Vulnerability Management Job Trends in the North East

Vulnerability Management
England > North East

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 83 70
Rank change year-on-year +11 -13 +23
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 10 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.98% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.47% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £74,750 - £39,800
25th Percentile £87,813 £42,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -12.62% -48.50%
75th Percentile £110,000 £47,500 £59,750
90th Percentile - - £63,200
England median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 807 851 594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 79.12% 88.55% 90.14%
Number of salaries quoted 538 369 515
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £29,850
25th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% -3.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £75,375
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 North East

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in the North East

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Vulnerability Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram in the North East

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the North East

Vulnerability Management
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the North East region over the 6 months to 6 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
Tyne and Wear +13 8 £105,000 +133.33%
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (10.00%) Law
1 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 5 (50.00%) Head of IT Security
1 5 (50.00%) Head of Security
1 5 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Head of Engineering
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (40.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (40.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Risk Management
1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (80.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
4 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (40.00%) Coaching
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (40.00%) High Availability
5 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (40.00%) Migration
5 4 (40.00%) SABSA
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) AWS Certification
2 4 (40.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) CGEIT
4 1 (10.00%) CISA
4 1 (10.00%) CISM
4 1 (10.00%) CRISC
4 1 (10.00%) GIAC
4 1 (10.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 5 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft