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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 475 540
Rank change year-on-year +51 +65 -2
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 163 51 202
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.18% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.19% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 71 36 120
10th Percentile £34,674 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +11.70% -14.55%
75th Percentile £63,125 £64,063 £61,563
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,114 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -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 46,819 26,675 57,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.90% 92.04% 83.38%
Number of salaries quoted 30,052 13,730 40,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%

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 16 May 2026.

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 16 May 2026. 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 -3 49 £63,750 +34.21% 8
North of England -16 37 £47,500 -13.64% 8
Midlands -4 25 £52,500 +31.25% 12
South East -9 25 £50,000 +11.11% 20
Yorkshire -46 21 £47,500 -9.52% 6
East Midlands -18 13 £55,000 -7.56% 4
West Midlands -28 12 £50,250 +25.63% 7
Northern Ireland - 11 - - 1
North East -30 10 £47,500 +5.56%
East of England -5 8 £55,000 +22.22% 8
Wales - 7 £55,000 - 2
North West -1 6 £55,500 -13.86% 2
Scotland -4 1 £57,500 -8.00%
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 44 (26.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 113 (69.33%) Azure
2 75 (46.01%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (26.38%) AWS
4 25 (15.34%) Nutanix
5 24 (14.72%) Entra ID
6 10 (6.13%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (6.13%) IaaS
6 10 (6.13%) PaaS
7 8 (4.91%) Twilio
8 6 (3.68%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.45%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.45%) SaaS
11 3 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.84%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.84%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.84%) Sumo Logic
11 3 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 76 (46.63%) DNS
2 73 (44.79%) DHCP
3 25 (15.34%) Remote Desktop
4 22 (13.50%) Firewall
5 14 (8.59%) VPN
6 9 (5.52%) VoIP
7 8 (4.91%) PBX
7 8 (4.91%) VLAN
7 8 (4.91%) WebEx
8 7 (4.29%) TCP/IP
9 5 (3.07%) Network Security
10 4 (2.45%) BGP
10 4 (2.45%) IPsec
10 4 (2.45%) WAN
10 4 (2.45%) Wireless
11 3 (1.84%) HTTP
11 3 (1.84%) LAN
11 3 (1.84%) SSH
12 1 (0.61%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (26.38%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.84%) MySQL
2 3 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) GitLab
1 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (57.06%) Social Skills
2 63 (38.65%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.52%) Finance
3 9 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (4.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.84%) Law
7 2 (1.23%) Social Housing
7 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (24.54%) Systems Engineer
2 32 (19.63%) Cloud Engineer
3 22 (13.50%) Analyst
4 20 (12.27%) Security Engineer
5 16 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (9.20%) Security Analyst
7 14 (8.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (6.75%) Senior
9 10 (6.13%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 8 (4.91%) IT Analyst
10 8 (4.91%) IT Security Analyst
10 8 (4.91%) Lead
11 6 (3.68%) IT Manager
11 6 (3.68%) IT Support
12 5 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Consultant
13 4 (2.45%) 3rd Line Support
13 4 (2.45%) Administrator
13 4 (2.45%) Security Consultant
13 4 (2.45%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.45%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 40 (24.54%) Legacy Systems
2 25 (15.34%) Hybrid Cloud
2 25 (15.34%) Public Cloud
3 20 (12.27%) Security Posture
4 11 (6.75%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.91%) CSOC
5 8 (4.91%) IVR
6 7 (4.29%) Replication
7 6 (3.68%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.07%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (2.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.84%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (1.23%) Housing Association
12 1 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 86 (52.76%) Windows
2 76 (46.63%) Windows Server
3 49 (30.06%) Linux
4 40 (24.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (3.68%) Android
5 6 (3.68%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.45%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.84%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.61%) CentOS
9 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.29%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (30.67%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (30.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 50 (30.67%) Migration
3 48 (29.45%) Customer Experience
4 43 (26.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 42 (25.77%) Customer Service
6 40 (24.54%) Email Filtering
6 40 (24.54%) ITIL
6 40 (24.54%) Kalman Filter
6 40 (24.54%) Mentoring
6 40 (24.54%) Web Filtering
7 38 (23.31%) Incident Response
8 34 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (17.79%) Cloud Security
9 29 (17.79%) ITSM
10 28 (17.18%) Business Continuity
10 28 (17.18%) High Availability
11 26 (15.95%) Change Management
11 26 (15.95%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.40%) PowerShell
2 20 (12.27%) Bash
3 12 (7.36%) Python
4 5 (3.07%) Bicep
5 4 (2.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 68 (41.72%) Security Cleared
2 61 (37.42%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.75%) Degree
4 9 (5.52%) CISM
4 9 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (4.91%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.91%) CISSP
5 8 (4.91%) CTC Cleared
6 7 (4.29%) SANS
7 6 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 5 (3.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.07%) CEH
8 5 (3.07%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.84%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (1.84%) CREST Certified
9 3 (1.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (1.84%) SSCP
10 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (35.58%) PCI DSS
2 55 (33.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 35 (21.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (19.02%) SLA
5 25 (15.34%) GDPR
6 18 (11.04%) NIST
7 6 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.68%) GRC
8 4 (2.45%) JSP 440
8 4 (2.45%) NCSC
9 2 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.61%) QA
10 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 91 (55.83%) Active Directory
2 70 (42.94%) Hyper-V
3 40 (24.54%) Terminal Server
4 27 (16.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (3.68%) Docker
6 3 (1.84%) iptables
6 3 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (11.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (9.20%) Terraform
3 11 (6.75%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.45%) Backup Exec
4 4 (2.45%) Grafana
4 4 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.84%) SCCM
5 3 (1.84%) systemd
6 2 (1.23%) Nessus
7 1 (0.61%) Ansible
7 1 (0.61%) Nagios
7 1 (0.61%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 93 (57.06%) Microsoft
2 67 (41.10%) VMware
3 65 (39.88%) Nimble Storage
4 44 (26.99%) Veeam
5 41 (25.15%) Splunk
6 40 (24.54%) Brocade
6 40 (24.54%) SolarWinds
6 40 (24.54%) Tanium
7 25 (15.34%) Dell
7 25 (15.34%) Dell Compellent
7 25 (15.34%) HP
8 13 (7.98%) Cisco
9 8 (4.91%) Genesys
9 8 (4.91%) Verint
10 6 (3.68%) Meraki
11 3 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
12 2 (1.23%) Apple
12 2 (1.23%) Google
13 1 (0.61%) Qualys
13 1 (0.61%) Sophos