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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 349 440
Rank change year-on-year -10 +91 +129
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 28 77 98
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.51% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.54% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 22 39 82
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,716 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £39,858 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £58,250 £92,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,600 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.60%

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 14,107 14,225 25,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.74% 95.08% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 8,743 21,428
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 28 February 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 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) AWS
3 6 (21.43%) Mimecast
4 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Storage
6 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.57%) GCP
6 1 (3.57%) GitHub
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (57.14%) Firewall
2 11 (39.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (21.43%) Network Security
4 2 (7.14%) VPN
4 2 (7.14%) Wireless
5 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
2 4 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.57%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Legal
5 3 (10.71%) Retail
6 2 (7.14%) Military
7 1 (3.57%) Banking
7 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 7 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 7 (25.00%) Senior
2 4 (14.29%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Audit Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Auditor
2 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Internal Audit Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Internal Auditor
2 4 (14.29%) IT Audit Manager
2 4 (14.29%) IT Auditor
2 4 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Information Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Information Security Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Information Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Senior Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Security Posture
2 7 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
4 4 (14.29%) Blog
5 2 (7.14%) YubiKey
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
6 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Linux
3 4 (14.29%) Unix
4 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.57%) Android
5 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (60.71%) Incident Response
3 15 (53.57%) Information Security
4 10 (35.71%) SIEM
4 10 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (28.57%) Security Operations
7 7 (25.00%) Cloud Security
7 7 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (21.43%) Project Delivery
8 6 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 5 (17.86%) DevOps
9 5 (17.86%) ITIL
9 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
9 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
9 5 (17.86%) Threat Intelligence
10 4 (14.29%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Python
1 4 (14.29%) R
1 4 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) CISSP
2 11 (39.29%) SC Cleared
2 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
3 10 (35.71%) Degree
4 9 (32.14%) CISM
5 8 (28.57%) DV Cleared
6 6 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (14.29%) ACCA
7 4 (14.29%) CIMA
7 4 (14.29%) CISA
7 4 (14.29%) CRISC
7 4 (14.29%) GSEC
8 3 (10.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (10.71%) AWS Certification
8 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
8 3 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (3.57%) CEH
10 1 (3.57%) Postgraduate
10 1 (3.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (35.71%) NIST
3 5 (17.86%) GDPR
4 4 (14.29%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 4 (14.29%) JSP 440
5 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (7.14%) GRC
7 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) WSUS
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.71%) Nessus
3 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.57%) Nmap
3 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Tenable
3 6 (21.43%) Qualys
4 4 (14.29%) Google
4 4 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.57%) VMware