Vulnerability Management Jobs

Vulnerability Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 427 289
Rank change year-on-year +75 -138 +233
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 401 561 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.57% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.66% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 324 417 476
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,800 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,200 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.46% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,350 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.60% -0.79% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Management in the UK

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 Vulnerability Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +55 359 £68,900 +10.24% 266
UK excluding London +80 209 £55,000 +5.60% 188
London +89 166 £81,250 +1.56% 137
Work from Home +161 140 £60,000 -4.00% 166
North of England +62 67 £57,500 +10.40% 50
South East +82 66 £55,000 -15.38% 54
North West +12 37 £75,000 +44.00% 32
Yorkshire +73 27 £45,000 -20.35% 16
Midlands +68 22 £54,344 +40.24% 15
Scotland +127 20 £66,250 +23.26% 23
West Midlands +45 19 £60,000 +60.00% 8
South West +68 17 £55,000 +4.76% 22
East of England +39 15 £42,085 -41.95% 22
North East +50 3 £45,000 +12.50% 3
East Midlands +41 3 £49,000 +6.52% 7
Wales +29 1 £55,000 -15.38% 4
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 - 2

Vulnerability Management
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 9 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.25%) CMS
2 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.00%) Drupal
4 3 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.75%) WordPress
5 2 (0.50%) Apache
5 2 (0.50%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.00%) Shopify
2 2 (0.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 145 (36.16%) Azure
2 65 (16.21%) AWS
3 55 (13.72%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (9.23%) GCP
5 28 (6.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 24 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (5.74%) PaaS
8 20 (4.99%) SaaS
9 16 (3.99%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (1.75%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.75%) Azure AKS
10 7 (1.75%) IaaS
11 6 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.50%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.25%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 4 (1.00%) Google Analytics
13 4 (1.00%) Google Tag Manager
13 4 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 140 (34.91%) Firewall
2 85 (21.20%) Network Security
3 31 (7.73%) Intrusion Detection
4 27 (6.73%) VPN
5 25 (6.23%) DNS
6 20 (4.99%) TCP/IP
7 13 (3.24%) HTTP
8 11 (2.74%) SMTP
9 10 (2.49%) LAN
9 10 (2.49%) Wireless
10 9 (2.24%) WAN
11 8 (2.00%) SSL
12 7 (1.75%) BGP
12 7 (1.75%) OSPF
12 7 (1.75%) Spanning Tree
12 7 (1.75%) VLAN
12 7 (1.75%) Wireshark
13 6 (1.50%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (1.25%) SAN
14 5 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.25%) Power BI
1 5 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.00%) MySQL
3 3 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (2.24%) Git
2 8 (2.00%) Burp Suite
3 4 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.75%) JIRA
4 3 (0.75%) MLflow
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.25%) Postman
5 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 97 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 88 (21.95%) Finance
3 55 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.48%) Law
5 26 (6.48%) Retail
6 25 (6.23%) Legal
7 15 (3.74%) Banking
8 14 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.24%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.75%) Mandarin Language
12 5 (1.25%) Front Office
12 5 (1.25%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.00%) Local Government
14 3 (0.75%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.75%) Marketing
14 3 (0.75%) Military
14 3 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.50%) Advertising
15 2 (0.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 95 (23.69%) Security Engineer
2 74 (18.45%) Analyst
3 57 (14.21%) Security Analyst
4 51 (12.72%) Lead
5 49 (12.22%) Senior
6 40 (9.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 31 (7.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 29 (7.23%) Security Manager
9 27 (6.73%) Architect
10 25 (6.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 24 (5.99%) Vulnerability Manager
12 23 (5.74%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 23 (5.74%) Security Architect
13 20 (4.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (4.24%) AWS Engineer
15 16 (3.99%) Consultant
16 15 (3.74%) IT Engineer
16 15 (3.74%) Senior Security Engineer
17 12 (2.99%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
17 12 (2.99%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.74%) YAML
2 11 (2.74%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (1.00%) CSS
3 4 (1.00%) HTML
3 4 (1.00%) HTML5
3 4 (1.00%) jQuery
3 4 (1.00%) React
3 4 (1.00%) Vue
4 3 (0.75%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.75%) Metaflow
4 3 (0.75%) PyTorch
4 3 (0.75%) scikit-learn
4 3 (0.75%) TensorFlow
5 2 (0.50%) EDI
5 2 (0.50%) LAMP
5 2 (0.50%) Leaflet
5 2 (0.50%) Loki
5 2 (0.50%) Web Services
5 2 (0.50%) XML
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 144 (35.91%) Security Posture
2 105 (26.18%) Management Information System
3 39 (9.73%) Cyber Threat
4 24 (5.99%) Cloud Security Posture
5 22 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (5.24%) Social Media
6 21 (5.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 19 (4.74%) Data Centre
8 14 (3.49%) Cloud Native
9 12 (2.99%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (2.49%) Cyber Security Posture
12 9 (2.24%) Cyberattack
13 7 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 7 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (1.75%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.50%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.50%) Replication
15 5 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (1.25%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 83 (20.70%) Windows
2 36 (8.98%) Linux
3 23 (5.74%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.24%) Windows Vista
5 8 (2.00%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.50%) Android
6 6 (1.50%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.25%) VMS
8 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.50%) AIX
9 2 (0.50%) CentOS
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.50%) Unix
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (60.60%) Cybersecurity
2 176 (43.89%) Incident Response
3 152 (37.91%) Information Security
4 134 (33.42%) SIEM
5 114 (28.43%) Security Operations
6 105 (26.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 102 (25.44%) Cloud Security
8 101 (25.19%) Risk Management
9 81 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
10 74 (18.45%) Penetration Testing
11 69 (17.21%) DevOps
12 66 (16.46%) Computer Science
13 65 (16.21%) Data Protection
13 65 (16.21%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 60 (14.96%) DevSecOps
15 57 (14.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 53 (13.22%) Identity Access Management
17 50 (12.47%) Data Loss Prevention
17 50 (12.47%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 49 (12.22%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 69 (17.21%) PowerShell
2 53 (13.22%) Python
3 26 (6.48%) Bash
4 6 (1.50%) Perl
4 6 (1.50%) PHP
5 5 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.00%) SQL
7 2 (0.50%) AWK
7 2 (0.50%) C
7 2 (0.50%) C++
7 2 (0.50%) Go
7 2 (0.50%) Korn
8 1 (0.25%) Bicep
8 1 (0.25%) Java
8 1 (0.25%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 112 (27.93%) Degree
2 103 (25.69%) CISSP
3 76 (18.95%) CISM
4 62 (15.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (10.97%) CEH
6 41 (10.22%) CISA
7 40 (9.98%) Master's Degree
8 39 (9.73%) Cisco Certification
9 30 (7.48%) AWS Certification
10 27 (6.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 25 (6.23%) Security Cleared
12 21 (5.24%) DBS Check
13 19 (4.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 19 (4.74%) CRISC
14 17 (4.24%) GCIH
15 16 (3.99%) CompTIA Security+
15 16 (3.99%) SC Cleared
16 15 (3.74%) Azure Certification
17 14 (3.49%) GCIA
18 13 (3.24%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (38.40%) NIST
2 137 (34.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 94 (23.44%) GDPR
4 40 (9.98%) PCI DSS
5 27 (6.73%) NCSC
6 26 (6.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (4.49%) Accessibility
8 16 (3.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 15 (3.74%) SOC 2
10 14 (3.49%) COBIT
11 13 (3.24%) GRC
12 9 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (2.24%) SLA
13 6 (1.50%) HIPAA
13 6 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (1.25%) JSP 440
15 4 (1.00%) NIST 800
15 4 (1.00%) QA
16 2 (0.50%) ISO 14001
16 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.48%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.00%) Docker
5 6 (1.50%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.00%) vSphere
7 3 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.50%) KVM
8 2 (0.50%) Postfix
8 2 (0.50%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.25%) Firmware
9 1 (0.25%) NFS
9 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (6.98%) Terraform
2 22 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 22 (5.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (4.99%) CASB
4 17 (4.24%) Nessus
5 8 (2.00%) FortiGate
5 8 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.75%) Ansible
7 5 (1.25%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.25%) Istio
7 5 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.25%) linkerd
8 4 (1.00%) SCCM
9 3 (0.75%) Nagios
9 3 (0.75%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.75%) Puppet
10 2 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.50%) Grafana
11 1 (0.25%) QRadar
11 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 146 (36.41%) Microsoft
2 43 (10.72%) Tenable
3 38 (9.48%) Cisco
4 32 (7.98%) Qualys
5 31 (7.73%) Google
6 30 (7.48%) VMware
7 12 (2.99%) Splunk
8 11 (2.74%) Juniper
9 9 (2.24%) Meraki
10 8 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.50%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.50%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.50%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.50%) SAP
12 5 (1.25%) LogRhythm
12 5 (1.25%) Rapid7
12 5 (1.25%) Tanium
12 5 (1.25%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.00%) Dell
13 4 (1.00%) Extreme Networks