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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 381 377
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +260
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 27 77 117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.39% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.44% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 23 34 105
10th Percentile £43,633 £42,300 £40,500
25th Percentile £48,458 £53,313 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £92,350 £89,500
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 14,699 17,518 20,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.71% 88.25% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,625 10,430 16,806
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,484
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 6 November 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 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 7 (25.93%) Power Platform
3 6 (22.22%) AWS
4 5 (18.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (11.11%) Mimecast
6 3 (11.11%) Serverless
7 2 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Storage
8 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
8 1 (3.70%) GitHub
8 1 (3.70%) IaaS
8 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Firewall
2 7 (25.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.41%) Broadband
3 2 (7.41%) SSH
3 2 (7.41%) SSL
4 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) Power BI
1 7 (25.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (59.26%) Analytical Skills
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Retail
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
1 7 (25.93%) Audit Manager
1 7 (25.93%) Auditor
1 7 (25.93%) Internal Audit Manager
1 7 (25.93%) Internal Auditor
1 7 (25.93%) IT Audit Manager
1 7 (25.93%) IT Auditor
1 7 (25.93%) IT Manager
1 7 (25.93%) Security Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Information Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Information Security Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Senior
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Information Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) RESTful
1 2 (7.41%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.11%) Cyberattack
4 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.41%) PKI
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.70%) SCADA
5 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 9 (33.33%) Linux
3 7 (25.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Cybersecurity
1 19 (70.37%) Incident Response
2 15 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (40.74%) Information Security
4 10 (37.04%) DevOps
5 9 (33.33%) ITIL
5 9 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 8 (29.63%) Internal Audit
7 7 (25.93%) Analytics
7 7 (25.93%) Application Security
7 7 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (25.93%) Data Analysis
7 7 (25.93%) Data Analytics
7 7 (25.93%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (25.93%) IT Audit
7 7 (25.93%) IT Governance
7 7 (25.93%) SDLC
7 7 (25.93%) SIEM
7 7 (25.93%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) Python
2 7 (25.93%) R
2 7 (25.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) CISSP
2 9 (33.33%) CISM
3 8 (29.63%) Degree
4 7 (25.93%) ACCA
4 7 (25.93%) CIMA
4 7 (25.93%) CISA
4 7 (25.93%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (11.11%) AWS Certification
5 3 (11.11%) CEH
5 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.41%) Postgraduate
7 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.70%) CISMP
7 1 (3.70%) GCIA
7 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (62.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (29.63%) NIST
3 6 (22.22%) GDPR
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.70%) GRC
5 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (11.11%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) Oracle
3 4 (14.81%) Tenable
4 3 (11.11%) VMware
5 2 (7.41%) Thales
6 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.70%) Qualys