Vulnerability Scanning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Scanning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Scanning over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 673 657 939
Rank change year-on-year -16 +282 -211
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 237 348 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.34% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.36% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 199 209 203
10th Percentile £39,300 £33,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -0.79% +14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Scanning 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 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK

Vulnerability Scanning
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 Scanning within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
England +6 220 £60,000 - 54
UK excluding London -46 127 £50,000 -4.76% 38
London +74 107 £75,000 +15.38% 22
Work from Home +47 85 £55,000 -7.60% 32
North of England +64 46 £50,000 -4.76% 18
South West -29 25 £45,000 -2.70% 3
South East -21 22 £75,000 +42.86% 5
Yorkshire +88 21 £50,000 - 12
Midlands -6 16 £65,000 +52.94% 3
North West +18 15 £46,250 -33.93% 5
East Midlands -13 13 £65,000 +87.97% 1
Scotland -62 11 £40,000 -30.15% 3
North East +6 10 £41,250 -25.00% 1
Northern Ireland +32 3 £90,000 +111.76% 1
West Midlands +7 3 £52,500 +23.53% 2
East of England +14 2 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Wales +7 2 - - 4

Vulnerability Scanning
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 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.42%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 77 (32.49%) Azure
2 53 (22.36%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (16.46%) AWS
4 21 (8.86%) Entra ID
5 17 (7.17%) SaaS
6 11 (4.64%) Google Workspace
7 9 (3.80%) PaaS
8 8 (3.38%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.38%) Cloudflare
8 8 (3.38%) IaaS
9 4 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.69%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.84%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.84%) AWS Control Tower
11 2 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.42%) GCP
12 1 (0.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 91 (38.40%) Firewall
2 54 (22.78%) Network Security
3 24 (10.13%) DNS
4 16 (6.75%) VPN
5 15 (6.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 15 (6.33%) Wireless
6 13 (5.49%) LAN
6 13 (5.49%) VLAN
6 13 (5.49%) WAN
7 11 (4.64%) Broadband
7 11 (4.64%) NAS
8 8 (3.38%) Wireshark
9 5 (2.11%) BGP
9 5 (2.11%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (2.11%) DMZ
10 4 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (1.69%) DHCP
10 4 (1.69%) Internet
11 3 (1.27%) MPLS
11 3 (1.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (13.08%) Burp Suite
1 31 (13.08%) Metasploit
2 7 (2.95%) Snyk
3 6 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.84%) JIRA
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 77 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 66 (27.85%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.70%) Finance
4 19 (8.02%) Games
5 18 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.59%) Retail
6 15 (6.33%) Law
7 10 (4.22%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.38%) Banking
8 8 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.38%) Legal
8 8 (3.38%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.95%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.95%) Aviation
9 7 (2.95%) Military
10 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.84%) Police
12 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 56 (23.63%) Analyst
2 47 (19.83%) Security Analyst
3 37 (15.61%) Senior
4 35 (14.77%) Penetration Tester
4 35 (14.77%) Tester
5 34 (14.35%) Consultant
6 23 (9.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 23 (9.70%) Security Consultant
7 19 (8.02%) IT Analyst
7 19 (8.02%) IT Security Analyst
8 17 (7.17%) Architect
8 17 (7.17%) Security Engineer
9 15 (6.33%) IT Consultant
10 13 (5.49%) Lead
11 11 (4.64%) Information Security Consultant
11 11 (4.64%) IT Engineer
12 10 (4.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 10 (4.22%) Infrastructure Architect
12 10 (4.22%) Security Manager
12 10 (4.22%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.38%) Laravel
2 2 (0.84%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.84%) OAuth
2 2 (0.84%) OpenID
2 2 (0.84%) SAML
3 1 (0.42%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.66%) Cyber Threat
2 25 (10.55%) Cyberattack
3 24 (10.13%) Management Information System
4 20 (8.44%) Data Protection Act
4 20 (8.44%) Security Operations Centre
5 18 (7.59%) Onboarding
6 14 (5.91%) IoT
6 14 (5.91%) Security Posture
7 13 (5.49%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (5.06%) PKI
9 10 (4.22%) Cyber Security Posture
9 10 (4.22%) Operational Technology
10 6 (2.53%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.53%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.69%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 61 (25.74%) Windows
2 50 (21.10%) Linux
3 46 (19.41%) Windows Server
4 31 (13.08%) Kali Linux
5 21 (8.86%) Unix
6 12 (5.06%) Mac OS
7 10 (4.22%) Windows 10
8 9 (3.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (1.27%) VMS
11 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.42%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (71.73%) Cybersecurity
2 92 (38.82%) Information Security
3 89 (37.55%) Penetration Testing
4 84 (35.44%) SIEM
5 81 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (24.05%) Vulnerability Management
7 55 (23.21%) Security Operations
8 54 (22.78%) Incident Response
9 50 (21.10%) Computer Science
10 46 (19.41%) Security Testing
11 41 (17.30%) Data Protection
12 37 (15.61%) Red Team
13 34 (14.35%) Application Security
13 34 (14.35%) Cloud Security
14 30 (12.66%) Malware Analysis
15 28 (11.81%) Critical Thinking
15 28 (11.81%) Reverse Engineering
16 27 (11.39%) Identity Management
17 25 (10.55%) Threat Intelligence
18 24 (10.13%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 30 (12.66%) PowerShell
2 23 (9.70%) Bash
2 23 (9.70%) Python
3 8 (3.38%) PHP
3 8 (3.38%) Rust
4 6 (2.53%) SQL
5 3 (1.27%) Java
5 3 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (28.69%) Degree
2 37 (15.61%) CISSP
3 33 (13.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (9.28%) Master's Degree
5 20 (8.44%) Security Cleared
6 14 (5.91%) CISA
7 12 (5.06%) CISM
7 12 (5.06%) CREST Certified
8 11 (4.64%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (3.80%) CEH
9 9 (3.80%) CISMP
9 9 (3.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (3.80%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.95%) SANS
11 6 (2.53%) GIAC
11 6 (2.53%) OSCP
12 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.69%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (31.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (17.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 37 (15.61%) GDPR
4 27 (11.39%) NIST
5 21 (8.86%) PCI DSS
5 21 (8.86%) SOC 2
6 14 (5.91%) NCSC
7 10 (4.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (4.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 10 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (2.95%) COBIT
8 7 (2.95%) DO-254
8 7 (2.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (2.53%) GRC
10 4 (1.69%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.42%) GxP
11 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.42%) QA
11 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (18.14%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.59%) Hyper-V
2 18 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.27%) Docker
5 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (10.97%) Nessus
2 17 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (5.91%) SCCM
4 11 (4.64%) CASB
4 11 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.38%) WSUS
6 7 (2.95%) Nexpose
7 6 (2.53%) CSIRT
8 5 (2.11%) Terraform
9 4 (1.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (1.27%) Kubernetes
10 3 (1.27%) McAfee ePO
10 3 (1.27%) Nmap
10 3 (1.27%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.84%) Grafana
11 2 (0.84%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.84%) SolarWinds Orion
12 1 (0.42%) DatAdvantage
12 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.42%) QRadar
Vendors
1 92 (38.82%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.24%) VMware
3 23 (9.70%) Qualys
4 14 (5.91%) Cisco
5 12 (5.06%) Google
6 11 (4.64%) Apple
7 8 (3.38%) Dell
8 6 (2.53%) PagerDuty
9 5 (2.11%) arcserve
9 5 (2.11%) HP
10 4 (1.69%) Aderant
10 4 (1.69%) Avaya
10 4 (1.69%) Citrix
10 4 (1.69%) F5
10 4 (1.69%) IBM
10 4 (1.69%) iManage
10 4 (1.69%) Oracle
10 4 (1.69%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.69%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.27%) Palo Alto