Vulnerability Assessment Jobs

Vulnerability Assessment
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Assessment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 669 724 852
Rank change year-on-year +55 +128 -175
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 228 250 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.25% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 186 157 298
10th Percentile £38,000 £39,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £46,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £63,093
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.90% -7.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £93,125 £93,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.58% -20.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Assessment 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +90 198 £70,000 +22.81% 36
UK excluding London +20 138 £62,500 +31.58% 21
London +123 84 £75,000 +3.45% 17
Work from Home +31 60 £62,500 +11.61% 24
South East +9 49 £77,500 +55.00% 5
North of England +66 23 £42,500 -5.56% 1
Midlands -5 17 £40,000 -15.79% 3
South West +5 15 £62,500 +68.59% 4
Scotland -50 15 £60,000 +41.18%
North West +18 12 £37,500 -10.18% 1
West Midlands +25 10 £40,000 -45.21% 3
East of England +12 8 £72,500 +31.82% 5
East Midlands -25 7 £47,500 -
Yorkshire +97 6 £60,000 -15.79%
North East - 5 £42,500 -
Northern Ireland +34 4 £57,500 -17.86% 3
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 - 1
Wales +14 3 - -

Vulnerability Assessment
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 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) Apache
3 1 (0.44%) IIS
3 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 80 (35.09%) Azure
2 60 (26.32%) AWS
3 36 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.77%) GCP
5 14 (6.14%) Amazon ECS
5 14 (6.14%) Datadog
5 14 (6.14%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.39%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (3.95%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.07%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (3.07%) PaaS
9 6 (2.63%) SaaS
10 5 (2.19%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.19%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.19%) IaaS
10 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.32%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 3 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 88 (38.60%) Firewall
2 28 (12.28%) Intrusion Detection
2 28 (12.28%) Network Security
3 16 (7.02%) DNS
3 16 (7.02%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.26%) Wireless
5 10 (4.39%) VPN
6 7 (3.07%) DHCP
7 5 (2.19%) IPsec
7 5 (2.19%) LAN
7 5 (2.19%) SSL
8 4 (1.75%) Internet
8 4 (1.75%) SAN
8 4 (1.75%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.75%) Wireless Security
9 3 (1.32%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (1.32%) VLAN
9 3 (1.32%) WAN
9 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.95%) Power BI
2 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.88%) Big Data
3 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 14 (6.14%) GitLab
3 6 (2.63%) Burp Suite
4 5 (2.19%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.44%) AppScan
5 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.44%) MSI
5 1 (0.44%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.44%) Snyk
5 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 76 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.93%) Finance
3 36 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.89%) Legal
5 16 (7.02%) Law
6 12 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.82%) Marketing
8 8 (3.51%) Banking
8 8 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.07%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.07%) Retail
9 7 (3.07%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 67 (29.39%) Analyst
2 49 (21.49%) Security Analyst
3 32 (14.04%) Senior
4 28 (12.28%) Lead
5 27 (11.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 26 (11.40%) Security Engineer
7 25 (10.96%) Security Manager
8 15 (6.58%) Architect
8 15 (6.58%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (6.58%) Penetration Tester
8 15 (6.58%) Tester
9 14 (6.14%) Lead DevOps
9 14 (6.14%) Lead DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.26%) Information Manager
10 12 (5.26%) Information Security Manager
11 10 (4.39%) SOC Analyst
12 9 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.95%) Senior Security Engineer
13 8 (3.51%) Senior Penetration Tester
13 8 (3.51%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.14%) .NET
2 2 (0.88%) EDI
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.88%) REST
2 2 (0.88%) Sass
3 1 (0.44%) OAuth
3 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.44%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 44 (19.30%) Management Information System
2 38 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 28 (12.28%) Security Posture
4 14 (6.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (4.82%) PKI
6 10 (4.39%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (4.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (3.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 9 (3.95%) IoT
7 9 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.51%) Operational Technology
9 7 (3.07%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.63%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.63%) Mobile App
11 5 (2.19%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (25.88%) Windows
2 34 (14.91%) Linux
3 18 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.39%) Unix
5 7 (3.07%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.19%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (70.18%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (40.79%) Information Security
3 82 (35.96%) Incident Response
4 70 (30.70%) Penetration Testing
5 68 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (28.95%) SIEM
7 43 (18.86%) Cloud Security
7 43 (18.86%) Vulnerability Management
8 36 (15.79%) Security Architecture
9 34 (14.91%) Security Operations
10 31 (13.60%) Computer Science
11 29 (12.72%) Threat Intelligence
12 27 (11.84%) DevOps
12 27 (11.84%) ITIL
13 25 (10.96%) Business Continuity
13 25 (10.96%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 25 (10.96%) Risk Management
13 25 (10.96%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 24 (10.53%) CI/CD
14 24 (10.53%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.47%) Python
2 11 (4.82%) C#
3 9 (3.95%) Bash
4 7 (3.07%) C
4 7 (3.07%) C++
4 7 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.63%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.44%) Java
6 1 (0.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (29.39%) Degree
2 66 (28.95%) CISSP
3 41 (17.98%) CISM
4 27 (11.84%) CISA
5 23 (10.09%) AWS Certification
6 22 (9.65%) Security Cleared
7 21 (9.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 18 (7.89%) CEH
8 18 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (7.89%) GIAC
9 17 (7.46%) Master's Degree
9 17 (7.46%) OSCP
10 15 (6.58%) CompTIA CySA+
10 15 (6.58%) CREST Certified
11 14 (6.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (5.70%) CRISC
13 12 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (4.82%) CHECK Team Member
14 11 (4.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (41.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (32.46%) NIST
3 40 (17.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (10.96%) GRC
5 20 (8.77%) NCSC
6 19 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (7.89%) GDPR
8 14 (6.14%) NIST 800
9 10 (4.39%) PCI DSS
10 9 (3.95%) COBIT
11 7 (3.07%) ISO 13485
11 7 (3.07%) QA
12 6 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (2.63%) HIPAA
13 4 (1.75%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.44%) IASME
14 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.44%) SLA
14 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (10.96%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.77%) Docker
3 12 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.95%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.32%) KVM
6 2 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (10.09%) Kubernetes
2 21 (9.21%) Terraform
3 14 (6.14%) Consul
3 14 (6.14%) Puppet
4 10 (4.39%) Ansible
5 6 (2.63%) CSIRT
5 6 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.19%) CASB
6 5 (2.19%) Nessus
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.75%) Nmap
8 3 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.32%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.88%) SCCM
9 2 (0.88%) WSUS
10 1 (0.44%) DatAdvantage
10 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.44%) QRadar
10 1 (0.44%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.44%) WMI
Vendors
1 69 (30.26%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.70%) Google
3 12 (5.26%) VMware
4 9 (3.95%) Alibaba
5 8 (3.51%) Cisco
6 6 (2.63%) Qualys
7 4 (1.75%) Intel
7 4 (1.75%) Meraki
7 4 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.32%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.32%) Splunk
9 2 (0.88%) arcserve
9 2 (0.88%) CA
9 2 (0.88%) Veeam
10 1 (0.44%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (0.44%) Dell
10 1 (0.44%) Oracle
10 1 (0.44%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.44%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.44%) Symantec