Vulnerability Management Specialist Job Trends

Vulnerability Management Specialist
UK

The median Vulnerability Management Specialist salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 - 713
Rank change year-on-year - - +386
Permanent jobs requiring a Vulnerability Management Specialist 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £83,000 - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £107,500 - £53,750
90th Percentile £109,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -34.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 47,385 63,314 50,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.02% 94.54% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 29,598 35,369 38,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,561 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,343 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,197 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% -2.48% -

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Vulnerability Management Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Vulnerability Management Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Vulnerability Management Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Vulnerability Management Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management Specialist over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management Specialist in the UK

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 18 November 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 - 3 £100,000 - 4
London - 2 £105,000 -
Midlands - 1 £80,000 - 4
West Midlands - 1 £80,000 - 4
Work from Home - 1 £110,000 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £80,000 - 4

Vulnerability Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Vulnerability Management Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Vulnerability Management Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cadence
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) OSCP
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

Vulnerability Management Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC
1 1 (33.33%) GSEC
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cadence
4 Vulnerability Management Specialist jobs Nationwide