Nessus Job Trends in England

Tenable Nessus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Nessus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 689 621 769
Rank change year-on-year -68 +148 -82
Permanent jobs citing Nessus 42 32 74
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.048% 0.074% 0.084%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.85% 0.62% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 34 17 53
10th Percentile - - £36,300
25th Percentile - £41,280 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £59,850
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -20.63% +12.39%
75th Percentile £75,625 £62,500 £71,300
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £74,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% -11.43% -

All Systems Management Skills
England

Nessus falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,950 5,174 7,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.65% 11.94% 8.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,721 3,124 6,020
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,037 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +7.26% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £63,373 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.00% -7.41%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Nessus relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Nessus job vacancy trend in England

Nessus
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Nessus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Nessus

Nessus
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Nessus in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Nessus in England

Nessus
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
North of England -15 19 £45,000 - 5
Yorkshire -17 18 £45,000 - 2
South East -10 9 £80,000 +36.17% 1
London -35 9 £48,750 -18.75% 7
South West - 3 £55,000 - 1
North West -2 1 - - 2
East of England -16 1 £45,000 +6.93%
Midlands -29 1 £30,000 -36.84% 3
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 - 3
Nessus
UK

Nessus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (28.57%) Azure
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (19.05%) OpenShift
4 5 (11.90%) SaaS
5 4 (9.52%) AWS
6 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) Firewall
1 5 (11.90%) Wireless
2 2 (4.76%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.38%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) HTTP
3 1 (2.38%) Internet
3 1 (2.38%) Network Security
3 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.38%) VPN
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Burp Suite
1 10 (23.81%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Finance
3 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Digital Health
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Administrator
1 17 (40.48%) Systems Administrator
1 17 (40.48%) Technical Administrator
2 9 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Senior
4 5 (11.90%) Digital Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Senior Security Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Penetration Tester
5 4 (9.52%) Tester
6 2 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Information Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (2.38%) IT Security Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Security Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 5 (11.90%) Cyber Defence
2 5 (11.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (71.43%) Windows
2 19 (45.24%) Mac OS
3 17 (40.48%) Android
3 17 (40.48%) Apple iOS
4 14 (33.33%) Linux
5 8 (19.05%) CentOS
5 8 (19.05%) Ubuntu
5 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
5 8 (19.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.38%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) Vulnerability Management
2 13 (30.95%) Agile
3 12 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (21.43%) Application Security
5 9 (21.43%) DevSecOps
5 9 (21.43%) Offensive Security
6 8 (19.05%) Application Packaging
6 8 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (16.67%) Red Team
8 6 (14.29%) Change Control
8 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 5 (11.90%) API Testing
9 5 (11.90%) Business Transformation
9 5 (11.90%) Coaching
9 5 (11.90%) Creative Thinking
9 5 (11.90%) Ethical Hacking
9 5 (11.90%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) PowerShell
2 6 (14.29%) Bash
2 6 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) CREST Certified
4 9 (21.43%) OSCP
5 7 (16.67%) CHECK Team Member
6 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
7 5 (11.90%) CCSAM
7 5 (11.90%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (4.76%) Cyber Scheme
9 1 (2.38%) CISM
9 1 (2.38%) CISSP
9 1 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (4.76%) GDPR
1 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.76%) NIST
2 1 (2.38%) GRC
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (2.38%) NCSC
2 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (16.67%) vSphere
3 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Kubernetes
1 10 (23.81%) Terraform
2 8 (19.05%) Ansible
3 7 (16.67%) vCenter Server
4 5 (11.90%) Nmap
5 4 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.38%) CASB
6 1 (2.38%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Red Hat
2 8 (19.05%) VMware
3 4 (9.52%) Tenable
4 3 (7.14%) Qualys
5 1 (2.38%) Cisco
5 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.38%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.38%) Splunk