Vulnerability Scanning Job Trends in Manchester

Vulnerability Scanning
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Vulnerability Scanning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 146 150
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 +93
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 1 11 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.034% 0.41% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.44% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +53.33% -46.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £69,750
90th Percentile - - £88,350
North West median annual salary £51,750 £57,500 £42,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% +34.50% -27.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Vulnerability Scanning 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 2,312 2,490 2,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.67% 93.86% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,165 1,857
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Vulnerability Scanning job vacancy trend in Manchester

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Vulnerability Scanning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Vulnerability Scanning

Vulnerability Scanning
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Spotify
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware