Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in the Midlands

Vulnerability Assessment
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 217 197
Rank change year-on-year +16 -20 +115
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 14 24 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.18% 0.36% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.40% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 26
10th Percentile £37,442 £32,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,165 £37,500 £55,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £52,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -30.00% +45.63%
75th Percentile £59,250 £58,191 £87,500
90th Percentile £78,450 £60,100 £90,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,361 5,982 4,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.66% 89.64% 88.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,507 2,641 3,683
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,479 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the Midlands

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
West Midlands +18 7 £55,000 - 27
East Midlands -16 7 £51,058 +45.88% 27
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Modbus
2 1 (7.14%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
2 1 (7.14%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
1 1 (7.14%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Retail
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Senior
2 7 (50.00%) Analyst
3 6 (42.86%) Security Analyst
3 6 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (35.71%) Senior Security Analyst
5 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (21.43%) Information Analyst
5 3 (21.43%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
5 3 (21.43%) Senior Information Analyst
5 3 (21.43%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 2 (14.29%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
7 1 (7.14%) Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
7 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (21.43%) Operational Technology
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (14.29%) SCADA
3 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (50.00%) Information Security
3 6 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 4 (28.57%) SIEM
5 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
6 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
6 3 (21.43%) Information Security Management
6 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
6 3 (21.43%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
6 3 (21.43%) Red Team
6 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 6 (42.86%) CISM
2 6 (42.86%) CISSP
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (21.43%) AWS Certification
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (14.29%) CISMP
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.14%) CEH
5 1 (7.14%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (7.14%) CREST Certified
5 1 (7.14%) GPEN
5 1 (7.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (50.00%) GDPR
3 5 (35.71%) NIST
4 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (14.29%) NIST 800
5 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (7.14%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Nessus
1 1 (7.14%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (7.14%) Qualys