Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in the East Midlands

Vulnerability Assessment
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 118 113
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 +48
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 7 11 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.28% 0.48% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.54% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £35,250 - £53,250
25th Percentile £42,208 £32,500 £55,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £35,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% -50.00% +12.00%
75th Percentile £66,976 £37,500 £84,000
90th Percentile £80,000 - £85,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,016 2,023 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.97% 88.07% 88.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,258 859 1,117
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,662 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,125 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,500
90th Percentile £75,270 £75,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Vulnerability Assessment

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Leicestershire +10 4 £58,750 - 2
Nottinghamshire +14 3 £51,058 +45.88% 1
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
1 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Burp Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Security Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Information Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Information Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
4 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
4 3 (42.86%) Information Security Management
4 3 (42.86%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (42.86%) Security Management
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 2 (28.57%) Due Diligence
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISM
1 5 (71.43%) CISSP
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) CISMP
4 1 (14.29%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
4 1 (14.29%) GPEN
4 1 (14.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) GDPR
3 3 (42.86%) NIST
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (14.29%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys