Vulnerability Remediation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 491 474
Rank change year-on-year +128 -17 +178
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 153 76 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 35 46 59
10th Percentile £38,350 £41,500 £38,728
25th Percentile £46,500 £42,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £69,602 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £66,557 £68,700
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% - -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation 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 33,444 33,009 27,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.71% 88.20% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19,110 15,194 20,646
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,760 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Vulnerability Remediation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Vulnerability Remediation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Vulnerability Remediation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Vulnerability Remediation

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 West +97 86 £81,250 +35.42% 3
South East +40 19 £67,684 +50.41% 11
North of England -17 15 £48,500 +7.78% 5
Wales - 15 £41,500 - 1
West Midlands +34 8 £52,750 +31.88% 2
Midlands +31 8 £52,750 +31.88% 2
Yorkshire -21 8 £52,500 +16.67% 3
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 3
North West +15 6 £43,750 -8.25% 2
East of England +23 3 £75,000 +66.67% 6
North East +8 1 - -
Vulnerability Remediation
UK

Vulnerability Remediation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 97 (63.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 136 (88.89%) Azure
2 107 (69.93%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (9.80%) AWS
4 10 (6.54%) Nutanix
5 9 (5.88%) PaaS
6 6 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.27%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.27%) IaaS
7 5 (3.27%) SaaS
8 3 (1.96%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.31%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.31%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.65%) GCP
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.65%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 109 (71.24%) DNS
2 107 (69.93%) DHCP
3 10 (6.54%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (5.23%) Firewall
5 4 (2.61%) VPN
6 2 (1.31%) HTTP
6 2 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.31%) SSH
6 2 (1.31%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.65%) LAN
7 1 (0.65%) Network Security
7 1 (0.65%) VLAN
7 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (62.75%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.65%) DTS
3 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 124 (81.05%) Social Skills
2 101 (66.01%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.54%) Finance
4 4 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.31%) Retail
6 1 (0.65%) Humanities
6 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.65%) Law
6 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 96 (62.75%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (9.15%) Cloud Engineer
3 13 (8.50%) Analyst
4 12 (7.84%) Security Engineer
5 11 (7.19%) Senior
6 10 (6.54%) Security Analyst
7 6 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (3.92%) Lead
8 5 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (2.61%) IT Manager
9 4 (2.61%) Senior Security Analyst
10 3 (1.96%) Azure Engineer
10 3 (1.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 2 (1.31%) Information Officer
11 2 (1.31%) IT Relationships Manager
11 2 (1.31%) Product Owner
11 2 (1.31%) Relationships Manager
11 2 (1.31%) Security Officer
11 2 (1.31%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 2 (1.31%) Supplier Relationship Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) YAML
2 2 (1.31%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.65%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.65%) CSS
3 1 (0.65%) CSS3
3 1 (0.65%) HTML
3 1 (0.65%) HTML5
3 1 (0.65%) Node.js
3 1 (0.65%) React
3 1 (0.65%) REST
3 1 (0.65%) RESTful
3 1 (0.65%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 96 (62.75%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (12.42%) Security Posture
3 11 (7.19%) Public Cloud
4 10 (6.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.61%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.31%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.31%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.31%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.65%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 111 (72.55%) Windows
2 110 (71.90%) Windows Server
3 100 (65.36%) Linux
4 96 (62.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.65%) CentOS
6 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (67.97%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (64.05%) Migration
2 98 (64.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 96 (62.75%) Customer Experience
3 96 (62.75%) Customer Service
3 96 (62.75%) Email Filtering
3 96 (62.75%) Kalman Filter
3 96 (62.75%) Web Filtering
4 28 (18.30%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (13.73%) Incident Response
6 17 (11.11%) ITIL
6 17 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (10.46%) Coaching
7 16 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
7 16 (10.46%) Mentoring
8 14 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (9.15%) Security Operations
9 12 (7.84%) SDLC
9 12 (7.84%) Server Management
9 12 (7.84%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.27%) Python
3 3 (1.96%) Java
3 3 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.31%) Bicep
5 1 (0.65%) Bash
5 1 (0.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (66.01%) Security Cleared
2 97 (63.40%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.23%) Degree
4 7 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.61%) CISSP
7 3 (1.96%) CEH
7 3 (1.96%) OSCP
8 2 (1.31%) CISM
8 2 (1.31%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.31%) GSEC
9 1 (0.65%) CHECK Team Leader
9 1 (0.65%) CISA
9 1 (0.65%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.65%) GIAC
9 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (66.01%) Cyber Essentials
1 101 (66.01%) PCI DSS
2 18 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (9.80%) SLA
4 13 (8.50%) NIST
5 7 (4.58%) NCSC
6 6 (3.92%) GDPR
7 2 (1.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 109 (71.24%) Active Directory
2 107 (69.93%) Hyper-V
3 96 (62.75%) Terminal Server
4 13 (8.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.96%) Docker
6 2 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (2.61%) Nessus
2 3 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.96%) Terraform
3 2 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.65%) Ansible
4 1 (0.65%) Grafana
4 1 (0.65%) Nagios
4 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 115 (75.16%) Microsoft
2 109 (71.24%) VMware
3 106 (69.28%) Nimble Storage
4 97 (63.40%) Splunk
5 96 (62.75%) Brocade
5 96 (62.75%) SolarWinds
5 96 (62.75%) Tanium
5 96 (62.75%) Veeam
6 10 (6.54%) Dell
6 10 (6.54%) Dell Compellent
6 10 (6.54%) HP
7 3 (1.96%) Tenable
8 2 (1.31%) Qualys
9 1 (0.65%) Acronis
9 1 (0.65%) AlienVault
9 1 (0.65%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.65%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.65%) Red Hat