Vulnerability Management Jobs in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 263 103
Rank change year-on-year +115 -160 +59
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 16 25 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.54% 0.37% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.40% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 15
10th Percentile £50,375 £38,793 £36,858
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,495 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,500 £51,367
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +2.21% -20.36%
75th Percentile £73,567 £81,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,931 £142,500 -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -0.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 6,226 4,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.64% 91.40% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 2,433 2,111
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Scotland.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Edinburgh +27 11 £55,000 +13.39% 12
Glasgow +148 3 £62,500 -10.71% 9
Aberdeen - 1 £52,500 - 9
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) IT Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) IT Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Security Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Information Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Network Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (56.25%) Information Security
3 7 (43.75%) Risk Management
4 5 (31.25%) Application Security
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Coaching
5 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Task Automation
6 3 (18.75%) RBAC
6 3 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (18.75%) SIEM
6 3 (18.75%) Technology Transformation
6 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
7 2 (12.50%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CISSP
2 4 (25.00%) CRISC
3 3 (18.75%) CISM
4 1 (6.25%) CCNA
4 1 (6.25%) CCNP
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) GCIA
4 1 (6.25%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (81.25%) NIST
2 4 (25.00%) COBIT
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (18.75%) Accessibility
3 3 (18.75%) GDPR
3 3 (18.75%) SOC 2
4 2 (12.50%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Opsview
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (6.25%) Qualys
1 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds
1 1 (6.25%) Splunk