Vulnerability Assessment Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 528 556
Rank change year-on-year +160 +28 +76
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 49 56 121
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.18% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 41 46 98
10th Percentile - £38,750 £38,675
25th Percentile £37,716 £56,155 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +11.61% -13.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,875 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -14.18% +12.61% -5.70%

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 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

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 a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Vulnerability Assessment salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 3 May 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (32.65%) Azure
3 12 (24.49%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.08%) AWS
5 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.04%) GCP
5 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (38.78%) Firewall
2 15 (30.61%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (12.24%) Network Security
4 4 (8.16%) LAN
4 4 (8.16%) WAN
4 4 (8.16%) Wireless
5 3 (6.12%) DHCP
5 3 (6.12%) DNS
5 3 (6.12%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.12%) VPN
5 3 (6.12%) WLAN
6 1 (2.04%) BGP
6 1 (2.04%) EIGRP
6 1 (2.04%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.04%) OpenVPN
6 1 (2.04%) OSPF
6 1 (2.04%) SSH
6 1 (2.04%) SSL
6 1 (2.04%) VLAN
6 1 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.04%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.04%) MySQL
1 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.04%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 17 (34.69%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Legal
3 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Law
5 2 (4.08%) Banking
5 2 (4.08%) Finance
5 2 (4.08%) Marketing
5 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Military
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Analyst
2 14 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 13 (26.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (26.53%) Security Engineer
4 11 (22.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 10 (20.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 10 (20.41%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior
7 3 (6.12%) Lead
7 3 (6.12%) Penetration Tester
7 3 (6.12%) Security Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Tester
7 3 (6.12%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Network Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Network Team Leader
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Network Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Tester
8 2 (4.08%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.04%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.65%) Security Posture
2 11 (22.45%) Cyber Security Posture
3 6 (12.24%) Management Information System
4 5 (10.20%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (8.16%) Operational Technology
5 4 (8.16%) SCADA
6 2 (4.08%) Mobile App
6 2 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (2.04%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.04%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.65%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Linux
3 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (77.55%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (44.90%) Incident Response
2 22 (44.90%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (40.82%) Information Security
4 18 (36.73%) SIEM
5 14 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 12 (24.49%) DevOps
7 11 (22.45%) Project Delivery
8 10 (20.41%) CI/CD
8 10 (20.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (20.41%) Mentoring
8 10 (20.41%) SDLC
8 10 (20.41%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (18.37%) Coaching
9 9 (18.37%) Continuous Delivery
9 9 (18.37%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (18.37%) Software Delivery
9 9 (18.37%) Test Automation
10 6 (12.24%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) Python
2 3 (6.12%) Bash
2 3 (6.12%) SQL
3 2 (4.08%) Perl
3 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.04%) Go
4 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Degree
2 13 (26.53%) CISSP
3 11 (22.45%) CISM
4 10 (20.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 5 (10.20%) SC Cleared
7 4 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (8.16%) OSCP
8 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.08%) CCIE
9 2 (4.08%) CCNP
9 2 (4.08%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (4.08%) CHECK Team Member
9 2 (4.08%) CISMP
9 2 (4.08%) CREST Certified
9 2 (4.08%) JNCIE
9 2 (4.08%) JNCIP
9 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
10 1 (2.04%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (40.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (36.73%) NIST
3 16 (32.65%) GDPR
4 6 (12.24%) PCI DSS
5 3 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (6.12%) GRC
5 3 (6.12%) HIPAA
5 3 (6.12%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (4.08%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.04%) JSP 440
7 1 (2.04%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Hyper-V
1 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (22.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.16%) Ansible
3 3 (6.12%) Puppet
4 2 (4.08%) Progress Chef
4 2 (4.08%) SCCM
4 2 (4.08%) SCOM
5 1 (2.04%) Grafana
5 1 (2.04%) Nessus
5 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Tenable
1 12 (24.49%) VMware
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.16%) Cisco
4 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.08%) ArcSight
5 2 (4.08%) Aruba
5 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.08%) Splunk
6 1 (2.04%) Citrix
6 1 (2.04%) Dell
6 1 (2.04%) EqualLogic
6 1 (2.04%) iManage
6 1 (2.04%) Meraki
6 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.04%) SaltStack
6 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds