OpenVAS
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OpenVAS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OpenVAS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 690 | - | 987 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +218 |
| Permanent jobs citing OpenVAS | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.004% | - | 0.002% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 0.040% | - | 0.013% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £33,750 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £34,500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £35,250 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £34,500 | - | - |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
OpenVAS 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 | 4,978 | 10,017 | 15,276 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.57% | 10.17% | 14.70% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,344 | 7,239 | 9,373 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,075 | £32,500 | £35,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £45,000 | £48,091 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £68,500 | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.17% | -11.11% | -3.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £82,500 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £100,150 | £105,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -4.35% | -4.17% |
OpenVAS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing OpenVAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OpenVAS.
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Top 4 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVAS within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | - | 2 | £34,500 | - | 1 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | £34,500 | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | - | - | |
| England | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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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: