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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 363 381
Rank change year-on-year +17 +18 +229
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 29 83 113
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.49% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.53% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 27 42 98
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,716 £39,075
25th Percentile £48,165 £38,818 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -8.46% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £92,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £92,450 £89,125
UK median annual salary £56,750 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.93% +8.00% -

All Process & 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 13,340 15,743 19,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.29% 93.10% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,383 15,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 2 January 2026.

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 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) Power Platform
3 5 (17.24%) AWS
4 4 (13.79%) Mimecast
5 3 (10.34%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Storage
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.45%) GCP
6 1 (3.45%) GitHub
6 1 (3.45%) IaaS
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.45%) SaaS
6 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (37.93%) Firewall
2 6 (20.69%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.90%) Network Security
3 2 (6.90%) VPN
3 2 (6.90%) Wireless
4 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) Power BI
2 7 (24.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.45%) Metasploit
General
1 15 (51.72%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Retail
4 2 (6.90%) Military
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Audit Manager
1 7 (24.14%) Auditor
1 7 (24.14%) Internal Audit Manager
1 7 (24.14%) Internal Auditor
1 7 (24.14%) IT Audit Manager
1 7 (24.14%) IT Auditor
1 7 (24.14%) IT Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Security Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Security Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Information Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Senior
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Information Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Information Security Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Security Posture
2 5 (17.24%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) YubiKey
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Windows
2 12 (41.38%) Linux
3 7 (24.14%) Unix
4 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.45%) Android
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (62.07%) Incident Response
3 12 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (37.93%) Information Security
5 9 (31.03%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (31.03%) Security Operations
6 8 (27.59%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (27.59%) DevOps
6 8 (27.59%) Internal Audit
6 8 (27.59%) ITIL
6 8 (27.59%) SIEM
6 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (24.14%) Analytics
7 7 (24.14%) Data Analysis
7 7 (24.14%) Data Analytics
7 7 (24.14%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (24.14%) IT Audit
7 7 (24.14%) IT Governance
7 7 (24.14%) SDLC
7 7 (24.14%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
1 7 (24.14%) R
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) CISSP
2 9 (31.03%) Degree
3 7 (24.14%) ACCA
3 7 (24.14%) CIMA
3 7 (24.14%) CISA
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (17.24%) CISM
6 4 (13.79%) DV Cleared
7 3 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (10.34%) AWS Certification
7 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (6.90%) CEH
8 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (6.90%) Postgraduate
9 1 (3.45%) GCFA
9 1 (3.45%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (62.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (27.59%) NIST
3 6 (20.69%) GDPR
4 5 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (10.34%) GRC
6 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) WSUS
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) Nessus
3 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.45%) Nmap
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) Oracle
3 6 (20.69%) Tenable
4 4 (13.79%) Qualys
5 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.45%) VMware