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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 310 305
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +82
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 25 43 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.30% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.37% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12 31 27
10th Percentile £30,125 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £67,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +58.82% -22.52%
75th Percentile £70,625 £85,000 £54,500
90th Percentile £73,625 £91,250 £75,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.69% +20.83% -

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 9,738 11,638 9,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 89.80% 81.41% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,134 7,288 6,490
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +28 8 £32,500 -27.78% 2
Thames Valley -5 8 £70,000 -18.60% 8
Berkshire +7 6 £70,000 -2.53% 4
Hampshire +54 5 £42,500 -31.92% 4
Kent +16 4 £47,500 -19.49%
Buckinghamshire -8 2 £70,000 -20.00% 1
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 11 (44.00%) AWS
1 11 (44.00%) AWS Lambda
1 11 (44.00%) Serverless
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) IaaS
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (48.00%) SSL
2 11 (44.00%) Broadband
2 11 (44.00%) SSH
3 2 (8.00%) Firewall
3 2 (8.00%) LAN
3 2 (8.00%) Network Security
3 2 (8.00%) SCCP
3 2 (8.00%) WAN
3 2 (8.00%) WLAN
4 1 (4.00%) BGP
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (4.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (4.00%) IKE
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.00%) IPsec
4 1 (4.00%) OSPF
4 1 (4.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 11 (44.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Information Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Information Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Information Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Security Specialist
5 2 (8.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Network Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Network Team Leader
6 1 (4.00%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (44.00%) RESTful
1 11 (44.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (56.00%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (44.00%) Cyberattack
3 11 (44.00%) Onboarding
3 11 (44.00%) PKI
4 4 (16.00%) CESG
4 4 (16.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (8.00%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (48.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (44.00%) Deployment Automation
3 11 (44.00%) DevOps
3 11 (44.00%) Key Management
3 11 (44.00%) Programme Delivery
3 11 (44.00%) Use Case
4 7 (28.00%) Information Security
4 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (16.00%) Security Architecture
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (12.00%) Threat Modelling
7 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (8.00%) Security Operations
7 2 (8.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) CISSP
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 4 (16.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) OSCP
4 2 (8.00%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (4.00%) CCNA
5 1 (4.00%) CCNP
5 1 (4.00%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.00%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (72.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (44.00%) NIST
3 2 (8.00%) GDPR
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (44.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Thales
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Tenable
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco
5 1 (4.00%) Aruba
5 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.00%) Citrix
5 1 (4.00%) HP
5 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto