Hybrid/Remote Vulnerability Assessment Job Trends

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 437 431
Rank change year-on-year +48 -6 +262
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 27 57 104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.24% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.28% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 21 34 97
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,300 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £73,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% +12.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.69% +11.54% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Vulnerability Assessment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,148 20,417 24,183
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.10% 87.67% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8,627 12,818 19,923
10th Percentile £29,848 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +2.16%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Vulnerability Assessment
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Vulnerability Assessment trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Vulnerability Assessment salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (14.81%) AWS
4 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (7.41%) Mimecast
5 2 (7.41%) Serverless
6 1 (3.70%) IaaS
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) Firewall
2 7 (25.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (14.81%) Network Security
4 3 (11.11%) SSL
4 3 (11.11%) VPN
5 2 (7.41%) Broadband
5 2 (7.41%) DHCP
5 2 (7.41%) DNS
5 2 (7.41%) SSH
5 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
5 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (7.41%) Wireless
6 1 (3.70%) BGP
6 1 (3.70%) EIGRP
6 1 (3.70%) LAN
6 1 (3.70%) OSPF
6 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.70%) VLAN
6 1 (3.70%) WAN
6 1 (3.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Power BI
1 4 (14.81%) Tableau
General
1 17 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 16 (59.26%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Law
4 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Audit Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Auditor
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Internal Audit Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Internal Auditor
3 4 (14.81%) IT Audit Manager
3 4 (14.81%) IT Auditor
3 4 (14.81%) IT Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Information Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Information Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (7.41%) RESTful
1 2 (7.41%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) Cyberattack
4 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
4 2 (7.41%) PKI
4 2 (7.41%) SCADA
4 2 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
2 9 (33.33%) Linux
3 4 (14.81%) Unix
4 2 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (74.07%) Incident Response
2 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (48.15%) Information Security
4 11 (40.74%) Security Operations
5 10 (37.04%) SIEM
6 8 (29.63%) DevOps
7 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
7 7 (25.93%) ITIL
8 6 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (18.52%) Application Security
9 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (18.52%) Internal Audit
9 5 (18.52%) SDLC
9 5 (18.52%) Threat Intelligence
10 4 (14.81%) Data Analysis
10 4 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
10 4 (14.81%) Security Architecture
10 4 (14.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) R
2 4 (14.81%) SQL
3 2 (7.41%) Bash
3 2 (7.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) CISM
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) ACCA
3 4 (14.81%) CIMA
3 4 (14.81%) CISA
3 4 (14.81%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) CEH
4 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.41%) CCIE
5 2 (7.41%) CCNP
5 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) JNCIE
5 2 (7.41%) JNCIP
5 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (33.33%) NIST
3 6 (22.22%) GDPR
4 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.11%) HIPAA
4 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.41%) GRC
5 2 (7.41%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.11%) Ansible
3 2 (7.41%) Progress Chef
3 2 (7.41%) Puppet
3 2 (7.41%) SCOM
3 2 (7.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) Tenable
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle
3 4 (14.81%) VMware
4 2 (7.41%) ArcSight
4 2 (7.41%) Red Hat
4 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.41%) Splunk
4 2 (7.41%) Thales
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (3.70%) Meraki
5 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds