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 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 650 966 968
Rank change year-on-year +316 +2 -294
Permanent jobs citing Nessus 86 108 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.087% 0.11%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.07% 0.56% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 82 101 108
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,200 £42,896 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £58,750 £76,250 £73,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +7.69%

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 8,064 19,313 21,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.09% 15.55% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,417 11,499 13,875
10th Percentile £36,191 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,091 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £84,056 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,525 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.70% +4.55% +5.77%

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 5 December 2023.

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 5 December 2023. 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 +324 83 £47,500 -17.03% 21
UK excluding London +237 65 £47,500 -5.00% 13
Work from Home +238 38 £50,000 -16.67% 7
North of England +147 21 £47,500 +11.76% 3
London +231 20 £43,750 -35.19% 9
South East +146 18 £44,400 -26.00% 4
North West +123 18 £47,500 +11.76%
Midlands +133 14 £59,250 +24.74% 3
West Midlands +124 9 £62,500 +38.89% 1
South West +89 8 £45,093 -37.80%
East Midlands +47 5 £52,500 +9.38% 2
North East +48 3 £48,291 +10.52%
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,500 - 2
East of England +124 1 £60,000 +5.26% 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 13 (15.12%) IIS
2 4 (4.65%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.16%) Apache
3 1 (1.16%) nginx
3 1 (1.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (26.74%) Azure
2 19 (22.09%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (17.44%) AWS
4 5 (5.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.65%) IaaS
6 3 (3.49%) PaaS
6 3 (3.49%) SaaS
7 2 (2.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (29.07%) Network Security
2 19 (22.09%) VPN
3 18 (20.93%) Wireless
4 16 (18.60%) Firewall
5 13 (15.12%) LAN
5 13 (15.12%) Structured Cabling
5 13 (15.12%) WAN
6 10 (11.63%) Wireshark
7 8 (9.30%) BGP
8 6 (6.98%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (6.98%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (6.98%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (6.98%) OSPF
8 6 (6.98%) VoIP
9 4 (4.65%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (4.65%) Cisco Wireless
9 4 (4.65%) EIGRP
9 4 (4.65%) Internet
9 4 (4.65%) NX-OS
9 4 (4.65%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Burp Suite
1 7 (8.14%) Metasploit
2 4 (4.65%) MSI
2 4 (4.65%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (4.65%) sqlmap
3 2 (2.33%) AppScan
3 2 (2.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 10 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (11.63%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.30%) Local Government
3 4 (4.65%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.65%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.33%) Police
5 1 (1.16%) Banking
5 1 (1.16%) Finance
5 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Security Engineer
2 16 (18.60%) Analyst
3 12 (13.95%) Security Analyst
4 11 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Network Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Senior
5 9 (10.47%) Lead
6 8 (9.30%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) Technical Leader
7 7 (8.14%) Penetration Tester
7 7 (8.14%) Tester
8 5 (5.81%) Information Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Information Security Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) IT Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) IT Security Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Network Security Engineer
9 4 (4.65%) Business Analyst
9 4 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Engineer
10 3 (3.49%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.16%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.58%) PKI
2 9 (10.47%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.33%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.16%) CSOC
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.16%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.16%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 39 (45.35%) Windows
2 23 (26.74%) Windows Server
3 19 (22.09%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (17.44%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (15.12%) Windows 10
6 5 (5.81%) Linux
7 2 (2.33%) Kali Linux
7 2 (2.33%) VMS
8 1 (1.16%) CentOS
8 1 (1.16%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.56%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (30.23%) Information Security
3 22 (25.58%) SIEM
4 20 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (20.93%) Security Monitoring
6 15 (17.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 14 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (16.28%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 13 (15.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (15.12%) Security Operations
9 12 (13.95%) Change Management
9 12 (13.95%) ITIL
10 11 (12.79%) OWASP
11 10 (11.63%) Mentoring
11 10 (11.63%) Penetration Testing
11 10 (11.63%) Service Management
12 9 (10.47%) Identity Management
12 9 (10.47%) Information Security Management
12 9 (10.47%) Network Design
12 9 (10.47%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (26.74%) PowerShell
2 21 (24.42%) Python
3 1 (1.16%) Bash
3 1 (1.16%) Perl
3 1 (1.16%) PHP
3 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (30.23%) Security Cleared
2 23 (26.74%) Degree
3 18 (20.93%) SC Cleared
4 11 (12.79%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.65%) CCNA
5 4 (4.65%) CCNP
5 4 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.49%) OSCP
7 2 (2.33%) CGEIT
7 2 (2.33%) CISA
7 2 (2.33%) CISM
7 2 (2.33%) CISSP
7 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.33%) CRISC
7 2 (2.33%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (2.33%) GPEN
7 2 (2.33%) SSCP
8 1 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.16%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (18.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (13.95%) NIST
3 10 (11.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.65%) RMADS
5 3 (3.49%) SLA
6 2 (2.33%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (2.33%) GDPR
7 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.16%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (43.02%) Active Directory
2 28 (32.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (15.12%) vSphere
4 9 (10.47%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.33%) Docker
5 2 (2.33%) Firmware
5 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (10.47%) CASB
1 9 (10.47%) Nmap
2 4 (4.65%) Ansible
2 4 (4.65%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.65%) SCCM
2 4 (4.65%) Terraform
2 4 (4.65%) WMI
3 2 (2.33%) Grafana
3 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.33%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (2.33%) WSUS
4 1 (1.16%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.16%) Nagios
4 1 (1.16%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 51 (59.30%) Microsoft
2 32 (37.21%) VMware
3 24 (27.91%) Cisco
4 20 (23.26%) SolarWinds
5 17 (19.77%) Sophos
6 13 (15.12%) arcserve
7 8 (9.30%) CheckPoint
7 8 (9.30%) Darktrace
7 8 (9.30%) OneTrust
7 8 (9.30%) Remedy
7 8 (9.30%) ServiceNow
8 6 (6.98%) AlienVault
9 5 (5.81%) Qualys
10 4 (4.65%) IronPort
11 3 (3.49%) Splunk
12 2 (2.33%) F5
12 2 (2.33%) Forcepoint
12 2 (2.33%) Juniper
12 2 (2.33%) Palo Alto
12 2 (2.33%) Trustwave