Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends in the South East

Vulnerability Assessment
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Vulnerability Assessment 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 265 258 223
Rank change year-on-year -7 -35 +117
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 11 49 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.53% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.60% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8 34 29
10th Percentile £48,475 £42,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +30.43% +22.34%
75th Percentile £63,625 £92,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £70,750 - £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,394 8,137 6,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.93% 87.63% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,969 4,002 4,895
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £44,106 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,300
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in the South East

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the South East over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the South East

Vulnerability Assessment
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 Vulnerability Assessment within the South East 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
Hampshire +37 4 £52,500 -4.55% 14
Thames Valley -5 4 £70,000 -20.45% 20
Berkshire -2 2 £65,500 -12.67% 13
Buckinghamshire -8 2 £70,000 -20.45% 6
East Sussex +12 1 £44,000 - 2
Surrey -4 1 - - 6
Kent -14 1 - - 6
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
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 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Storage
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) GitHub
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) BGP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (9.09%) EIGRP
2 1 (9.09%) IKE
2 1 (9.09%) IPsec
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) Modbus
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) OSPF
2 1 (9.09%) SSL
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Burp Suite
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Administrator
1 3 (27.27%) Senior
1 3 (27.27%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) CESG
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Information Security
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Red Team
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) High Availability
5 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Network Design
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Management
5 1 (9.09%) Security Architecture
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
5 1 (9.09%) CCNP
5 1 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (9.09%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) COBIT
3 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
3 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Nessus
1 3 (27.27%) WSUS
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Citrix
2 1 (9.09%) HP
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Tenable