Vulnerability Analyst
UK

The median Vulnerability Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 850 944 1192
Rank change year-on-year +94 +248 -327
Permanent jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 44 49 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.047% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.051% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 30 11 14
10th Percentile - £52,500 £40,781
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +36.84% +20.25%
75th Percentile £54,375 - £56,875
90th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.77% +36.84% +21.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +108 38 £45,000 -30.77% 4
UK excluding London -11 31 £45,000 -30.77% 4
Work from Home +101 22 £55,000 -
South East +14 15 £42,500 - 2
London +143 11 £55,000 -10.20%
Midlands +12 8 £45,000 -28.00% 1
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 1
North of England +45 3 - - 1
North West +8 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
Yorkshire +96 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Vulnerability Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (59.09%) Windows
3 25 (56.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 22 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 21 (47.73%) Patch Management
6 20 (45.45%) Azure
7 18 (40.91%) WSUS
8 14 (31.82%) Microsoft
8 14 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (29.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 12 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
10 12 (27.27%) Change Advisory Board
10 12 (27.27%) Games
10 12 (27.27%) Change Management
10 12 (27.27%) Firewall
10 12 (27.27%) Apple
10 12 (27.27%) VMS
10 12 (27.27%) Unix
10 12 (27.27%) SCCM
10 12 (27.27%) Network Security
10 12 (27.27%) SC Cleared
10 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
11 9 (20.45%) Security Operations
11 9 (20.45%) ITIL
11 9 (20.45%) Finance
12 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
12 8 (18.18%) Windows Server
13 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 7 (15.91%) DNS

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
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 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (45.45%) Azure
2 14 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.27%) Firewall
1 12 (27.27%) Network Security
2 7 (15.91%) DNS
3 6 (13.64%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.27%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Burp Suite
1 4 (9.09%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (27.27%) Games
2 9 (20.45%) Finance
3 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.27%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 6 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 26 (59.09%) Windows
2 12 (27.27%) Unix
2 12 (27.27%) VMS
3 8 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (56.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 22 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 21 (47.73%) Patch Management
5 12 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
5 12 (27.27%) Change Advisory Board
5 12 (27.27%) Change Management
6 9 (20.45%) ITIL
6 9 (20.45%) Security Operations
7 7 (15.91%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
8 6 (13.64%) Data Security
8 6 (13.64%) Incident Response
8 6 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (13.64%) Problem Management
8 6 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
8 6 (13.64%) SIEM
8 6 (13.64%) Threat Detection
8 6 (13.64%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 12 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (15.91%) NCSC
3 6 (13.64%) GDPR
3 6 (13.64%) GRC
3 6 (13.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (40.91%) WSUS
2 12 (27.27%) SCCM
3 6 (13.64%) CSIRT
4 4 (9.09%) Nmap
5 1 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 12 (27.27%) Apple
3 6 (13.64%) Qualys
4 1 (2.27%) Meraki