Vulnerability Scanning Job Trends in the Midlands

Vulnerability Scanning
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Vulnerability Scanning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 212 294
Rank change year-on-year -39 +82 +19
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 3 7 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.025% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.16% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 18
10th Percentile - £29,700 £47,850
25th Percentile - £37,500 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -36.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile - £53,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - £55,000 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,920 4,324 9,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 73.72% 89.25% 82.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5,243 2,585 7,110
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £61,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Vulnerability Scanning job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Vulnerability Scanning

Vulnerability Scanning
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 Scanning within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
West Midlands -26 2 £30,000 -25.00% 2
East Midlands -49 1 - - 2
Vulnerability Scanning
England

Vulnerability Scanning
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Sales Executive
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) B2B
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST