Nessus Job Trends in the South East

Tenable Nessus
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Nessus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 304 276
Rank change year-on-year +43 -28 +129
Permanent jobs citing Nessus 9 2 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.087% 0.022% 0.22%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.47% 0.20% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 17
10th Percentile - £43,375 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,563 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £56,250 £44,400
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +26.69% -26.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £64,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,125 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,251 £47,896
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.01% -17.42%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

Nessus falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 612 988 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.90% 11.00% 12.28%
Number of salaries quoted 406 538 903
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Nessus relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Nessus job vacancy trend in the South East

Nessus
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nessus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nessus

Nessus
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Nessus in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Nessus in the South East

Nessus
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hampshire +35 5 £52,500 -6.67% 4
Thames Valley - 4 £68,750 - 5
Buckinghamshire - 4 £68,750 -
Nessus
England

Nessus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (22.22%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) GitLab
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
1 2 (22.22%) Robot Framework
1 2 (22.22%) Selenium
1 2 (22.22%) TestRail
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 2 (22.22%) Military
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Security Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Security Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) Manual Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
2 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) GAP Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (22.22%) Defect Management
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (22.22%) Observability
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (22.22%) Server Building
4 2 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (22.22%) Sprint Review
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Bash
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) WSUS
2 2 (22.22%) Grafana
2 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (22.22%) Prometheus
2 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Tenable