Vulnerability Remediation Job Trends in Kent

Vulnerability Remediation
South East > Kent

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - 74
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 6 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.38% - 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% - 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £33,125 - -
25th Percentile £35,938 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.73%
75th Percentile £45,938 - £43,750
90th Percentile £48,375 - £45,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +64.71% -32.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Vulnerability Remediation 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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,065 540 1,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 68.31% 73.37% 77.14%
Number of salaries quoted 721 358 677
10th Percentile £26,890 £25,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% -16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Vulnerability Remediation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Vulnerability Remediation job vacancy trend in Kent

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Vulnerability Remediation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Vulnerability Remediation

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in Kent over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in Kent

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Whitstable - 1 £32,500 - 2
Vulnerability Remediation
South East

Vulnerability Remediation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) Nutanix
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DHCP
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (16.67%) BGP
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) IPsec
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Technician
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) IT Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Security Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (66.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 4 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (66.67%) Coaching
2 4 (66.67%) High Availability
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) Server Management
2 4 (66.67%) Storage Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Dell
2 4 (66.67%) Dell Compellent
2 4 (66.67%) HP
2 4 (66.67%) Nimble Storage
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Meraki
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Veeam