Vulnerability Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Vulnerability Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 723 838
Rank change year-on-year -16 +115 -168
Permanent jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 32 39 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.064% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.071% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 22 4 6
10th Percentile - £44,626 £45,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,099 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £63,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +34.21% +21.79%
75th Percentile - £71,563 £48,750
90th Percentile - £76,625 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -28.00% +31.58% +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
South East +13 16 £42,500 - 2
Midlands +22 8 £45,000 -28.00% 1
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 1
North of England +46 3 - - 1
North West +14 2 - -
Scotland -62 2 - -
Yorkshire +85 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Vulnerability Analyst
UK

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Vulnerability Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 24 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (71.88%) Windows
3 21 (65.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 16 (50.00%) WSUS
5 14 (43.75%) Patch Management
6 13 (40.63%) Azure
7 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
7 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
8 10 (31.25%) SCCM
8 10 (31.25%) Network Security
8 10 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (31.25%) VMS
8 10 (31.25%) Unix
8 10 (31.25%) Change Management
8 10 (31.25%) Games
8 10 (31.25%) Apple
8 10 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (31.25%) Change Advisory Board
9 7 (21.88%) Finance
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
9 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
10 6 (18.75%) Firewall
10 6 (18.75%) DNS
10 6 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
10 6 (18.75%) Threat Detection

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (40.63%) Azure
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) Network Security
2 6 (18.75%) DNS
2 6 (18.75%) Firewall
General
1 10 (31.25%) Games
2 7 (21.88%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (71.88%) Windows
2 10 (31.25%) Unix
2 10 (31.25%) VMS
3 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (65.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 14 (43.75%) Patch Management
4 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
5 10 (31.25%) Change Advisory Board
5 10 (31.25%) Change Management
6 6 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (18.75%) Threat Detection
7 4 (12.50%) Cloud Security
7 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (9.38%) ITIL
8 3 (9.38%) Security Operations
9 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (6.25%) Security Patching
10 1 (3.13%) Cyber Assurance
10 1 (3.13%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
1 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (50.00%) WSUS
2 10 (31.25%) SCCM
3 1 (3.13%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Apple
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) Qualys