Tenable Nessus
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Nessus skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Nessus over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 820 1098
Rank change year-on-year +9 +278 -334
Permanent jobs citing Nessus 85 150 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.14% 0.087%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.85% 0.97% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 71 129 111
10th Percentile £34,451 £35,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £42,200 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £69,510
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Nessus is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,961 15,465 27,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 14.78% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,202 9,470 14,208
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,675 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Nessus in the UK

Nessus
Top 14 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 27 April 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 +50 74 £60,000 +8.00% 30
UK excluding London +5 52 £50,000 +5.26% 21
Work from Home +67 34 £60,000 +8.00% 8
South East +42 27 £49,881 -16.87% 8
London +79 24 £70,000 +7.69% 9
North of England +55 17 £50,000 +15.76% 5
North West +17 12 £47,500 +11.76% 2
Yorkshire +93 5 £60,000 -25.00% 3
West Midlands +21 3 £30,000 -40.00% 3
Midlands -11 3 £30,000 -36.84% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £68,750 - 1
East of England +8 1 £60,000 +9.09% 2
South West -2 1 - - 2
Scotland -64 1 £55,000 +29.41%

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 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.18%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.18%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 31 (36.47%) Azure
2 22 (25.88%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.59%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (10.59%) SaaS
4 8 (9.41%) IaaS
5 6 (7.06%) AWS
5 6 (7.06%) PaaS
6 5 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.53%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.53%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.82%) Firewall
2 12 (14.12%) Network Security
3 8 (9.41%) Wireless
4 7 (8.24%) DNS
5 6 (7.06%) BGP
5 6 (7.06%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (7.06%) VPN
6 5 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (5.88%) LAN
6 5 (5.88%) WAN
7 4 (4.71%) Wireshark
8 3 (3.53%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (3.53%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (3.53%) DMZ
8 3 (3.53%) IPsec
8 3 (3.53%) MPLS
8 3 (3.53%) OSPF
8 3 (3.53%) Unified Communications
8 3 (3.53%) VLAN
8 3 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (12.94%) Metasploit
2 8 (9.41%) Burp Suite
3 7 (8.24%) Snyk
4 1 (1.18%) AppScan
4 1 (1.18%) MSI
4 1 (1.18%) Robot Framework
4 1 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.47%) Finance
3 10 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.06%) Law
5 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.71%) Banking
7 3 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Marketing
7 3 (3.53%) Police
8 2 (2.35%) Legal
8 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (17.65%) Security Engineer
2 14 (16.47%) Senior
3 11 (12.94%) Security Manager
4 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (9.41%) Analyst
5 8 (9.41%) Penetration Tester
5 8 (9.41%) Tester
6 6 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 6 (7.06%) IT Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Security Assurance Manager
6 6 (7.06%) Vulnerability Specialist
7 5 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 5 (5.88%) Security Analyst
8 4 (4.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Lead
8 4 (4.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.71%) Vulnerability Manager
9 3 (3.53%) Testing Consultant
9 3 (3.53%) Threat Hunter
9 3 (3.53%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.94%) PKI
2 9 (10.59%) Operational Technology
3 7 (8.24%) Mobile App
4 6 (7.06%) Data Centre
4 6 (7.06%) IoT
4 6 (7.06%) Security Posture
4 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.71%) Cyberattack
6 4 (4.71%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.53%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.53%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.35%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (2.35%) Life Science
8 2 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.18%) CMDB
9 1 (1.18%) Replication
9 1 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 37 (43.53%) Windows
2 25 (29.41%) Windows Server
3 21 (24.71%) Linux
4 9 (10.59%) Unix
5 8 (9.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (8.24%) Kali Linux
6 7 (8.24%) Windows 10
6 7 (8.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (4.71%) CentOS
8 4 (4.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (4.71%) Ubuntu
8 4 (4.71%) VMS
9 1 (1.18%) AIX
9 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (50.59%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (42.35%) Vulnerability Management
3 27 (31.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 23 (27.06%) Penetration Testing
5 21 (24.71%) Information Security
6 20 (23.53%) ITIL
7 17 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (20.00%) SIEM
8 15 (17.65%) Red Team
9 14 (16.47%) OWASP
10 13 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (14.12%) DevSecOps
12 10 (11.76%) Risk Management
12 10 (11.76%) Security Operations
13 9 (10.59%) Computer Science
13 9 (10.59%) Identity Access Management
13 9 (10.59%) Project Management
13 9 (10.59%) Service Delivery
13 9 (10.59%) Threat Management
13 9 (10.59%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (25.88%) PowerShell
2 11 (12.94%) Python
3 5 (5.88%) SQL
4 3 (3.53%) Java
4 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.00%) Degree
3 15 (17.65%) CISSP
4 14 (16.47%) SC Cleared
5 11 (12.94%) OSCP
6 10 (11.76%) GPEN
7 9 (10.59%) CISM
7 9 (10.59%) GIAC
8 8 (9.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (8.24%) CISA
9 7 (8.24%) CREST Certified
10 6 (7.06%) OSCE
10 6 (7.06%) SSCP
11 5 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (5.88%) DV Cleared
12 3 (3.53%) CEH
13 2 (2.35%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (1.18%) CGEIT
14 1 (1.18%) CRISC
14 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (12.94%) GDPR
2 11 (12.94%) NIST
3 7 (8.24%) SOC 2
4 6 (7.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (7.06%) GRC
4 6 (7.06%) NIST 800
5 5 (5.88%) SLA
6 3 (3.53%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.35%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (2.35%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 27 (31.76%) Active Directory
2 23 (27.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.88%) vSphere
4 4 (4.71%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.53%) Docker
5 3 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.35%) Firmware
7 1 (1.18%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (14.12%) SCCM
2 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 7 (8.24%) Kubernetes
3 7 (8.24%) Nexpose
3 7 (8.24%) Nmap
3 7 (8.24%) WSUS
4 5 (5.88%) Terraform
5 4 (4.71%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.53%) Grafana
6 3 (3.53%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (3.53%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (1.18%) Ansible
7 1 (1.18%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (1.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 46 (54.12%) Microsoft
2 30 (35.29%) VMware
3 27 (31.76%) Qualys
4 10 (11.76%) Cisco
5 8 (9.41%) Red Hat
5 8 (9.41%) ServiceNow
6 6 (7.06%) Darktrace
7 5 (5.88%) Citrix
7 5 (5.88%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.71%) arcserve
8 4 (4.71%) Avaya
8 4 (4.71%) CheckPoint
8 4 (4.71%) Dell
8 4 (4.71%) F5
8 4 (4.71%) IBM
8 4 (4.71%) Oracle
9 3 (3.53%) Clearswift
9 3 (3.53%) Juniper
9 3 (3.53%) McAfee
9 3 (3.53%) Palo Alto