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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 462 229
Rank change year-on-year +77 -233 +204
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 191 335 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.45% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.55% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 133 237 211
10th Percentile £32,750 £36,250 £42,019
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -0.33%

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 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £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 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 28 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 28 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 +24 68 £57,500 +10.40% 171
South East +68 64 £55,000 -12.00% 224
Yorkshire +69 35 £45,000 -20.35% 63
North West -22 32 £75,000 +44.00% 83
Midlands +38 18 £51,250 +28.13% 109
Scotland +115 16 £58,750 +11.90% 44
South West +85 16 £55,000 -12.00% 88
West Midlands +50 13 £53,688 +43.17% 58
East of England +20 11 £42,085 -41.95% 95
East Midlands +31 5 £50,000 -4.76% 44
North East +47 1 £29,000 -18.88% 26
Wales +33 1 £55,000 -15.38% 20
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 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.05%) Apache
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (26.18%) Azure
2 38 (19.90%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (8.90%) PaaS
4 16 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (6.81%) AWS
6 8 (4.19%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.14%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.14%) SaaS
8 4 (2.09%) IaaS
9 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.05%) GCP
10 2 (1.05%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.52%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 48 (25.13%) Firewall
2 12 (6.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (5.76%) Network Security
4 9 (4.71%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (4.71%) VPN
5 8 (4.19%) DNS
6 6 (3.14%) HTTP
6 6 (3.14%) SMTP
7 5 (2.62%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.09%) VLAN
9 3 (1.57%) LAN
9 3 (1.57%) WAN
10 2 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (1.05%) DHCP
10 2 (1.05%) SAN
10 2 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.52%) DMARC
11 1 (0.52%) NAS
11 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) MySQL
1 3 (1.57%) Power BI
1 3 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.52%) Tableau
General
1 49 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.94%) Finance
3 27 (14.14%) 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%) Local Government
8 2 (1.05%) Advertising
8 2 (1.05%) Banking
8 2 (1.05%) Legal
8 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.05%) Military
9 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.52%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (21.47%) Security Engineer
2 34 (17.80%) Analyst
3 28 (14.66%) Lead
4 25 (13.09%) Security Analyst
5 23 (12.04%) Vulnerability Manager
6 17 (8.90%) Consultant
7 15 (7.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 14 (7.33%) Senior
9 13 (6.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (5.76%) Security Consultant
11 10 (5.24%) IT Engineer
11 10 (5.24%) Security Specialist
12 9 (4.71%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 9 (4.71%) Desktop Support
12 9 (4.71%) Security Manager
13 8 (4.19%) Architect
13 8 (4.19%) Security Architect
13 8 (4.19%) SOC Analyst
14 6 (3.14%) Information Security Consultant
14 6 (3.14%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.85%) YAML
2 2 (1.05%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.52%) EDI
3 1 (0.52%) LAMP
3 1 (0.52%) Loki
3 1 (0.52%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.52%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (28.27%) Security Posture
2 39 (20.42%) Management Information System
3 22 (11.52%) Cyber Threat
4 20 (10.47%) Data Centre
5 14 (7.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (4.71%) Cyberattack
6 9 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (4.19%) Cyber Security Posture
7 8 (4.19%) Social Media
7 8 (4.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 7 (3.66%) Cloud Security Posture
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
12 3 (1.57%) Replication
13 2 (1.05%) NHS
13 2 (1.05%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 46 (24.08%) Windows
2 13 (6.81%) Linux
3 9 (4.71%) Android
4 8 (4.19%) Windows Vista
5 7 (3.66%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.57%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.05%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.52%) AIX
9 1 (0.52%) CentOS
9 1 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (70.68%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (45.03%) Incident Response
3 58 (30.37%) Information Security
4 52 (27.23%) SIEM
5 46 (24.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (21.99%) Security Operations
8 41 (21.47%) Risk Management
9 35 (18.32%) Coaching
10 34 (17.80%) Security Testing
11 31 (16.23%) Penetration Testing
12 29 (15.18%) Mentoring
13 28 (14.66%) Computer Science
14 27 (14.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 26 (13.61%) Cloud Security
16 25 (13.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 25 (13.09%) DevSecOps
16 25 (13.09%) ITIL
16 25 (13.09%) Threat Intelligence
17 24 (12.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.14%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.85%) Python
3 7 (3.66%) Bash
4 2 (1.05%) SQL
5 1 (0.52%) AWK
5 1 (0.52%) C
5 1 (0.52%) C++
5 1 (0.52%) Korn
5 1 (0.52%) Perl
5 1 (0.52%) PHP
5 1 (0.52%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 54 (28.27%) Degree
2 44 (23.04%) CISSP
3 31 (16.23%) CISM
4 26 (13.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (12.57%) Master's Degree
6 20 (10.47%) CEH
7 14 (7.33%) CISA
8 13 (6.81%) Security Cleared
9 11 (5.76%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (5.76%) CRISC
10 9 (4.71%) DBS Check
10 9 (4.71%) SC Cleared
11 8 (4.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (4.19%) GIAC
12 5 (2.62%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.62%) SANS
13 4 (2.09%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.09%) ISACA
13 4 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (37.70%) NIST
2 63 (32.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (18.32%) GDPR
4 25 (13.09%) NCSC
5 13 (6.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (4.19%) COBIT
6 8 (4.19%) GRC
6 8 (4.19%) SOC 2
7 7 (3.66%) Accessibility
8 6 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (3.14%) PCI DSS
8 6 (3.14%) SLA
9 3 (1.57%) JSP 440
10 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 19 (9.95%) Virtual Machines
2 13 (6.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.05%) Firmware
3 2 (1.05%) NFS
3 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.52%) KVM
4 1 (0.52%) Postfix
4 1 (0.52%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.28%) Nessus
3 6 (3.14%) FortiGate
4 5 (2.62%) CASB
5 4 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.09%) Terraform
6 3 (1.57%) Ansible
7 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.52%) cPanel
8 1 (0.52%) Grafana
8 1 (0.52%) Nagios
8 1 (0.52%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.52%) Opsview
8 1 (0.52%) QRadar
8 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 90 (47.12%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.28%) Tenable
3 24 (12.57%) Qualys
4 16 (8.38%) Cisco
5 5 (2.62%) Google
6 4 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.57%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.57%) Rapid7
7 3 (1.57%) Splunk
7 3 (1.57%) VMware
8 2 (1.05%) Juniper
8 2 (1.05%) Netskope
8 2 (1.05%) Oracle
8 2 (1.05%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.05%) SAP
8 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.05%) Varonis
9 1 (0.52%) IBM
9 1 (0.52%) Okta
9 1 (0.52%) Zscaler