Vulnerability Management Job Trends in the North West

Vulnerability Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 166 162
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +90
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 20 43 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.33% 0.82% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.91% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12 30 10
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,675 £37,150
25th Percentile £42,875 £43,125 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,500 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% -1.29% +1.30%
75th Percentile £55,000 £75,313 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,600 £77,500 £80,375
England median annual salary £78,500 £72,500 £64,902
% change year-on-year +8.28% +11.71% -0.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,122 4,712 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.27% 90.23% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,464 2,332 2,655
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
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 West

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in the North West

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the North West over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the North West

Vulnerability Management
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Manchester +14 11 £55,000 -22.81% 34
Merseyside -1 5 £45,000 -23.08% 8
Lancashire +5 3 £47,500 +5.56% 10
Cumbria +5 1 £48,500 - 1
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) Internet
2 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (10.00%) Military
1 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (5.00%) Legal
2 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Lead
2 5 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Information Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Security Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Operations
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Security
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Security Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 8 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (40.00%) Operational Technology
1 8 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.00%) Cyberattack
3 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Windows
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.00%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Coaching
1 10 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 10 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 10 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 10 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 9 (45.00%) Mentoring
2 9 (45.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (40.00%) Business Strategy
3 8 (40.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 8 (40.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 8 (40.00%) SABSA
3 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 8 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 7 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (25.00%) Information Security
6 4 (20.00%) Incident Response
7 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security
7 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (15.00%) CISSP
2 1 (5.00%) CEH
2 1 (5.00%) CISM
2 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) CRISC
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) GCIA
2 1 (5.00%) GCIH
2 1 (5.00%) Postgraduate
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (50.00%) NIST
2 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (10.00%) GRC
4 1 (5.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.00%) Juniper
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.00%) VMware
2 1 (5.00%) Zscaler