Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in England

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 441 650 698
Rank change year-on-year +209 +48 +82
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 229 185 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.25% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 120 149 146
10th Percentile £41,750 £38,300 £37,144
25th Percentile £46,719 £53,750 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +20.54% -8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,650 74,784 82,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.04% 84.16% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 22,641 54,521 49,313
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,334
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in England

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
London +97 76 £70,000 -6.67% 51
South East +88 34 £67,500 -12.90% 33
Midlands +65 24 £55,000 +25.71% 9
North of England +51 24 £57,500 +35.29% 23
West Midlands +63 19 £55,000 +37.50% 4
East of England +45 13 £62,500 -13.79% 15
North West +8 10 £60,000 +56.86% 11
South West +113 8 £60,000 -4.00% 14
Yorkshire +62 7 £72,500 +20.83% 8
North East +48 7 £57,500 +35.29% 4
East Midlands +32 5 £37,500 -21.05% 4
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 108 (47.16%) AWS
2 82 (35.81%) AWS Lambda
2 82 (35.81%) Serverless
3 51 (22.27%) Azure
4 20 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (3.93%) GCP
7 5 (2.18%) SaaS
8 4 (1.75%) IaaS
8 4 (1.75%) PaaS
9 2 (0.87%) Asana
9 2 (0.87%) AWS KMS
9 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.87%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.87%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 89 (38.86%) SSL
2 83 (36.24%) SSH
3 82 (35.81%) Broadband
3 82 (35.81%) Firewall
4 44 (19.21%) Intrusion Detection
5 38 (16.59%) Network Security
6 25 (10.92%) TCP/IP
6 25 (10.92%) VPN
7 15 (6.55%) BGP
7 15 (6.55%) DNS
7 15 (6.55%) OSPF
8 14 (6.11%) LAN
8 14 (6.11%) WAN
9 8 (3.49%) VLAN
10 7 (3.06%) MPLS
10 7 (3.06%) Spanning Tree
11 6 (2.62%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (2.62%) DWDM
11 6 (2.62%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.18%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.44%) MySQL
1 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.06%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.75%) Burp Suite
3 3 (1.31%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.87%) JIRA
5 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 133 (58.08%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.59%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (13.10%) Finance
4 10 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (3.93%) Banking
6 7 (3.06%) Mandarin Language
7 6 (2.62%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.18%) Law
8 5 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.18%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.18%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.31%) Legal
10 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.44%) Automotive
11 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Electronics
11 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.44%) Marketing
11 1 (0.44%) Military
11 1 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (36.24%) Cloud Engineer
2 82 (35.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 46 (20.09%) Analyst
4 40 (17.47%) Security Analyst
5 26 (11.35%) Lead
6 20 (8.73%) Network Engineer
7 17 (7.42%) Senior
8 16 (6.99%) Security Engineer
9 14 (6.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (3.49%) Information Analyst
10 8 (3.49%) Information Security Analyst
10 8 (3.49%) IT Analyst
10 8 (3.49%) IT Security Analyst
11 7 (3.06%) Penetration Tester
11 7 (3.06%) Tester
12 6 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (2.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 5 (2.18%) IT Engineer
13 5 (2.18%) Security Specialist
13 5 (2.18%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (35.81%) RESTful
1 82 (35.81%) Web Services
2 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.87%) PyTorch
2 2 (0.87%) scikit-learn
2 2 (0.87%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.44%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 121 (52.84%) Management Information System
2 95 (41.48%) Cyber Threat
3 89 (38.86%) PKI
4 85 (37.12%) Cyberattack
5 82 (35.81%) Onboarding
6 25 (10.92%) Security Posture
7 12 (5.24%) Security Operations Centre
8 10 (4.37%) Private Cloud
9 7 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.62%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.75%) CESG
11 4 (1.75%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.31%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.31%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.31%) SCADA
13 2 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 1 (0.44%) Fibre Optics
14 1 (0.44%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 44 (19.21%) Windows
2 17 (7.42%) Linux
3 8 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.44%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (69.43%) Cybersecurity
2 89 (38.86%) DevOps
2 89 (38.86%) Roadmaps
3 86 (37.55%) Key Management
4 83 (36.24%) Deployment Automation
4 83 (36.24%) Use Case
5 82 (35.81%) Programme Delivery
6 73 (31.88%) Information Security
7 56 (24.45%) Incident Response
8 55 (24.02%) SIEM
9 54 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (17.47%) Security Operations
11 39 (17.03%) Penetration Testing
12 29 (12.66%) Computer Science
12 29 (12.66%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (8.73%) CI/CD
14 20 (8.73%) ITIL
15 19 (8.30%) Root Cause Analysis
16 18 (7.86%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 124 (54.15%) Python
2 18 (7.86%) PowerShell
3 17 (7.42%) Bash
4 12 (5.24%) C#
5 11 (4.80%) Java
6 6 (2.62%) Go
7 5 (2.18%) C++
7 5 (2.18%) SQL
8 3 (1.31%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.31%) Rust
9 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.87%) Perl
9 2 (0.87%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 44 (19.21%) Degree
2 35 (15.28%) CISSP
3 24 (10.48%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (7.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.99%) CISM
5 16 (6.99%) Security Cleared
6 15 (6.55%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (5.68%) CCNA
7 13 (5.68%) CCNP
8 12 (5.24%) SC Cleared
9 11 (4.80%) CEH
10 9 (3.93%) OSCP
11 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (2.62%) GIAC
12 6 (2.62%) JNCIA
12 6 (2.62%) JNCIS
13 5 (2.18%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (2.18%) CompTIA CySA+
13 5 (2.18%) Master's Degree
13 5 (2.18%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (63.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 120 (52.40%) NIST
3 20 (8.73%) GDPR
4 12 (5.24%) PCI DSS
5 11 (4.80%) COBIT
6 6 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.62%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.62%) NCSC
7 5 (2.18%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.75%) SLA
8 4 (1.75%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.31%) GRC
9 3 (1.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.44%) JSP 440
System Software
1 92 (40.17%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.06%) Hyper-V
2 7 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) Firmware
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 90 (39.30%) Terraform
2 14 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.37%) Ansible
4 5 (2.18%) HP Fortify
5 3 (1.31%) Puppet
6 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.87%) Nessus
6 2 (0.87%) Nmap
6 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.87%) SCCM
6 2 (0.87%) SCOM
7 1 (0.44%) Grafana
7 1 (0.44%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (35.81%) Thales
2 52 (22.71%) Microsoft
3 22 (9.61%) Cisco
4 17 (7.42%) VMware
5 11 (4.80%) Tenable
6 7 (3.06%) Juniper
7 6 (2.62%) Arista
8 4 (1.75%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.31%) Alibaba
9 3 (1.31%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.87%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.87%) Aruba
10 2 (0.87%) Checkmarx
10 2 (0.87%) F5
10 2 (0.87%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.87%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.87%) Splunk
11 1 (0.44%) Qualys
11 1 (0.44%) SolarWinds