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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 403 380
Rank change year-on-year +9 -23 +274
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 27 76 115
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.36% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.41% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 22 38 104
10th Percentile £43,500 £43,700 £42,150
25th Percentile £52,750 £55,281 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £85,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% +30.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £92,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £79,375 £92,150 £89,625
UK median annual salary £57,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.69% +20.83% -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 15,506 18,481 22,124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.84% 88.04% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,387 11,009 17,989
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £78,031 £81,250 £80,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Vulnerability Assessment
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Vulnerability Assessment salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 5 (18.52%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (14.81%) AWS
5 3 (11.11%) Mimecast
6 2 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (7.41%) Serverless
7 1 (3.70%) IaaS
7 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Firewall
1 7 (25.93%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (11.11%) SSL
3 2 (7.41%) Broadband
3 2 (7.41%) DHCP
3 2 (7.41%) DNS
3 2 (7.41%) Network Security
3 2 (7.41%) SSH
3 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (7.41%) Wireless
4 1 (3.70%) BGP
4 1 (3.70%) EIGRP
4 1 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) OSPF
4 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.70%) VLAN
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
4 1 (3.70%) WAN
4 1 (3.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Power BI
1 6 (22.22%) Tableau
General
1 19 (70.37%) Social Skills
2 16 (59.26%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Security Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Audit Manager
3 6 (22.22%) Auditor
3 6 (22.22%) Internal Audit Manager
3 6 (22.22%) Internal Auditor
3 6 (22.22%) IT Audit Manager
3 6 (22.22%) IT Auditor
3 6 (22.22%) IT Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
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
6 1 (3.70%) Network Manager
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 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
1 5 (18.52%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (11.11%) Cyberattack
4 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
4 2 (7.41%) PKI
4 2 (7.41%) SCADA
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 10 (37.04%) Linux
3 6 (22.22%) 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 10 (37.04%) Information Security
3 10 (37.04%) Security Operations
4 9 (33.33%) ITIL
4 9 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (29.63%) DevOps
5 8 (29.63%) SIEM
6 7 (25.93%) Application Security
6 7 (25.93%) Incident Management
6 7 (25.93%) Internal Audit
6 7 (25.93%) SDLC
7 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (22.22%) Data Analysis
7 6 (22.22%) Data Analytics
7 6 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (22.22%) IT Governance
7 6 (22.22%) Regulatory Change
7 6 (22.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) Python
2 6 (22.22%) R
2 6 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (7.41%) Bash
3 2 (7.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) ACCA
2 6 (22.22%) CIMA
2 6 (22.22%) CISA
2 6 (22.22%) CISM
3 4 (14.81%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) CEH
4 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) CISMP
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.70%) GCFA
6 1 (3.70%) GCFE
6 1 (3.70%) GCIA
6 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.70%) OSCP
6 1 (3.70%) Postgraduate
6 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (62.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (25.93%) NIST
3 4 (14.81%) GDPR
4 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.41%) GRC
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
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 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) Oracle
3 5 (18.52%) Tenable
4 4 (14.81%) VMware
5 2 (7.41%) ArcSight
5 2 (7.41%) Red Hat
5 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 2 (7.41%) Splunk
5 2 (7.41%) Thales
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco
6 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.70%) Meraki
6 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds