Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in the South East

Vulnerability Assessment
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 357 338
Rank change year-on-year +84 -19 +60
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 33 41 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.22% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.27% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 19 30 29
10th Percentile £31,000 £51,000 -
25th Percentile £45,625 £60,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +76.47% -22.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £95,250 £87,875 £70,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +27.27% -8.71%

All Process and 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 8,813 15,321 12,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.63% 81.76% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,364 10,429 7,529
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the South East

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the South East.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the South East

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the South East over the 6 months to 15 June 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 15 June 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
Surrey +59 14 £75,000 -6.25% 3
Thames Valley +69 8 £76,250 +6.17% 16
Hampshire +89 6 £37,500 -37.34% 6
Berkshire +37 5 £73,750 +4.01% 12
Kent - 5 £47,500 - 2
Oxfordshire - 2 £161,250 - 1
Buckinghamshire +33 1 - - 3
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (48.48%) AWS
2 11 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
2 11 (33.33%) Serverless
3 7 (21.21%) Azure
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) Broadband
1 11 (33.33%) SSH
1 11 (33.33%) SSL
2 9 (27.27%) Firewall
3 8 (24.24%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (21.21%) LAN
4 7 (21.21%) WAN
5 5 (15.15%) BGP
5 5 (15.15%) MPLS
5 5 (15.15%) OSPF
5 5 (15.15%) SD-WAN
5 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
5 5 (15.15%) VLAN
5 5 (15.15%) VPN
6 2 (6.06%) SCCP
6 2 (6.06%) WLAN
7 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.03%) Metasploit
General
1 22 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Automotive
2 1 (3.03%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
1 11 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Lead
3 6 (18.18%) Senior
4 5 (15.15%) Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Information Security Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Information Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Network Team Leader
5 4 (12.12%) Security Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Security Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Team Leader
6 3 (9.09%) Security Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 2 (6.06%) Network Infrastructure Team Leader
7 2 (6.06%) Network Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Network Manager
7 2 (6.06%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (33.33%) RESTful
1 11 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Management Information System
2 15 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (36.36%) Cyberattack
4 11 (33.33%) Onboarding
4 11 (33.33%) PKI
5 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
6 4 (12.12%) CESG
6 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
7 2 (6.06%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
8 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (42.42%) Roadmaps
3 11 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 11 (33.33%) DevOps
3 11 (33.33%) Key Management
3 11 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 11 (33.33%) Use Case
4 9 (27.27%) Information Security
5 7 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (18.18%) Incident Response
7 5 (15.15%) Business Continuity
7 5 (15.15%) Business Continuity Planning
7 5 (15.15%) Data Centre Operations
7 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (15.15%) Network Architecture
7 5 (15.15%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (15.15%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
7 5 (15.15%) Server Management
7 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CISSP
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (12.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) OSCP
4 1 (3.03%) CCDA
4 1 (3.03%) CCNA
4 1 (3.03%) CCNP
4 1 (3.03%) CEH
4 1 (3.03%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (3.03%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.03%) CISM
4 1 (3.03%) GIAC
4 1 (3.03%) MCSD
4 1 (3.03%) MCSE
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.03%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (45.45%) NIST
3 4 (12.12%) GDPR
4 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.03%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.03%) SLA
5 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.15%) Hyper-V
2 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Nessus
2 1 (3.03%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Thales
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) VMware
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco
4 2 (6.06%) Aruba
4 2 (6.06%) Tenable
5 1 (3.03%) Qualys