Vulnerability Assessment Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 629 621
Rank change year-on-year +165 -8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 104 126 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 58 96 78
10th Percentile £39,709 £36,900 £23,100
25th Percentile £46,406 £42,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +28.95% -18.10%
75th Percentile £72,188 £76,563 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +20.54% -11.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,974 60,639 55,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.75% 82.65% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,037 41,817 28,998
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
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 Assessment within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
South East +72 33 £72,500 -9.38% 162
North of England +54 24 £57,500 +35.29% 141
Midlands +70 22 £55,000 +25.71% 120
West Midlands +75 19 £55,000 +37.50% 60
East of England +41 13 £62,500 -13.79% 98
North West -1 10 £60,000 +56.86% 66
South West +104 8 £60,000 -4.00% 84
Yorkshire +67 7 £72,500 +20.83% 56
North East +51 7 £57,500 +35.29% 19
Northern Ireland +42 3 - - 14
East Midlands +36 3 £37,500 -21.05% 52
Wales +43 1 £55,000 - 17
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (5.77%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 36 (34.62%) AWS
2 27 (25.96%) Azure
3 26 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
3 26 (25.00%) Serverless
4 6 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.92%) Asana
6 2 (1.92%) AWS KMS
6 2 (1.92%) SaaS
7 1 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.96%) IaaS
7 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (38.46%) Firewall
2 27 (25.96%) Intrusion Detection
2 27 (25.96%) SSL
3 26 (25.00%) Broadband
3 26 (25.00%) SSH
4 19 (18.27%) VPN
5 17 (16.35%) Network Security
5 17 (16.35%) TCP/IP
6 14 (13.46%) LAN
6 14 (13.46%) WAN
7 10 (9.62%) DNS
8 6 (5.77%) BGP
8 6 (5.77%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (5.77%) DWDM
8 6 (5.77%) OSPF
8 6 (5.77%) SD-WAN
8 6 (5.77%) VLAN
9 5 (4.81%) MPLS
10 3 (2.88%) Wireshark
10 3 (2.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Burp Suite
2 6 (5.77%) Metasploit
2 6 (5.77%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (2.88%) AppScan
4 2 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 55 (52.88%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.42%) Finance
3 12 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.81%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.81%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.88%) Legal
7 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.92%) Banking
7 2 (1.92%) Law
7 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.96%) Automotive
8 1 (0.96%) Aviation
8 1 (0.96%) Military
8 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (25.96%) Cloud Engineer
2 26 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 20 (19.23%) Lead
4 15 (14.42%) Analyst
5 12 (11.54%) Senior
6 11 (10.58%) Network Engineer
7 10 (9.62%) Security Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Security Specialist
8 5 (4.81%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Information Security Specialist
9 4 (3.85%) Information Specialist
9 4 (3.85%) Network Team Leader
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Information Security Specialist
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Security Specialist
9 4 (3.85%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (25.00%) RESTful
1 26 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.92%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.92%) scikit-learn
2 2 (1.92%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.96%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 51 (49.04%) Management Information System
2 33 (31.73%) Cyber Threat
3 29 (27.88%) Cyberattack
4 28 (26.92%) PKI
5 26 (25.00%) Onboarding
6 15 (14.42%) Security Posture
7 10 (9.62%) Private Cloud
8 6 (5.77%) Data Centre
8 6 (5.77%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (3.85%) Algorithms
9 4 (3.85%) CESG
10 2 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.92%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.92%) SCADA
11 1 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 23 (22.12%) Windows
2 8 (7.69%) Linux
3 4 (3.85%) Kali Linux
3 4 (3.85%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (29.81%) Information Security
3 30 (28.85%) Key Management
4 29 (27.88%) Roadmaps
4 29 (27.88%) SIEM
5 27 (25.96%) Use Case
6 26 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
6 26 (25.00%) DevOps
6 26 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
7 20 (19.23%) Incident Response
8 19 (18.27%) Security Operations
9 17 (16.35%) Penetration Testing
10 16 (15.38%) Computer Science
10 16 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
11 15 (14.42%) ITIL
11 15 (14.42%) Security Monitoring
12 13 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
13 12 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (11.54%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 51 (49.04%) Python
2 14 (13.46%) Bash
3 12 (11.54%) C#
4 11 (10.58%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.92%) C++
5 2 (1.92%) Java
5 2 (1.92%) Perl
6 1 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (17.31%) Degree
2 17 (16.35%) CISSP
3 15 (14.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (8.65%) CCNA
4 9 (8.65%) CCNP
4 9 (8.65%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (8.65%) Security Cleared
5 6 (5.77%) JNCIA
5 6 (5.77%) JNCIS
5 6 (5.77%) OSCP
6 5 (4.81%) CEH
6 5 (4.81%) CESG Certified Professional
6 5 (4.81%) CISM
6 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.85%) GIAC
7 4 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (2.88%) CCDA
8 3 (2.88%) GPEN
8 3 (2.88%) GWAPT
8 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (40.38%) NIST
3 15 (14.42%) GDPR
4 10 (9.62%) COBIT
5 6 (5.77%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.88%) GRC
6 3 (2.88%) HIPAA
6 3 (2.88%) ISO 9001
6 3 (2.88%) SLA
6 3 (2.88%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.96%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 29 (27.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.81%) Hyper-V
2 5 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.96%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (31.73%) Terraform
2 9 (8.65%) Ansible
3 5 (4.81%) Nessus
4 2 (1.92%) Nmap
4 2 (1.92%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.92%) Puppet
4 2 (1.92%) SCOM
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.96%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 32 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 26 (25.00%) Thales
3 13 (12.50%) Cisco
4 6 (5.77%) Arista
4 6 (5.77%) VMware
5 3 (2.88%) Trustwave
6 2 (1.92%) ArcSight
6 2 (1.92%) Aruba
6 2 (1.92%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.92%) Splunk
6 2 (1.92%) Tenable
7 1 (0.96%) Meraki
7 1 (0.96%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.96%) Qualys
7 1 (0.96%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.96%) SolarWinds