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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 395 462
Rank change year-on-year -14 +67 -7
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 40 33 47
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 36
10th Percentile £34,950 £43,750 £49,519
25th Percentile £51,125 £52,500 £56,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,269 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -10.34% +26.09%
75th Percentile £77,019 £69,688 £86,250
90th Percentile £87,200 £76,875 £91,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -20.69% +26.09%

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 18,735 15,321 22,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.93% 87.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,552 9,025 15,867
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.02% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 7 August 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 18 (45.00%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) Mimecast
3 4 (10.00%) SaaS
4 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.50%) GitHub
5 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (45.00%) Firewall
2 10 (25.00%) Network Security
3 9 (22.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (15.00%) Broadband
5 5 (12.50%) VPN
6 4 (10.00%) DNS
6 4 (10.00%) SSH
6 4 (10.00%) SSL
6 4 (10.00%) VLAN
7 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.50%) HTTP
8 1 (2.50%) Internet
8 1 (2.50%) LAN
8 1 (2.50%) WAN
8 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
3 1 (2.50%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.50%) Metasploit
General
1 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Finance
3 9 (22.50%) Legal
4 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Legal Technology
6 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 11 (27.50%) Security Manager
2 7 (17.50%) Senior
3 6 (15.00%) Senior Manager
4 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Security Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) Administrator
6 3 (7.50%) DBA
6 3 (7.50%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) CyberArk Specialist
7 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.00%) Head of Security
7 2 (5.00%) Network Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Technical Specialist
8 1 (2.50%) Business Continuity Specialist
8 1 (2.50%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.50%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) RESTful
2 2 (5.00%) GraphQL
2 2 (5.00%) REST
2 2 (5.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Management Information System
1 11 (27.50%) Security Posture
2 7 (17.50%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (15.00%) Blog
4 4 (10.00%) Cyberattack
4 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 4 (10.00%) PKI
5 3 (7.50%) Clustering
5 3 (7.50%) Driving Licence
5 3 (7.50%) Replication
6 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
6 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (55.00%) Incident Response
3 17 (42.50%) Risk Management
4 16 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (35.00%) Cloud Security
5 14 (35.00%) Information Security
6 12 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (30.00%) SIEM
7 10 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
8 9 (22.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 9 (22.50%) Roadmaps
8 9 (22.50%) Threat Intelligence
9 8 (20.00%) Security Architecture
10 7 (17.50%) Business Continuity
10 7 (17.50%) Decision-Making
10 7 (17.50%) Risk Analysis
10 7 (17.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 6 (15.00%) Business Strategy
11 6 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
11 6 (15.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.50%) SQL
3 2 (5.00%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) CISSP
2 9 (22.50%) CISM
2 9 (22.50%) Degree
3 7 (17.50%) CRISC
3 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
4 6 (15.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (15.00%) GSEC
4 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.00%) CITP
6 2 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.00%) CREST Certified
6 2 (5.00%) SSCP
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.50%) CCNA
7 1 (2.50%) CCNP
7 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (57.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 23 (57.50%) NIST
2 8 (20.00%) GDPR
3 7 (17.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (15.00%) Government Security Classifications
4 6 (15.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 6 (15.00%) JSP 440
5 4 (10.00%) GRC
5 4 (10.00%) SLA
6 2 (5.00%) NCSC
7 1 (2.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.50%) Nessus
2 1 (2.50%) Nmap
2 1 (2.50%) OpenVAS
2 1 (2.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Google
3 4 (10.00%) Qualys
3 4 (10.00%) Sophos
3 4 (10.00%) Thales
4 3 (7.50%) Fortinet
4 3 (7.50%) Palo Alto
4 3 (7.50%) Tenable
5 2 (5.00%) CyberArk