Tenable Nessus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Nessus skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Nessus over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 767 747 1130
Rank change year-on-year -20 +383 -247
Permanent jobs citing Nessus 75 140 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.083% 0.17% 0.083%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.90% 1.23% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 55 135 127
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,291 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.72% -12.20% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £71,875
90th Percentile £73,750 £84,750 £79,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £51,750
% change year-on-year - -3.38% +13.74%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Nessus falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 8,299 11,343 31,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.18% 14.06% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,668 8,161 14,111
10th Percentile £34,404 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,719 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Nessus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Nessus.

Salary trend for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Nessus over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England -35 66 £53,750 +9.69% 5
UK excluding London -70 38 £50,000 - 6
London +49 28 £67,500 +50.00% 1
Work from Home +3 24 £50,000 -9.09% 1
South East +11 17 £56,175 +2.14% 1
North of England -4 12 £50,000 +3.54%
North West -20 10 £46,250 -2.63%
West Midlands -10 5 £42,500 -32.00% 1
Midlands -45 5 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Scotland -43 2 £53,750 +44.30%
Yorkshire - 2 £60,000 -
Isle of Man - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - - 1

Nessus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.33%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 30 (40.00%) Azure
2 21 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.67%) AWS
3 11 (14.67%) SaaS
4 9 (12.00%) IaaS
4 9 (12.00%) PaaS
5 8 (10.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (8.00%) Entra ID
7 4 (5.33%) GCP
8 1 (1.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.33%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.33%) Firewall
2 16 (21.33%) Wireless
3 9 (12.00%) Network Security
4 8 (10.67%) LAN
4 8 (10.67%) WAN
5 7 (9.33%) VLAN
5 7 (9.33%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (8.00%) BGP
6 6 (8.00%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (8.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (8.00%) DSL
6 6 (8.00%) MPLS
6 6 (8.00%) Unified Communications
6 6 (8.00%) VPN
7 5 (6.67%) DMZ
7 5 (6.67%) DNS
8 4 (5.33%) Cisco Wireless
8 4 (5.33%) HTTP
8 4 (5.33%) SSL
8 4 (5.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (20.00%) Metasploit
2 14 (18.67%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.33%) MSI
3 1 (1.33%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (22.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.00%) Finance
3 10 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.00%) Law
5 8 (10.67%) Marketing
6 7 (9.33%) Banking
7 4 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 17 (22.67%) Senior
2 12 (16.00%) Analyst
3 9 (12.00%) Security Manager
4 8 (10.67%) Security Analyst
4 8 (10.67%) Security Engineer
5 7 (9.33%) Penetration Tester
5 7 (9.33%) Tester
6 6 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 6 (8.00%) IT Engineer
6 6 (8.00%) Network Engineer
6 6 (8.00%) Security Assurance Manager
6 6 (8.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.67%) Consultant
7 5 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (6.67%) Lead
7 5 (6.67%) Security Consultant
7 5 (6.67%) Software Asset Manager
7 5 (6.67%) Software Manager
7 5 (6.67%) Testing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) IoT
1 11 (14.67%) Mobile App
2 8 (10.67%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (10.67%) Operational Technology
3 7 (9.33%) Security Posture
3 7 (9.33%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (8.00%) CMDB
4 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.33%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.00%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.67%) Anti-Spyware
7 2 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.67%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.33%) PKI
8 1 (1.33%) Replication
8 1 (1.33%) SCADA
8 1 (1.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.33%) Windows
2 14 (18.67%) Kali Linux
3 13 (17.33%) Windows Server
4 10 (13.33%) Linux
5 8 (10.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (9.33%) Windows 10
7 5 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (5.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (4.00%) CentOS
9 3 (4.00%) Ubuntu
9 3 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (2.67%) Unix
11 1 (1.33%) AIX
11 1 (1.33%) Apple iOS
11 1 (1.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (65.33%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 23 (30.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 22 (29.33%) Red Team
5 20 (26.67%) ITIL
6 18 (24.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 17 (22.67%) OWASP
8 15 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (20.00%) SIEM
8 15 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
9 13 (17.33%) Information Security
10 12 (16.00%) Security Testing
11 11 (14.67%) DevSecOps
11 11 (14.67%) Social Engineering
12 10 (13.33%) Asset Management
12 10 (13.33%) Computer Science
12 10 (13.33%) Security Operations
12 10 (13.33%) Service Delivery
13 9 (12.00%) Customer Service
13 9 (12.00%) Purple Team
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (13.33%) SQL
3 4 (5.33%) Python
4 3 (4.00%) Java
4 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (17.33%) OSCP
2 12 (16.00%) CISSP
2 12 (16.00%) Degree
3 11 (14.67%) CREST Certified
3 11 (14.67%) OSCE
3 11 (14.67%) Security Cleared
4 9 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 8 (10.67%) CISM
6 7 (9.33%) GIAC
6 7 (9.33%) GPEN
7 4 (5.33%) CISA
8 3 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (4.00%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.67%) CEH
9 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.67%) SSCP
10 1 (1.33%) CCSA
10 1 (1.33%) CHFI
10 1 (1.33%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.33%) NIST
2 9 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (10.67%) GDPR
4 6 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (8.00%) GRC
4 6 (8.00%) NIST 800
5 5 (6.67%) SLA
6 4 (5.33%) NCSC
6 4 (5.33%) SOC 2
7 3 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.33%) Docker
4 3 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (4.00%) vSphere
5 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.33%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (14.67%) Nmap
2 7 (9.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (5.33%) SCCM
3 4 (5.33%) Terraform
4 3 (4.00%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.00%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (4.00%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.00%) WSUS
5 1 (1.33%) Ansible
5 1 (1.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (1.33%) WMI
Vendors
1 27 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 25 (33.33%) Qualys
3 11 (14.67%) VMware
4 10 (13.33%) Cisco
5 9 (12.00%) Darktrace
6 7 (9.33%) Red Hat
7 6 (8.00%) CheckPoint
7 6 (8.00%) Snow
8 5 (6.67%) Citrix
8 5 (6.67%) Palo Alto
8 5 (6.67%) ServiceNow
9 4 (5.33%) Avaya
9 4 (5.33%) F5
9 4 (5.33%) Google
9 4 (5.33%) IBM
9 4 (5.33%) Oracle
10 3 (4.00%) arcserve
10 3 (4.00%) Clearswift
10 3 (4.00%) McAfee
10 3 (4.00%) Splunk