Threat and Vulnerability Management Jobs

Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Threat and Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Threat and Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 809 790 1103
Rank change year-on-year -19 +313 -289
Permanent jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management 96 183 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.098% 0.18% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.18% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 70 92 102
10th Percentile £37,380 £44,118 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,725 £45,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £63,750 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.49% +2.82% -6.42%
75th Percentile £101,250 £73,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £92,000 £106,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,950 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.95% -12.50% -3.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Threat and Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management.

Salary trend for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 +31 89 £80,000 +23.08% 149
London +132 58 £92,500 +27.59% 12
UK excluding London -78 35 £50,950 -2.95% 134
Work from Home +27 28 £55,000 -15.38% 17
South East -36 14 £87,500 +66.67% 29
West Midlands +31 7 £30,075 -43.36% 13
Midlands +3 7 £30,075 -41.26% 20
North of England +29 6 £47,250 +5.00% 59
South West -28 4 £46,078 - 12
Scotland - 4 £87,500 - 1
Yorkshire +85 2 £66,959 +48.80% 11
North West +15 2 £45,500 -9.00% 46
North East - 2 £41,250 - 2

Threat and Vulnerability Management
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 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 43 (44.79%) Azure
2 37 (38.54%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (18.75%) AWS
4 13 (13.54%) GCP
5 9 (9.38%) Power Platform
6 8 (8.33%) SaaS
7 6 (6.25%) IaaS
7 6 (6.25%) PaaS
8 4 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (4.17%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 39 (40.63%) Firewall
2 24 (25.00%) Network Security
3 14 (14.58%) DNS
4 8 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (7.29%) Wireshark
6 5 (5.21%) Internet
6 5 (5.21%) LAN
6 5 (5.21%) WAN
7 4 (4.17%) VPN
8 1 (1.04%) DHCP
8 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (13.54%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.17%) Snyk
General
1 43 (44.79%) Finance
2 10 (10.42%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.29%) Banking
4 6 (6.25%) Marketing
5 4 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.17%) Legal
6 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.08%) Welsh Language
7 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.04%) Retail
7 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (39.58%) Analyst
2 32 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 29 (30.21%) Senior
4 25 (26.04%) IT Analyst
5 24 (25.00%) IT Security Analyst
6 19 (19.79%) Senior Analyst
6 19 (19.79%) Senior Security Analyst
7 16 (16.67%) Security Engineer
8 15 (15.63%) CISSP Analyst
8 15 (15.63%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 14 (14.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (7.29%) Architect
10 7 (7.29%) Security Architect
10 7 (7.29%) Vulnerability Analyst
11 6 (6.25%) Email Analyst
11 6 (6.25%) Engineering Manager
11 6 (6.25%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
11 6 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
11 6 (6.25%) Vulnerability Manager
12 5 (5.21%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.38%) Web Services
2 6 (6.25%) Middleware
3 3 (3.13%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (26.04%) Management Information System
2 13 (13.54%) PKI
3 10 (10.42%) Operational Technology
4 9 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (9.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (5.21%) Security Posture
6 4 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (4.17%) IoT
7 3 (3.13%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.08%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.08%) Mainframe
8 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (29.17%) Windows
2 10 (10.42%) Linux
3 9 (9.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.17%) Unix
5 3 (3.13%) Kali Linux
6 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.08%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.04%) Android
7 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 76 (79.17%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (50.00%) SIEM
4 40 (41.67%) Incident Response
5 34 (35.42%) Security Operations
6 29 (30.21%) Threat Management
7 28 (29.17%) Information Security
8 24 (25.00%) Security Management
9 23 (23.96%) Incident Management
9 23 (23.96%) ITIL
10 22 (22.92%) Threat Detection
11 21 (21.88%) Threat Intelligence
12 20 (20.83%) Application Security
12 20 (20.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 19 (19.79%) Cryptography
14 17 (17.71%) Threat Modelling
14 17 (17.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 16 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
16 15 (15.63%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 15 (15.63%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.83%) Python
2 8 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.04%) C#
4 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (38.54%) CISSP
2 18 (18.75%) CISM
3 17 (17.71%) Degree
4 15 (15.63%) GIAC
5 14 (14.58%) CRISC
6 13 (13.54%) ISSMP
7 5 (5.21%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.13%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.08%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.04%) CCSP
10 1 (1.04%) CEH
10 1 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.04%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (1.04%) SANS
10 1 (1.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (36.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (19.79%) COBIT
2 19 (19.79%) PCI DSS
3 18 (18.75%) NIST
4 11 (11.46%) GDPR
4 11 (11.46%) GRC
5 9 (9.38%) NCSC
6 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (13.54%) Ansible
2 10 (10.42%) CSIRT
3 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.17%) Nessus
4 4 (4.17%) Nexpose
4 4 (4.17%) SCCM
5 3 (3.13%) Suricata
6 2 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.04%) Nmap
Vendors
1 58 (60.42%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.54%) Alibaba
3 11 (11.46%) Qualys
4 9 (9.38%) Google
5 6 (6.25%) Splunk
6 5 (5.21%) VMware
7 4 (4.17%) Cisco
7 4 (4.17%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.13%) Juniper
9 2 (2.08%) Sun
10 1 (1.04%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (1.04%) Meraki
10 1 (1.04%) Nimble Storage
10 1 (1.04%) Rapid7
10 1 (1.04%) Thycotic