Vulnerability Remediation Jobs

Vulnerability Remediation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Remediation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Remediation 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 611 701 982
Rank change year-on-year +90 +281 -259
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 294 275 250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.26% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.27% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 190 165 143
10th Percentile £38,987 £44,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £77,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -14.55% +0.92% +28.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Remediation 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 Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK

Vulnerability Remediation
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation 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
UK excluding London +26 212 £47,000 -14.55% 17
England +58 197 £60,000 -4.00% 37
Work from Home +106 99 £58,750 +6.82% 20
Scotland +10 86 £47,000 -27.69%
London +133 70 £75,000 +15.38% 21
North of England +69 61 £50,000 -5.66% 4
North West +29 44 £57,500 -1.71% 4
South East -16 35 £47,000 -10.48% 5
Midlands +4 18 £50,000 - 3
Yorkshire +95 16 £43,750 -12.50%
West Midlands +18 10 £65,500 +31.00% 2
East Midlands -9 8 £40,000 -15.79% 1
East of England +13 6 £32,500 -48.00% 1
Wales +14 4 £58,000 +5.45% 2
Northern Ireland +31 1 - -
North East -3 1 £50,000 +23.46%
South West -36 1 - - 2

Vulnerability Remediation
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 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 109 (37.07%) Azure
2 88 (29.93%) AWS
3 81 (27.55%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (24.15%) Datadog
5 52 (17.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 10 (3.40%) GCP
7 9 (3.06%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.06%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.06%) SaaS
8 3 (1.02%) IaaS
8 3 (1.02%) PaaS
9 2 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.68%) Serverless
9 2 (0.68%) WeChat
10 1 (0.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 59 (20.07%) Firewall
2 55 (18.71%) DNS
3 30 (10.20%) Internet
4 26 (8.84%) DKIM
4 26 (8.84%) DMARC
5 21 (7.14%) Network Security
6 10 (3.40%) VPN
7 8 (2.72%) VLAN
7 8 (2.72%) Wireshark
8 7 (2.38%) DHCP
9 6 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.70%) PBX
10 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.02%) 802.11
12 2 (0.68%) DMZ
12 2 (0.68%) HTTP
12 2 (0.68%) LAN
12 2 (0.68%) SMTP
12 2 (0.68%) tcpdump
12 2 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.06%) Power BI
2 5 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (3.74%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.70%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.68%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.68%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) Snyk
General
1 119 (40.48%) Finance
1 119 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 77 (26.19%) Law
3 74 (25.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 46 (15.65%) Marketing
5 23 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.12%) Banking
7 14 (4.76%) Legal
8 12 (4.08%) Games
9 7 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.04%) Advertising
10 6 (2.04%) Retail
11 5 (1.70%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.36%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.68%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (32.31%) Analyst
2 71 (24.15%) Software Engineer
3 64 (21.77%) Security Analyst
4 56 (19.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 52 (17.69%) Cloud Software Engineer
6 47 (15.99%) Lead
7 46 (15.65%) Senior
8 40 (13.61%) Lead Software Engineer
9 31 (10.54%) Information Analyst
9 31 (10.54%) Information Security Analyst
10 30 (10.20%) Security Engineer
11 25 (8.50%) Senior Analyst
11 25 (8.50%) Vulnerability Analyst
12 21 (7.14%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 19 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (6.12%) Senior Security Analyst
15 17 (5.78%) IT Engineer
15 17 (5.78%) Vulnerability Manager
16 15 (5.10%) Senior Security Engineer
17 12 (4.08%) IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (24.15%) OpenTelemetry
2 8 (2.72%) Middleware
3 3 (1.02%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.68%) EDI
4 2 (0.68%) REST
5 1 (0.34%) .NET
5 1 (0.34%) RESTful
5 1 (0.34%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 71 (24.15%) Cloud Native
2 52 (17.69%) Public Cloud
3 47 (15.99%) Cyberattack
4 42 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 19 (6.46%) Cyber Threat
5 19 (6.46%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.06%) Operational Technology
7 9 (3.06%) PKI
7 9 (3.06%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.70%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.68%) BYOD
10 2 (0.68%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.34%) IoT
11 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 82 (27.89%) Windows
2 19 (6.46%) Linux
3 15 (5.10%) Unix
4 12 (4.08%) VMS
5 4 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.02%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.34%) Android
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (52.04%) Cybersecurity
2 97 (32.99%) Information Security
3 85 (28.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 77 (26.19%) Agile
5 72 (24.49%) CI/CD
6 71 (24.15%) Architectural Design
6 71 (24.15%) Artificial Intelligence
6 71 (24.15%) Community of Practice
6 71 (24.15%) Information Architecture
6 71 (24.15%) Machine Learning
6 71 (24.15%) Observability
6 71 (24.15%) Operational Stability
6 71 (24.15%) SDLC
6 71 (24.15%) Software Engineering
7 70 (23.81%) Continuous Delivery
8 69 (23.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 57 (19.39%) Identity Access Management
10 52 (17.69%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 44 (14.97%) SIEM
12 42 (14.29%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.03%) Java
2 24 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 16 (5.44%) Python
4 5 (1.70%) Bash
5 1 (0.34%) C#
5 1 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 45 (15.31%) Degree
2 36 (12.24%) CISSP
3 35 (11.90%) CISM
4 19 (6.46%) Security Cleared
5 17 (5.78%) CISA
6 16 (5.44%) GIAC
7 15 (5.10%) SC Cleared
8 14 (4.76%) PCI QSA
9 10 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 10 (3.40%) CRISC
10 9 (3.06%) ISSMP
11 7 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.04%) CCNA
12 6 (2.04%) CCNP
13 5 (1.70%) CEH
13 5 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.36%) CREST Certified
15 3 (1.02%) CCSA
15 3 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (21.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (10.54%) NIST
3 17 (5.78%) PCI DSS
4 10 (3.40%) COBIT
4 10 (3.40%) GRC
5 7 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.04%) GDPR
6 6 (2.04%) NCSC
7 4 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.36%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.36%) ISO 9001
7 4 (1.36%) SLA
7 4 (1.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (15.31%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.74%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 71 (24.15%) Grafana
2 54 (18.37%) Terraform
3 28 (9.52%) WSUS
4 26 (8.84%) CASB
5 19 (6.46%) Prometheus
5 19 (6.46%) SCCM
6 13 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (3.40%) Ansible
8 8 (2.72%) Nessus
9 5 (1.70%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.36%) CSIRT
11 3 (1.02%) QRadar
12 2 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (0.68%) Nmap
13 1 (0.34%) Backup Exec
13 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.34%) Puppet
13 1 (0.34%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 89 (30.27%) Microsoft
2 76 (25.85%) Splunk
3 71 (24.15%) Dynatrace
4 19 (6.46%) VMware
5 15 (5.10%) Cisco
6 13 (4.42%) Qualys
7 12 (4.08%) Apple
8 10 (3.40%) ServiceNow
9 9 (3.06%) Alibaba
9 9 (3.06%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (3.06%) Google
10 6 (2.04%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.02%) SonicWALL
11 3 (1.02%) Veeam
12 2 (0.68%) Forcepoint
12 2 (0.68%) Huawei
12 2 (0.68%) N-able
12 2 (0.68%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.68%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.68%) Varonis