Network Mapper (Nmap)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Nmap skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 767 659 777
Rank change year-on-year -108 +118 -5
Permanent jobs citing Nmap 31 11 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.022% 0.026%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.60% 0.22% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 23 10 14
10th Percentile £29,500 £45,400 £56,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,000 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,743 £62,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.21% -5.66% +39.47%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,625 £118,750
90th Percentile £89,250 £95,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% -23.33% +60.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Nmap 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 5,146 4,938 6,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.58% 9.96% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,661 2,857 3,901
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.00% -9.09% -4.35%

Nmap
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Nmap relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Nmap job vacancy trend in the UK

Nmap
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Nmap.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Nmap

Nmap
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Nmap over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Nmap in the UK

Nmap
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nmap within the UK over the 6 months to 9 September 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
England -106 26 £46,743 -25.21% 9
UK excluding London -107 13 £42,500 -7.61% 3
London -53 12 £90,000 -5.26% 7
Work from Home -37 10 £58,372 -38.56% 5
South West -63 9 £42,500 -37.04% 1
East Midlands - 4 £46,743 -
Midlands - 4 £46,743 - 1

Nmap
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) AWS
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Entra ID
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (9.68%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) Firewall
2 7 (22.58%) Wireshark
3 5 (16.13%) Wireless
4 4 (12.90%) DNS
4 4 (12.90%) VPN
5 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (6.45%) HTTP
6 2 (6.45%) Internet
6 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.23%) FTP
7 1 (3.23%) LAN
7 1 (3.23%) Network Security
7 1 (3.23%) SMTP
7 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (96.77%) Burp Suite
1 30 (96.77%) Metasploit
General
1 20 (64.52%) Social Skills
2 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Aerospace
4 4 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Retail
5 3 (9.68%) Finance
5 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Penetration Tester
1 17 (54.84%) Tester
2 5 (16.13%) Consultant
3 4 (12.90%) Graduate
3 4 (12.90%) Graduate Consultant
3 4 (12.90%) Security Consultant
3 4 (12.90%) Security Specialist
3 4 (12.90%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (9.68%) IT Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) IT Security Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Security Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Senior IT Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Penetration Test Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Testing Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Testing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (48.39%) Security Posture
2 7 (22.58%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (22.58%) Operational Technology
3 4 (12.90%) Insider Threat
4 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.23%) Blog
5 1 (3.23%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 17 (54.84%) Linux
2 14 (45.16%) Windows
3 8 (25.81%) Kali Linux
4 7 (22.58%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (96.77%) Penetration Testing
2 27 (87.10%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (54.84%) Offensive Security
4 14 (45.16%) Red Team
5 13 (41.94%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 12 (38.71%) Security Testing
7 11 (35.48%) Information Security
7 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (25.81%) Mentoring
8 8 (25.81%) Validation
9 7 (22.58%) Application Security
9 7 (22.58%) Computer Science
9 7 (22.58%) Process Improvement
9 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (16.13%) AI
10 5 (16.13%) LLM
11 4 (12.90%) Anomaly Detection
11 4 (12.90%) OWASP
11 4 (12.90%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Python
2 5 (16.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (64.52%) Security Cleared
2 19 (61.29%) CREST Certified
3 15 (48.39%) CHECK Team Member
4 13 (41.94%) OSCP
5 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
6 7 (22.58%) Cyber Scheme
6 7 (22.58%) Degree
7 4 (12.90%) CHECK Team Leader
8 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
8 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (3.23%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (16.13%) GDPR
2 5 (16.13%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (45.16%) Nessus
2 3 (9.68%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (6.45%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Cisco
1 3 (9.68%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
1 3 (9.68%) Okta
1 3 (9.68%) Palo Alto
1 3 (9.68%) Rapid7
1 3 (9.68%) Tenable
2 1 (3.23%) Qualys