Qualys Job Trends

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 January 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 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 690 660
Rank change year-on-year +69 -30 +270
Permanent jobs citing Qualys 30 22 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.041% 0.14%
As % of the Vendors category 0.16% 0.11% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 27 16 72
10th Percentile £47,250 £37,500 £48,325
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £40,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +34.38% -29.20% +46.75%

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 18,783 19,838 22,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.49% 37.18% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,642 10,023 16,873
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,596 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.23% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Qualys in the UK

Qualys
Top 12 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 January 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 +82 29 £57,500 -17.86% 17
UK excluding London +71 14 £53,750 +34.38% 10
London +56 13 £70,000 -6.67% 8
Work from Home +66 7 £52,500 +31.25% 8
South East +23 4 £55,000 +37.50% 4
Midlands +28 3 £52,500 - 2
South West - 3 £80,000 -
North of England - 3 £58,750 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 £58,750 - 2
West Midlands +25 2 £52,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 2
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

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 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) AWS
3 4 (13.33%) Azure API Management
3 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (13.33%) Mimecast
4 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.33%) GCP
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.33%) Serverless
6 1 (3.33%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Firewall
2 11 (36.67%) VPN
3 10 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 8 (26.67%) Network Security
5 7 (23.33%) HTTP
6 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (10.00%) AMQP
8 2 (6.67%) DNS
8 2 (6.67%) SSH
9 1 (3.33%) DMARC
9 1 (3.33%) WAN
9 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (3.33%) Wireless
9 1 (3.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Snyk
2 1 (3.33%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.33%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.33%) Metasploit
2 1 (3.33%) SonarQube
General
1 7 (23.33%) Documentation Skills
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Banking
4 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) Security Engineer
2 7 (23.33%) Analyst
2 7 (23.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Senior
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Security Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Information Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Principal Security Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Information Security Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) OAuth
1 3 (10.00%) OAuth2
2 2 (6.67%) .NET
3 1 (3.33%) Express.js
3 1 (3.33%) koa
3 1 (3.33%) Node.js
3 1 (3.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 10 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 8 (26.67%) Management Information System
4 5 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
5 4 (13.33%) Driving Licence
6 3 (10.00%) YubiKey
7 2 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
8 1 (3.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.33%) Linux
4 1 (3.33%) Android
4 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (60.00%) Information Security
3 17 (56.67%) SIEM
4 16 (53.33%) Incident Response
5 14 (46.67%) Cloud Security
6 13 (43.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 12 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (33.33%) Security Operations
8 10 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (26.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 7 (23.33%) CI/CD
10 7 (23.33%) Data Loss Prevention
10 7 (23.33%) OWASP
10 7 (23.33%) Security Testing
10 7 (23.33%) Threat Detection
11 6 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 6 (20.00%) Secure Coding
11 6 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
12 5 (16.67%) Patch Management
12 5 (16.67%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (6.67%) Bash
4 1 (3.33%) C#
4 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) Perl
4 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (26.67%) CISSP
3 4 (13.33%) CISA
3 4 (13.33%) CISM
3 4 (13.33%) OSCP
4 3 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CEH
5 2 (6.67%) GSEC
6 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CCSP
6 1 (3.33%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CREST Certified
6 1 (3.33%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (46.67%) NIST
2 8 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (20.00%) GRC
4 4 (13.33%) SOC 2
5 3 (10.00%) GDPR
6 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
7 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.33%) Hyper-V
2 4 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Nessus
2 3 (10.00%) QRadar
2 3 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.33%) CASB
3 1 (3.33%) Nmap
3 1 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Splunk
3 7 (23.33%) Tenable
4 6 (20.00%) Carbon Black
5 5 (16.67%) Checkmarx
5 5 (16.67%) Salesforce
6 4 (13.33%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (13.33%) Darktrace
6 4 (13.33%) VMware
7 3 (10.00%) Rapid7
8 2 (6.67%) ArcSight
8 2 (6.67%) Thales
9 1 (3.33%) Cisco
9 1 (3.33%) Citrix
9 1 (3.33%) CyberArk
9 1 (3.33%) Forcepoint
9 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
9 1 (3.33%) Imperva
9 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
9 1 (3.33%) Trend Micro