Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in Reading

Vulnerability Assessment
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Vulnerability Assessment 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 48 68 98
Rank change year-on-year +20 +30 +21
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 1 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.17% 1.06% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 1.20% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +76.47% -
75th Percentile £72,500 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £34,750
% change year-on-year -6.67% +115.83% -18.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Vulnerability Assessment 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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 469 667 955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 79.22% 88.34% 92.09%
Number of salaries quoted 304 294 617
10th Percentile £28,750 £37,625 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,625 £50,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,375 £96,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -5.98%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in Reading

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001