Vulnerability Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Vulnerability Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 219 198
Rank change year-on-year +40 -21 +94
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 45 27 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.58% 0.42% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.47% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19 16 19
10th Percentile £25,375 £43,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,313 £50,092 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £60,000 £48,628
Median % change year-on-year -14.90% +23.39% -11.59%
75th Percentile £69,750 £60,188 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Vulnerability Management 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 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the Midlands

Vulnerability Management
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 Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
East Midlands +16 24 £25,750 -39.41% 4
West Midlands +16 21 £69,000 +15.00% 9
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.78%) Azure
1 8 (17.78%) Entra ID
2 7 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (11.11%) AWS
3 5 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.44%) GCP
5 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Firewall
1 1 (2.22%) NAS
1 1 (2.22%) SAN
General
1 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Law
2 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Retail
4 2 (4.44%) Finance
4 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.22%) Back Office
5 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) Lead
2 9 (20.00%) Analyst
3 6 (13.33%) Security Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) IT Support
4 5 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Technical Support
4 5 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Senior
5 4 (8.89%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Information Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) IT Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Information Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Testing Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 25 (55.56%) Cyber Threat
1 25 (55.56%) Operational Technology
2 24 (53.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (48.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (13.33%) Security Posture
5 5 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (11.11%) Onboarding
6 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (62.22%) ITIL
1 28 (62.22%) Mentoring
1 28 (62.22%) Risk Management
2 26 (57.78%) Threat Intelligence
3 25 (55.56%) Security Operations
4 24 (53.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 23 (51.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (51.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 22 (48.89%) Business Strategy
6 22 (48.89%) Change Advisory Board
6 22 (48.89%) Coaching
6 22 (48.89%) Cyber Intelligence
6 22 (48.89%) Roadmaps
6 22 (48.89%) SABSA
6 22 (48.89%) Technology Roadmap
7 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (20.00%) Information Security
9 6 (13.33%) Incident Response
10 5 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 5 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (6.67%) AWS Certification
3 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.67%) CISM
3 3 (6.67%) CISSP
3 3 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (75.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (60.00%) NIST
3 22 (48.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (6.67%) GDPR
5 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (2.22%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (17.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.33%) Firmware
3 2 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.11%) Cisco
3 2 (4.44%) Google
3 2 (4.44%) VMware
4 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.22%) Tanium
4 1 (2.22%) Tenable
4 1 (2.22%) Zscaler