Vulnerability Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 457 220
Rank change year-on-year +67 -237 +198
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 191 337 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.45% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.55% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 135 236 208
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,250 £41,788
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -1.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Management 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 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
North of England +31 66 £55,000 +5.60% 157
South East +66 65 £55,000 -8.33% 207
Yorkshire +65 35 £45,000 -20.35% 61
North West -16 30 £75,000 +44.00% 77
South West +75 18 £53,365 -14.62% 77
Midlands +62 16 £50,000 +25.00% 96
Scotland +108 15 £55,000 +4.76% 40
East of England +26 13 £42,085 -41.95% 87
West Midlands +42 11 £53,094 +41.58% 51
East Midlands +38 5 £50,000 -4.76% 38
North East +46 1 £29,000 -18.88% 20
Wales +33 1 £55,000 -15.38% 17
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -
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 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.52%) Apache
2 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (26.70%) Azure
2 38 (19.90%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (9.95%) PaaS
4 16 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (6.81%) AWS
6 8 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.19%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.14%) IaaS
7 6 (3.14%) SaaS
8 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.05%) GCP
9 2 (1.05%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.05%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.52%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 49 (25.65%) Firewall
2 12 (6.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (5.76%) Network Security
4 10 (5.24%) VPN
5 9 (4.71%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (4.71%) DNS
6 6 (3.14%) SMTP
7 5 (2.62%) HTTP
7 5 (2.62%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.09%) DHCP
8 4 (2.09%) VLAN
9 3 (1.57%) LAN
9 3 (1.57%) WAN
10 2 (1.05%) SAN
10 2 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.52%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.52%) NAS
11 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) Power BI
1 3 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.05%) MySQL
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 49 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.99%) Finance
3 26 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.76%) Law
5 7 (3.66%) Retail
6 5 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.62%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.09%) Legal
7 4 (2.09%) Local Government
8 3 (1.57%) Advertising
9 2 (1.05%) Banking
9 2 (1.05%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (20.94%) Security Engineer
2 39 (20.42%) Analyst
3 27 (14.14%) Lead
4 26 (13.61%) Security Analyst
5 23 (12.04%) Vulnerability Manager
6 17 (8.90%) Consultant
7 14 (7.33%) Senior
8 13 (6.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 13 (6.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 11 (5.76%) Security Consultant
10 10 (5.24%) IT Engineer
10 10 (5.24%) Security Specialist
11 9 (4.71%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 9 (4.71%) Desktop Support
11 9 (4.71%) Security Manager
11 9 (4.71%) SOC Analyst
12 7 (3.66%) Architect
12 7 (3.66%) Security Architect
13 6 (3.14%) Desktop Engineer
13 6 (3.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.85%) YAML
2 2 (1.05%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.52%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.52%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 54 (28.27%) Security Posture
2 38 (19.90%) Management Information System
3 23 (12.04%) Cyber Threat
4 20 (10.47%) Data Centre
5 15 (7.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (4.71%) Cyberattack
7 8 (4.19%) Cyber Security Posture
7 8 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.66%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (3.66%) Social Media
8 7 (3.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.62%) Cloud Native
10 5 (2.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (2.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.57%) Operational Technology
13 2 (1.05%) Biopharmaceutical
13 2 (1.05%) CSOC
13 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 47 (24.61%) Windows
2 12 (6.28%) Linux
3 9 (4.71%) Android
3 9 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.66%) Windows Vista
5 4 (2.09%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (70.16%) Cybersecurity
2 85 (44.50%) Incident Response
3 58 (30.37%) Information Security
4 50 (26.18%) SIEM
5 45 (23.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (22.51%) Security Operations
8 39 (20.42%) Risk Management
9 35 (18.32%) Coaching
10 34 (17.80%) Security Testing
11 29 (15.18%) Penetration Testing
12 28 (14.66%) Mentoring
13 27 (14.14%) Computer Science
13 27 (14.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 26 (13.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 26 (13.61%) Threat Intelligence
15 25 (13.09%) ITIL
16 24 (12.57%) Agile
16 24 (12.57%) DevSecOps
16 24 (12.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.18%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.33%) Python
3 7 (3.66%) Bash
4 2 (1.05%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 53 (27.75%) Degree
2 41 (21.47%) CISSP
3 27 (14.14%) CISM
4 25 (13.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (12.04%) Master's Degree
6 20 (10.47%) CEH
7 13 (6.81%) Security Cleared
8 11 (5.76%) CISA
8 11 (5.76%) CRISC
9 10 (5.24%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (4.19%) DBS Check
10 8 (4.19%) SC Cleared
11 7 (3.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (3.66%) GIAC
12 5 (2.62%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (2.09%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.09%) DV Cleared
13 4 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (2.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (37.17%) NIST
2 62 (32.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (18.32%) GDPR
4 24 (12.57%) NCSC
5 13 (6.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (4.19%) COBIT
7 7 (3.66%) Accessibility
7 7 (3.66%) GRC
7 7 (3.66%) SOC 2
8 6 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (3.14%) PCI DSS
8 6 (3.14%) SLA
9 2 (1.05%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 19 (9.95%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (7.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.05%) Firmware
4 2 (1.05%) NFS
4 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.24%) Nessus
3 5 (2.62%) CASB
3 5 (2.62%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.09%) Terraform
5 3 (1.57%) Ansible
6 2 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.05%) SCCM
7 1 (0.52%) cPanel
7 1 (0.52%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.52%) Opsview
7 1 (0.52%) QRadar
7 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 91 (47.64%) Microsoft
2 31 (16.23%) Tenable
3 24 (12.57%) Qualys
4 15 (7.85%) Cisco
5 7 (3.66%) Google
6 4 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.09%) Splunk
7 3 (1.57%) Okta
7 3 (1.57%) Rapid7
7 3 (1.57%) VMware
8 2 (1.05%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.05%) Juniper
8 2 (1.05%) Netskope
8 2 (1.05%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.05%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.05%) Varonis
9 1 (0.52%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (0.52%) Veeam
9 1 (0.52%) Zscaler