) Test Automation
5 6 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 6 (25.00%) SDLC
5 6 (25.00%) SIEM
6 5 (20.83%) Application Security
6 5 (20.83%) Budget Management
6 5 (20.83%) Cloud Security
6 5 (20.83%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (20.83%) Migration
6 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
6 5 (20.83%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) SQL
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.17%) RPG
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 3 (12.50%) CEH
4 3 (12.50%) CREST Certified
4 3 (12.50%) OSCP
5 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (4.17%) CCNA
5 1 (4.17%) CCNP
5 1 (4.17%) CCSP
5 1 (4.17%) CISA
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.17%) CISM
5 1 (4.17%) CISSP
5 1 (4.17%) MCITP
5 1 (4.17%) MCSA
5 1 (4.17%) MCSE
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (45.83%) NIST
3 5 (20.83%) GDPR
4 4 (16.67%) NCSC
5 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
6 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (4.17%) SLA
6 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) VMware
3 3 (12.50%) Commvault
4 1 (4.17%) Citrix
4 1 (4.17%) IBM
4 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow