Vulnerability Specialist Job Trends

Vulnerability Specialist
UK

The median Vulnerability Specialist salary in the UK is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 741 752
Rank change year-on-year +72 +11 +401
Permanent jobs requiring a Vulnerability Specialist 2 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.010% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.011% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £96,500 - £50,258
25th Percentile £98,750 £84,000 £50,423
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £88,000 £52,874
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% +66.43% -29.50%
75th Percentile £108,750 £92,000 £55,699
90th Percentile £109,500 - £56,089
UK excluding London median annual salary - £88,000 £52,874
% change year-on-year - +66.43% -33.91%

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 43,999 66,430 54,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 95.35% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,900 38,038 41,924
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -4.76% -

Vulnerability Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Vulnerability Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Vulnerability Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Vulnerability Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Vulnerability Specialist
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 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 +107 2 £105,000 +19.32% 1
London +62 2 £105,000 -
Work from Home +55 1 £110,000 +25.00% 1

Vulnerability Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, Vulnerability 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cadence
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) GSEC
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Vulnerability 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 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) GSEC
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cadence