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 citing Vulnerability Scanning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	271	209	262
Rank change year-on-year	-62	+53	-81
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning	13	3	9
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	0.080%	0.051%	0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.11%	0.061%	0.12%
Number of salaries quoted	9	3	5
10^th Percentile	£30,500	£40,000	£30,750
25^th Percentile	£46,250	£43,750	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	£50,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-13.04%	+9.52%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	£51,875	£58,750
90^th Percentile	£81,000	£53,000	-
England median annual salary	£60,000	£73,684	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-18.57%	+13.36%	-

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 citing process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	11,588	4,924	7,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	71.68%	83.64%	81.74%
Number of salaries quoted	8,051	3,158	3,242
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£38,420	£32,500	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£47,500	£52,398
Median % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-9.35%	+4.80%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£65,000	£66,613
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£80,000	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Vulnerability Scanning Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in the Midlands

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 14 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Midlands	-47	11	£52,500	+2.44%	7
East Midlands	-47	2	-	-	4
Vulnerability Scanning England

Vulnerability Scanning Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, job vacancies citing Vulnerability Scanning also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region citing Vulnerability Scanning.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	61.5%	8
2	Azure	46.2%	6
3	Cyber Essentials	38.5%	5
3	ISO/IEC 27001	38.5%	5
3	Microsoft	38.5%	5
3	Microsoft 365	38.5%	5
3	Problem-Solving	38.5%	5
8	Degree	30.8%	4
8	Incident Response	30.8%	4
10	AWS	23.1%	3
10	Critical Thinking	23.1%	3
10	Data Loss Prevention	23.1%	3
10	Intel	23.1%	3
10	Project Delivery	23.1%	3
10	Remediation Plan	23.1%	3
10	Risk Management	23.1%	3
10	Runbook	23.1%	3
10	SC Cleared	23.1%	3
10	Security Cleared	23.1%	3
10	Security Operations	23.1%	3
10	Security Testing	23.1%	3
10	SIEM	23.1%	3
10	Threat and Vulnerability Management	23.1%	3
10	Threat Intelligence	23.1%	3
10	Threat Management	23.1%	3
10	Vulnerability Assessment	23.1%	3
10	Vulnerability Management	23.1%	3
10	Vulnerability Remediation	23.1%	3
29	Accessibility	15.4%	2
29	Analytics	15.4%	2

Vulnerability Scanning Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	61.5%	8
2	Problem-Solving	38.5%	5
3	Incident Response	30.8%	4
4	Critical Thinking	23.1%	3
4	Data Loss Prevention	23.1%	3
4	Project Delivery	23.1%	3
4	Remediation Plan	23.1%	3
4	Risk Management	23.1%	3
4	Runbook	23.1%	3
4	Security Operations	23.1%	3
4	Security Testing	23.1%	3
4	SIEM	23.1%	3
4	Threat and Vulnerability Management	23.1%	3
4	Threat Intelligence	23.1%	3
4	Threat Management	23.1%	3
4	Vulnerability Assessment	23.1%	3
4	Vulnerability Management	23.1%	3
4	Vulnerability Remediation	23.1%	3
19	Analytics	15.4%	2
19	B2B	15.4%	2