Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in Manchester

Vulnerability Assessment
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 149 133
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +106
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 1 9 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.036% 0.33% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.36% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 13
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,716 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,935 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% -41.64% +23.81%
75th Percentile £42,500 £65,952 £83,750
90th Percentile - £82,631 £88,750
North West median annual salary £42,500 £37,935 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.03% -41.64% +23.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,252 2,524 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.46% 93.52% 91.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,328 1,174 1,717
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,335
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% -3.64%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in Manchester

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft