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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 444 259
Rank change year-on-year +63 -185 +297
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Management 358 558 1,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.54% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.64% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 276 419 452
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £43,477
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -
75th Percentile £83,125 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £106,250 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -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 31 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 31 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 +29 324 £66,250 +1.92% 308
UK excluding London +57 190 £55,000 +4.76% 176
London +55 145 £75,000 -6.25% 156
Work from Home +54 103 £60,000 -1.72% 166
South East +57 65 £55,000 -8.33% 48
North of England +16 65 £53,750 +3.20% 45
Yorkshire +61 35 £45,000 -20.35% 11
North West -24 29 £75,000 +44.00% 27
South West +82 18 £53,365 -14.62% 30
Midlands +41 16 £50,000 +25.00% 16
Scotland +111 15 £55,000 +4.76% 16
East of England +29 13 £42,085 -41.95% 10
West Midlands +40 11 £53,094 +41.58% 11
East Midlands +35 5 £50,000 -4.76% 5
North East +49 1 £29,000 -18.88% 7
Wales +27 1 £55,000 -15.38% 2
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -

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 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.84%) CMS
3 3 (0.84%) WordPress
4 2 (0.56%) Confluence
4 2 (0.56%) Drupal
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Shopify
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (32.68%) Azure
2 63 (17.60%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (10.06%) AWS
4 28 (7.82%) PaaS
5 24 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (6.42%) GCP
7 22 (6.15%) Entra ID
8 20 (5.59%) Azure Sentinel
9 15 (4.19%) SaaS
10 11 (3.07%) Google Workspace
11 9 (2.51%) IaaS
12 7 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (1.96%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.12%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.12%) Serverless
14 3 (0.84%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 3 (0.84%) Azure AKS
14 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.84%) Slack
14 3 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 105 (29.33%) Firewall
2 66 (18.44%) Network Security
3 22 (6.15%) DNS
3 22 (6.15%) Intrusion Detection
3 22 (6.15%) VPN
4 13 (3.63%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.35%) SMTP
5 12 (3.35%) Wireless
6 11 (3.07%) HTTP
7 10 (2.79%) VLAN
8 9 (2.51%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (2.51%) SSL
9 7 (1.96%) BGP
9 7 (1.96%) LAN
9 7 (1.96%) OSPF
9 7 (1.96%) Spanning Tree
9 7 (1.96%) Wireshark
10 6 (1.68%) WAN
11 5 (1.40%) DHCP
11 5 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.12%) Power BI
3 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.23%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.84%) JIRA
3 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.56%) Git
4 1 (0.28%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.28%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.28%) Postman
4 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 87 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.51%) Finance
3 39 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.98%) Legal
5 23 (6.42%) Law
6 22 (6.15%) Retail
7 19 (5.31%) Banking
8 12 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.07%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (3.07%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.96%) Mandarin Language
11 5 (1.40%) Front Office
11 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.12%) Local Government
12 4 (1.12%) Military
13 3 (0.84%) Advertising
14 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (19.55%) Security Engineer
2 68 (18.99%) Analyst
3 52 (14.53%) Security Analyst
4 42 (11.73%) Lead
5 29 (8.10%) Senior
6 27 (7.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 24 (6.70%) Vulnerability Manager
8 22 (6.15%) Consultant
9 21 (5.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (5.59%) Security Manager
11 19 (5.31%) Architect
11 19 (5.31%) Security Specialist
12 15 (4.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 15 (4.19%) Information Analyst
12 15 (4.19%) Information Security Analyst
12 15 (4.19%) Security Architect
13 14 (3.91%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 14 (3.91%) IT Engineer
13 14 (3.91%) Security Consultant
14 13 (3.63%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.31%) YAML
2 3 (0.84%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.56%) Azure Blueprints
3 2 (0.56%) CSS
3 2 (0.56%) HTML
3 2 (0.56%) HTML5
3 2 (0.56%) jQuery
3 2 (0.56%) Leaflet
3 2 (0.56%) React
3 2 (0.56%) Vue
4 1 (0.28%) JWT
4 1 (0.28%) LDAP
4 1 (0.28%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.28%) OAuth
4 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.28%) REST
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 111 (31.01%) Security Posture
2 90 (25.14%) Management Information System
3 31 (8.66%) Cyber Threat
4 20 (5.59%) Data Centre
5 17 (4.75%) Security Operations Centre
6 16 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.63%) Social Media
7 13 (3.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 9 (2.51%) Cyberattack
9 8 (2.23%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (2.23%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (1.96%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 7 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.96%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.96%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.68%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.40%) iPhone
12 5 (1.40%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 85 (23.74%) Windows
2 33 (9.22%) Linux
3 18 (5.03%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.63%) Windows Vista
5 10 (2.79%) Mac OS
6 9 (2.51%) Android
7 5 (1.40%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.56%) VMS
10 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (63.41%) Cybersecurity
2 161 (44.97%) Incident Response
3 139 (38.83%) Information Security
4 120 (33.52%) SIEM
5 88 (24.58%) Risk Management
6 87 (24.30%) Security Operations
7 75 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 74 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (17.88%) Data Protection
10 63 (17.60%) Penetration Testing
11 60 (16.76%) Cloud Security
12 51 (14.25%) Incident Management
12 51 (14.25%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 49 (13.69%) Computer Science
14 47 (13.13%) Data Loss Prevention
14 47 (13.13%) DevSecOps
15 46 (12.85%) DevOps
16 45 (12.57%) Security Architecture
16 45 (12.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 43 (12.01%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (18.44%) PowerShell
2 38 (10.61%) Python
3 17 (4.75%) Bash
4 4 (1.12%) SQL
5 3 (0.84%) Perl
6 2 (0.56%) Bicep
6 2 (0.56%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.56%) PHP
7 1 (0.28%) Go
7 1 (0.28%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 103 (28.77%) Degree
2 65 (18.16%) CISSP
3 54 (15.08%) CISM
4 45 (12.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (10.89%) Master's Degree
6 33 (9.22%) CEH
7 26 (7.26%) CRISC
8 24 (6.70%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (5.87%) CISA
9 21 (5.87%) Security Cleared
10 16 (4.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 16 (4.47%) GCIH
11 14 (3.91%) DBS Check
11 14 (3.91%) SC Cleared
12 11 (3.07%) GCIA
12 11 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.79%) AWS Certification
14 9 (2.51%) Azure Certification
14 9 (2.51%) GCFA
14 9 (2.51%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (37.15%) NIST
2 119 (33.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 81 (22.63%) GDPR
4 29 (8.10%) PCI DSS
5 27 (7.54%) NCSC
6 25 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (4.75%) GRC
8 15 (4.19%) Accessibility
9 14 (3.91%) COBIT
9 14 (3.91%) SOC 2
10 9 (2.51%) NIST 800
11 8 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (1.96%) SOC 1
13 6 (1.68%) HIPAA
13 6 (1.68%) SLA
14 5 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.56%) JSP 440
System Software
1 29 (8.10%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.23%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.12%) Docker
5 4 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.12%) vSphere
6 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.56%) Firmware
7 2 (0.56%) NFS
8 1 (0.28%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (8.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.19%) Terraform
3 12 (3.35%) Nessus
3 12 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.79%) CASB
4 10 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (2.23%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.23%) RSA Archer
6 6 (1.68%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.40%) Ansible
7 5 (1.40%) SCCM
8 3 (0.84%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.84%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.84%) Puppet
9 2 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.56%) Istio
9 2 (0.56%) linkerd
10 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.28%) Opsview
10 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 139 (38.83%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.89%) Cisco
3 35 (9.78%) Tenable
4 27 (7.54%) Qualys
5 25 (6.98%) VMware
6 24 (6.70%) Google
7 12 (3.35%) Juniper
8 10 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
8 10 (2.79%) Meraki
9 9 (2.51%) Splunk
10 6 (1.68%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.40%) Rapid7
11 5 (1.40%) Tanium
11 5 (1.40%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.12%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (1.12%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.12%) Okta
12 4 (1.12%) SAP
13 3 (0.84%) Citrix
13 3 (0.84%) Dell