Vulnerability Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 444 258 419
Rank change year-on-year -186 +161 +45
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 349 822 537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 1.32% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.39% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 239 198 283
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,550 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,217 59,337 66,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 95.62% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 30,395 41,344
10th Percentile £27,234 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Management
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 Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 -85 93 £62,500 +11.11% 57
North of England -43 90 £52,084 -0.79% 72
North West -37 57 £52,084 -3.99% 52
South West -75 57 £52,500 -10.64% 21
East of England +26 33 £72,500 +31.82% 20
Midlands -69 32 £37,500 -25.00% 27
Yorkshire +51 30 £56,500 +9.99% 18
Scotland -136 25 £53,750 -2.27% 5
West Midlands -35 21 £37,500 -25.00% 17
Wales -12 18 £65,000 - 1
East Midlands -43 11 £46,000 - 10
North East -1 3 £40,000 -36.00% 2
Northern Ireland +12 1 - - 1
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
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 15 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) IIS
4 1 (0.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 89 (25.50%) Azure
2 58 (16.62%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (8.60%) AWS
4 28 (8.02%) SaaS
5 15 (4.30%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.29%) IaaS
8 8 (2.29%) PaaS
9 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.72%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.57%) GitHub
12 1 (0.29%) ChatGPT
12 1 (0.29%) GCP
12 1 (0.29%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (21.49%) Firewall
2 73 (20.92%) Network Security
3 25 (7.16%) SAN
4 21 (6.02%) TCP/IP
5 18 (5.16%) Internet
5 18 (5.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 14 (4.01%) LAN
6 14 (4.01%) VPN
6 14 (4.01%) WAN
7 9 (2.58%) Wireshark
8 6 (1.72%) DNS
8 6 (1.72%) HTTP
8 6 (1.72%) SMTP
9 5 (1.43%) SSL
9 5 (1.43%) VoIP
10 3 (0.86%) tcpdump
11 2 (0.57%) DMZ
11 2 (0.57%) Intranet
11 2 (0.57%) NAS
12 1 (0.29%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.72%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.57%) MySQL
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) Big Data
5 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle9i Database
5 1 (0.29%) OrientDB
5 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Git
1 2 (0.57%) Hudson
2 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.29%) GitLab
2 1 (0.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) JUnit
2 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 121 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 88 (25.21%) Finance
3 33 (9.46%) Retail
4 32 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.31%) Games
6 27 (7.74%) Military
7 24 (6.88%) Banking
8 20 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.87%) Telecoms
10 13 (3.72%) Law
10 13 (3.72%) Legal
11 9 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.58%) Marketing
12 4 (1.15%) Advertising
13 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Publishing
14 2 (0.57%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 103 (29.51%) Analyst
2 58 (16.62%) Security Analyst
3 49 (14.04%) Senior
4 41 (11.75%) Lead
5 39 (11.17%) Senior Analyst
6 37 (10.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 35 (10.03%) Vulnerability Manager
8 33 (9.46%) Architect
8 33 (9.46%) Security Architect
9 30 (8.60%) Security Manager
10 29 (8.31%) Security Engineer
11 27 (7.74%) IT Analyst
12 26 (7.45%) Consultant
12 26 (7.45%) Security Consultant
13 23 (6.59%) Incident Manager
14 22 (6.30%) Administrator
15 21 (6.02%) IT Administrator
15 21 (6.02%) Senior Security Analyst
15 21 (6.02%) Server Administrator
16 19 (5.44%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.87%) .NET
1 10 (2.87%) React
2 9 (2.58%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (2.58%) Web Services
3 7 (2.01%) Middleware
4 3 (0.86%) EDI
5 2 (0.57%) LDAP
5 2 (0.57%) SAML
5 2 (0.57%) ServiceStack
6 1 (0.29%) J2EE
6 1 (0.29%) Kafka
6 1 (0.29%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.29%) Node.js
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 70 (20.06%) Management Information System
2 46 (13.18%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (12.61%) Security Operations Centre
4 35 (10.03%) Data Centre
5 30 (8.60%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (8.02%) Cyberattack
6 28 (8.02%) Security Posture
7 21 (6.02%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (6.02%) Operational Technology
8 14 (4.01%) Product Ownership
9 11 (3.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 11 (3.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 10 (2.87%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.72%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.43%) IoT
13 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.15%) PKI
14 3 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
14 3 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.86%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 89 (25.50%) Windows
2 51 (14.61%) Windows Server
3 49 (14.04%) Linux
4 13 (3.72%) Unix
5 10 (2.87%) VMS
6 6 (1.72%) Android
6 6 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.86%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (71.35%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (38.11%) Information Security
3 129 (36.96%) SIEM
4 118 (33.81%) Security Operations
5 101 (28.94%) Incident Response
6 57 (16.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 53 (15.19%) Identity Access Management
8 51 (14.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 50 (14.33%) Incident Management
10 47 (13.47%) Cloud Security
11 44 (12.61%) ITIL
11 44 (12.61%) Risk Management
12 43 (12.32%) Penetration Testing
13 39 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (11.17%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 36 (10.32%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 36 (10.32%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 34 (9.74%) Agile
16 33 (9.46%) Actionable Insight
17 31 (8.88%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 45 (12.89%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.30%) Python
3 12 (3.44%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.87%) C#
5 8 (2.29%) SQL
6 5 (1.43%) Bash
7 4 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.29%) C++
8 1 (0.29%) Java
8 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.29%) ProC
Qualifications
1 83 (23.78%) Security Cleared
2 73 (20.92%) CISSP
2 73 (20.92%) Degree
3 44 (12.61%) SC Cleared
4 43 (12.32%) CISM
5 24 (6.88%) GIAC
6 21 (6.02%) DV Cleared
7 16 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (4.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (4.30%) CEH
9 12 (3.44%) Master's Degree
10 11 (3.15%) CISA
10 11 (3.15%) CompTIA CySA+
10 11 (3.15%) SSCP
11 9 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.58%) SANS
12 8 (2.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (2.29%) CCNA
12 8 (2.29%) CREST Certified
12 8 (2.29%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (27.51%) NIST
2 79 (22.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (14.04%) GDPR
4 41 (11.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 36 (10.32%) PCI DSS
6 20 (5.73%) GRC
7 17 (4.87%) COBIT
8 14 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 12 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (3.15%) NIST 800
10 11 (3.15%) SOC 2
11 10 (2.87%) SLA
12 9 (2.58%) NCSC
13 7 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.57%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 50 (14.33%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.44%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (3.15%) vSphere
5 8 (2.29%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.15%) Docker
8 2 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (6.88%) Nessus
2 18 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (5.16%) SCCM
3 15 (4.30%) WSUS
4 13 (3.72%) CASB
5 7 (2.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.72%) Nmap
7 5 (1.43%) Ansible
7 5 (1.43%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.86%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.86%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.86%) Suricata
9 3 (0.86%) Terraform
10 2 (0.57%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.57%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 114 (32.66%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.32%) VMware
3 22 (6.30%) Citrix
4 21 (6.02%) NetApp
4 21 (6.02%) Qualys
5 13 (3.72%) Splunk
6 11 (3.15%) Rapid7
6 11 (3.15%) Tanium
7 10 (2.87%) Apple
7 10 (2.87%) Palo Alto
7 10 (2.87%) Tripwire
8 9 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.58%) SolarWinds
9 8 (2.29%) Cisco
10 6 (1.72%) Thycotic
11 5 (1.43%) Acronis
11 5 (1.43%) Juniper
12 4 (1.15%) Veeam
13 3 (0.86%) Draytek
13 3 (0.86%) LogRhythm