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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 389 528
Rank change year-on-year +8 +139 +12
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 29 46 53
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.30% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.32% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18 39 44
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,716 £44,050
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,062 £56,218
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -12.00% +12.61%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £86,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% -18.52% +20.54%

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 15,547 14,351 29,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 95.06% 90.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,029 8,676 23,362
10th Percentile £34,460 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 20 May 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 12 (41.38%) AWS
3 8 (27.59%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (79.31%) Firewall
2 14 (48.28%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (37.93%) Network Security
4 6 (20.69%) VPN
5 4 (13.79%) Broadband
5 4 (13.79%) SSH
5 4 (13.79%) SSL
6 3 (10.34%) DNS
6 3 (10.34%) VLAN
7 1 (3.45%) Wireless
7 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.45%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (31.03%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 7 (24.14%) Legal
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 9 (31.03%) Security Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Senior
3 7 (24.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 7 (24.14%) Security Manager
3 7 (24.14%) Senior Manager
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.45%) Head of Security
5 1 (3.45%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Security Posture
2 8 (27.59%) Driving Licence
2 8 (27.59%) Management Information System
3 7 (24.14%) Blog
4 6 (20.69%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (13.79%) Cyberattack
5 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
5 4 (13.79%) PKI
6 2 (6.90%) YubiKey
7 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
7 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Android
1 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (86.21%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (72.41%) Incident Response
3 16 (55.17%) Information Security
4 15 (51.72%) Vulnerability Management
5 13 (44.83%) Cloud Security
5 13 (44.83%) SIEM
6 11 (37.93%) Security Monitoring
7 10 (34.48%) Roadmaps
8 9 (31.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 9 (31.03%) Risk Management
8 9 (31.03%) Security Operations
8 9 (31.03%) Threat Intelligence
9 8 (27.59%) Risk Analysis
9 8 (27.59%) Security Architecture
10 7 (24.14%) Business Continuity
10 7 (24.14%) Business Strategy
10 7 (24.14%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
10 7 (24.14%) Thought Leadership
10 7 (24.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) CISSP
1 9 (31.03%) DV Cleared
1 9 (31.03%) SC Cleared
1 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) CISM
2 8 (27.59%) Degree
3 7 (24.14%) CRISC
3 7 (24.14%) GSEC
4 1 (3.45%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) CREST Certified
4 1 (3.45%) GPEN
4 1 (3.45%) OSCP
4 1 (3.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (72.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (68.97%) NIST
3 7 (24.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (24.14%) Government Security Classifications
3 7 (24.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 7 (24.14%) JSP 440
4 6 (20.69%) GDPR
5 4 (13.79%) SLA
6 3 (10.34%) GRC
7 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.90%) Terraform
1 2 (6.90%) WSUS
2 1 (3.45%) Nessus
2 1 (3.45%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Tenable
2 8 (27.59%) Qualys
3 7 (24.14%) Google
3 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (13.79%) Sophos
4 4 (13.79%) Thales
5 3 (10.34%) Fortinet
5 3 (10.34%) Palo Alto