Qualys
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Qualys products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Qualys over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Qualys, Inc.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 702 649 745
Rank change year-on-year -53 +96 +33
Permanent jobs citing Qualys 88 49 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.098% 0.085%
As % of the Vendors category 0.33% 0.23% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 43 43 49
10th Percentile £52,500 £41,280 £37,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £97,500 £59,938 £91,991
90th Percentile £115,000 £61,650 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.73% +10.00% -

All Vendors
UK

Qualys falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 26,545 21,111 27,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.98% 42.27% 32.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16,319 11,552 16,941
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -2.83% -7.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.28% -9.47% -5.00%

Qualys
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Qualys job vacancy trend in the UK

Qualys
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Qualys.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Qualys

Qualys
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Qualys over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Qualys in the UK

Qualys
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Qualys within the UK over the 6 months to 13 August 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 -51 86 £72,500 +31.82% 44
UK excluding London -75 55 £67,500 +22.73% 20
South East +11 49 £71,250 +29.55% 16
London -40 29 £85,000 +41.67% 28
Work from Home -10 27 £75,000 +36.36% 25
Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £60,000 - 1
Scotland +15 1 £65,000 - 1
East of England -26 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 -

Qualys
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.68%) Confluence
2 2 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (34.09%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (27.27%) Azure
3 18 (20.45%) AWS
4 12 (13.64%) Entra ID
5 6 (6.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.82%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (5.68%) Nutanix
7 4 (4.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (4.55%) AWS KMS
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (3.41%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 49 (55.68%) Firewall
2 39 (44.32%) Wi-Fi
3 36 (40.91%) Cisco Nexus
4 28 (31.82%) LAN
4 28 (31.82%) WAN
5 19 (21.59%) Internet
6 9 (10.23%) Network Security
7 6 (6.82%) VPN
8 5 (5.68%) Kerberos
9 4 (4.55%) NGFW
9 4 (4.55%) Wireless
10 3 (3.41%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (1.14%) 4G
11 1 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (1.14%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (1.14%) DNS
11 1 (1.14%) IPsec
11 1 (1.14%) MPLS
11 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
11 1 (1.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.68%) MongoDB
1 5 (5.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (1.14%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.14%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (21.59%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (13.64%) Finance
3 10 (11.36%) Social Skills
4 5 (5.68%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (5.68%) Legal
5 3 (3.41%) Banking
6 2 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.14%) Japanese Language
7 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (48.86%) Senior
2 42 (47.73%) Analyst
3 32 (36.36%) Senior Analyst
4 30 (34.09%) Security Analyst
5 27 (30.68%) Network Analyst
5 27 (30.68%) Senior Network Analyst
6 26 (29.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 26 (29.55%) Security Engineer
6 26 (29.55%) Senior Security Analyst
7 25 (28.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 21 (23.86%) Network Security Analyst
9 18 (20.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 11 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
10 11 (12.50%) SIEM Analyst
11 10 (11.36%) Firewall Analyst
11 10 (11.36%) Senior Firewall Analyst
12 8 (9.09%) Lead
13 7 (7.95%) Firewall Engineer
13 7 (7.95%) Senior Firewall Engineer
13 7 (7.95%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.68%) LDAP
2 1 (1.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (29.55%) Security Posture
2 7 (7.95%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (7.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.55%) PKI
4 3 (3.41%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.14%) SCADA
5 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (26.14%) Windows
2 12 (13.64%) Linux
3 9 (10.23%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.14%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (82.95%) Vulnerability Management
2 70 (79.55%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (59.09%) Security Operations
4 47 (53.41%) SIEM
5 44 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
6 40 (45.45%) Incident Management
7 37 (42.05%) Data Security
8 35 (39.77%) Incident Response
9 34 (38.64%) Network Load Balancing
10 28 (31.82%) Threat Detection
11 25 (28.41%) Business Continuity
11 25 (28.41%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (23.86%) Risk Management
13 19 (21.59%) BCP
13 19 (21.59%) Business Continuity Planning
14 18 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (17.05%) Cloud Security
17 14 (15.91%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 13 (14.77%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 9 (10.23%) Python
3 5 (5.68%) Java
4 1 (1.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (20.45%) CISM
1 18 (20.45%) CISSP
2 10 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (11.36%) Degree
3 9 (10.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 9 (10.23%) CCSP
4 8 (9.09%) GIAC
5 7 (7.95%) CEH
6 4 (4.55%) CCSK
6 4 (4.55%) GCIA
6 4 (4.55%) GCIH
7 3 (3.41%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.41%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.27%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.27%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.14%) CCNA
9 1 (1.14%) CCNP
9 1 (1.14%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (29.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (26.14%) NIST
3 12 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (10.23%) GDPR
5 8 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (9.09%) SOC 2
6 7 (7.95%) SLA
7 4 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (4.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (2.27%) Accessibility
8 2 (2.27%) GRC
8 2 (2.27%) NCSC
8 2 (2.27%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 15 (17.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.68%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (19.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (12.50%) SCCM
3 7 (7.95%) QRadar
4 5 (5.68%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 4 (4.55%) Nessus
6 1 (1.14%) CASB
6 1 (1.14%) Nmap
6 1 (1.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 53 (60.23%) Palo Alto
2 43 (48.86%) Cisco
3 37 (42.05%) Aruba
4 34 (38.64%) Microsoft
5 19 (21.59%) ServiceNow
5 19 (21.59%) Tenable
6 18 (20.45%) Splunk
7 8 (9.09%) Rapid7
8 7 (7.95%) Sophos
9 5 (5.68%) CyberArk
9 5 (5.68%) Ivanti
9 5 (5.68%) Oracle
9 5 (5.68%) Red Hat
9 5 (5.68%) Veracode
9 5 (5.68%) VMware
10 3 (3.41%) Forcepoint
10 3 (3.41%) New Relic
10 3 (3.41%) SolarWinds
10 3 (3.41%) Zerto
11 2 (2.27%) Fortinet