Vulnerability Assessment Jobs

Vulnerability Assessment
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 681 738
Rank change year-on-year +132 +57 +84
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 162 217 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.26% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 128 174 153
10th Percentile £39,923 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £53,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £67,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.54% -11.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,375 £93,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.20% +28.95% -18.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Assessment 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 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK

Vulnerability Assessment
Top 16 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 16 May 2025. 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 +116 154 £57,500 -17.86% 149
UK excluding London +143 86 £55,000 -10.20% 111
London +81 55 £70,000 -6.67% 65
Work from Home +116 45 £55,000 -12.00% 113
North of England +59 27 £56,250 +32.35% 22
Midlands +67 23 £55,000 +15.79% 14
South East +75 22 £72,500 -9.38% 34
West Midlands +63 19 £55,000 +12.82% 10
Yorkshire +73 10 £37,935 -36.78% 8
North West +7 10 £55,000 +43.79% 9
South West +104 7 £60,000 -4.00% 18
North East +47 7 £57,500 +35.29% 5
Northern Ireland +40 4 - - 8
East Midlands +29 4 £37,500 -21.05% 4
East of England +36 2 £62,500 -13.79% 5
Wales +36 1 £55,000 - 2

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 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.62%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.70%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 55 (33.95%) Azure
2 26 (16.05%) AWS
3 24 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (6.17%) GCP
6 6 (3.70%) SaaS
7 5 (3.09%) IaaS
7 5 (3.09%) PaaS
8 3 (1.85%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.23%) Asana
9 2 (1.23%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.23%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.62%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 87 (53.70%) Firewall
2 46 (28.40%) Intrusion Detection
3 41 (25.31%) Network Security
4 27 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 26 (16.05%) VPN
6 18 (11.11%) DNS
7 15 (9.26%) BGP
7 15 (9.26%) LAN
7 15 (9.26%) OSPF
7 15 (9.26%) WAN
8 9 (5.56%) VLAN
9 7 (4.32%) MPLS
9 7 (4.32%) Spanning Tree
9 7 (4.32%) SSL
10 6 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (3.70%) DWDM
10 6 (3.70%) SD-WAN
11 5 (3.09%) DHCP
11 5 (3.09%) IPsec
12 3 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.62%) MySQL
1 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.62%) Power BI
1 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (4.32%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.32%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (3.70%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.85%) AppScan
4 2 (1.23%) JIRA
5 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 43 (26.54%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (17.90%) Finance
4 14 (8.64%) Legal
5 9 (5.56%) Banking
5 9 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.32%) Mandarin Language
7 6 (3.70%) Law
8 5 (3.09%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.09%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.47%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.85%) Marketing
11 2 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Retail
12 1 (0.62%) Aviation
12 1 (0.62%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 46 (28.40%) Analyst
2 40 (24.69%) Security Analyst
3 26 (16.05%) Lead
4 22 (13.58%) Security Engineer
5 19 (11.73%) Network Engineer
6 18 (11.11%) Senior
7 15 (9.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 15 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 10 (6.17%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 8 (4.94%) Penetration Tester
10 8 (4.94%) Tester
11 7 (4.32%) Information Analyst
11 7 (4.32%) Information Security Analyst
11 7 (4.32%) IT Analyst
11 7 (4.32%) IT Security Analyst
12 6 (3.70%) Security Manager
12 6 (3.70%) Security Specialist
13 5 (3.09%) SOC Analyst
14 4 (2.47%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.23%) PyTorch
1 2 (1.23%) scikit-learn
1 2 (1.23%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.62%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 42 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 32 (19.75%) Security Posture
3 14 (8.64%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (6.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 10 (6.17%) Private Cloud
5 10 (6.17%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (4.32%) PKI
7 6 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.47%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.47%) CESG
8 4 (2.47%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.47%) SCADA
9 3 (1.85%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.62%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 47 (29.01%) Windows
2 17 (10.49%) Linux
3 9 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.47%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (54.94%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (49.38%) Information Security
3 60 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (36.42%) Incident Response
5 56 (34.57%) SIEM
6 41 (25.31%) Penetration Testing
6 41 (25.31%) Security Operations
7 34 (20.99%) Computer Science
8 30 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
9 27 (16.67%) CI/CD
10 22 (13.58%) Cloud Security
10 22 (13.58%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (12.35%) ITIL
12 18 (11.11%) Business Continuity
12 18 (11.11%) Mentoring
12 18 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
12 18 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
13 17 (10.49%) Risk Management
13 17 (10.49%) SDLC
14 16 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 41 (25.31%) Python
2 19 (11.73%) PowerShell
3 16 (9.88%) Bash
4 12 (7.41%) C#
5 11 (6.79%) Java
6 6 (3.70%) Go
6 6 (3.70%) SQL
7 5 (3.09%) C++
8 3 (1.85%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.85%) Rust
9 2 (1.23%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.23%) Perl
9 2 (1.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (32.72%) Degree
2 44 (27.16%) CISSP
3 26 (16.05%) CompTIA Security+
4 25 (15.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (12.96%) CISM
6 17 (10.49%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (9.88%) Security Cleared
8 14 (8.64%) CCNA
8 14 (8.64%) CCNP
9 13 (8.02%) CEH
10 12 (7.41%) SC Cleared
11 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (6.79%) OSCP
12 10 (6.17%) GIAC
13 7 (4.32%) MCSA
14 6 (3.70%) JNCIA
14 6 (3.70%) JNCIS
15 5 (3.09%) CompTIA CySA+
15 5 (3.09%) Master's Degree
15 5 (3.09%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (29.01%) NIST
3 29 (17.90%) GDPR
4 16 (9.88%) PCI DSS
5 12 (7.41%) COBIT
6 7 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.70%) HIPAA
7 6 (3.70%) NCSC
8 5 (3.09%) GRC
8 5 (3.09%) NIST 800
8 5 (3.09%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (2.47%) SLA
10 3 (1.85%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.62%) FISMA
11 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.62%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (8.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.56%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.62%) Firmware
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.62%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (10.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.17%) Ansible
3 8 (4.94%) Terraform
4 5 (3.09%) HP Fortify
4 5 (3.09%) Nessus
4 5 (3.09%) SCCM
5 3 (1.85%) Puppet
6 2 (1.23%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.23%) Nmap
6 2 (1.23%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.23%) SCOM
7 1 (0.62%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.62%) Grafana
7 1 (0.62%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (32.10%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.81%) Cisco
3 22 (13.58%) VMware
4 13 (8.02%) Tenable
5 7 (4.32%) Juniper
6 6 (3.70%) Arista
7 4 (2.47%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.85%) Alibaba
8 3 (1.85%) ArcSight
8 3 (1.85%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.85%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.85%) Splunk
8 3 (1.85%) Trustwave
9 2 (1.23%) Aruba
9 2 (1.23%) Citrix
9 2 (1.23%) F5
9 2 (1.23%) Qualys
9 2 (1.23%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.62%) Google