Threat and Vulnerability Management Job Trends

Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Threat and Vulnerability Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 630 636
Rank change year-on-year +93 +6 +153
Permanent jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management 112 81 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 31 68 67
10th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £66,600 £71,250 £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +32.81% -1.54%
75th Percentile £90,000 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £121,625 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,500 £90,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -18.78% +74.04% -9.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,808 48,616 49,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.95% 90.71% 89.93%
Number of salaries quoted 28,796 23,669 37,967
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Threat and Vulnerability Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Threat and Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Threat and Vulnerability Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Threat and Vulnerability Management

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the UK

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Top 17 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 15 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 +87 102 £80,000 -5.88% 16
UK excluding London +99 88 £73,500 -18.78% 14
Work from Home +123 81 £90,000 +2.86% 5
North of England +36 25 £59,000 +16.83% 3
Midlands +42 23 £50,000 -23.08% 1
London +35 22 £88,500 +4.12% 5
South East +25 16 £70,500 -22.10% 6
East Midlands - 15 - -
Yorkshire -1 12 £58,250 +21.99% 2
East of England - 10 - - 3
North West +31 8 - - 1
West Midlands +26 8 £50,000 -23.08% 1
South West - 6 £90,000 - 2
North East - 5 £68,500 -
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +8 3 - -
Scotland +5 1 £80,000 -

Threat and Vulnerability Management
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:

Applications
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (10.71%) Azure
2 10 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.36%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (4.46%) AWS
5 2 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.14%) Firewall
2 5 (4.46%) Network Security
3 4 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (3.57%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.89%) NAS
4 1 (0.89%) SAN
4 1 (0.89%) SCCP
4 1 (0.89%) VPN
General
1 17 (15.18%) Finance
2 8 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.57%) Banking
5 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.79%) Law
6 2 (1.79%) Retail
7 1 (0.89%) Legal
7 1 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 74 (66.07%) Lead
2 10 (8.93%) Analyst
3 7 (6.25%) Security Manager
3 7 (6.25%) Senior
4 6 (5.36%) Security Analyst
5 5 (4.46%) IT Security Specialist
5 5 (4.46%) Operational Security Manager
5 5 (4.46%) Operations Manager
5 5 (4.46%) Security Engineer
5 5 (4.46%) Security Operations Manager
5 5 (4.46%) Security Operations Specialist
5 5 (4.46%) Security Specialist
6 4 (3.57%) Forensic Manager
6 4 (3.57%) Incident Manager
6 4 (3.57%) Information Analyst
6 4 (3.57%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (3.57%) IT Operations Manager
6 4 (3.57%) IT Security Manager
6 4 (3.57%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (3.57%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 81 (72.32%) Cyber Threat
2 74 (66.07%) Security Operations Centre
3 72 (64.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 70 (62.50%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.57%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.57%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.68%) Life Science
7 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.79%) SCADA
8 1 (0.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.36%) Linux
1 6 (5.36%) Windows
2 4 (3.57%) Unix
3 2 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (89.29%) Vulnerability Management
2 95 (84.82%) Security Operations
3 85 (75.89%) Threat Intelligence
4 84 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 74 (66.07%) Cyber Intelligence
6 73 (65.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 70 (62.50%) Mentoring
7 70 (62.50%) Risk Management
7 70 (62.50%) Roadmaps
8 69 (61.61%) Business Strategy
9 68 (60.71%) Change Advisory Board
9 68 (60.71%) Coaching
9 68 (60.71%) ITIL
9 68 (60.71%) SABSA
9 68 (60.71%) Technology Roadmap
10 28 (25.00%) SIEM
11 21 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (18.75%) Incident Response
12 16 (14.29%) Threat Detection
13 11 (9.82%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.57%) Bicep
1 4 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
1 4 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 4 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (16.96%) CISSP
2 8 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 8 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (7.14%) GCIH
3 7 (6.25%) CISM
4 4 (3.57%) CCSP
4 4 (3.57%) GCFA
4 4 (3.57%) GCIA
4 4 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.57%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.68%) Degree
5 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.79%) CISA
7 1 (0.89%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.89%) CRISC
7 1 (0.89%) GIAC
7 1 (0.89%) ISACA
7 1 (0.89%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.89%) OSCP
7 1 (0.89%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (75.00%) NIST
2 81 (72.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 68 (60.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.68%) GDPR
5 2 (1.79%) GRC
5 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.89%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.57%) Terraform
2 3 (2.68%) QRadar
3 1 (0.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.89%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 18 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (3.57%) ServiceNow
2 4 (3.57%) Splunk
2 4 (3.57%) VMware
3 3 (2.68%) LogRhythm
4 2 (1.79%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.89%) Tanium
5 1 (0.89%) Tenable
5 1 (0.89%) Zscaler