Vulnerability Analyst Jobs in England

Vulnerability Analyst
UK > England

The median Vulnerability Analyst salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 792 870 1153
Rank change year-on-year +78 +283 -292
Permanent jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 44 39 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.050% 0.045% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.049% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 34 9 10
10th Percentile - £52,400 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £59,375
90th Percentile - £71,000 £60,125
UK median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 84,097 79,150 134,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.43% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 62,393 50,588 75,337
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in England

Vulnerability Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Analyst in England

Vulnerability Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Analyst in England

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -4 18 £42,500 - 1
London +148 12 £55,000 -2.22%
Midlands +3 9 £45,000 -28.00%
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 -
North of England +49 3 - -
North West +7 2 - -
Yorkshire +79 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Vulnerability Analyst
UK

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Vulnerability Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (68.18%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 21 (47.73%) Vulnerability Management
4 20 (45.45%) Patch Management
4 20 (45.45%) Windows
5 19 (43.18%) Azure
6 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
6 13 (29.55%) WSUS
6 13 (29.55%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (27.27%) Firewall
7 12 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (22.73%) Management Information System
8 10 (22.73%) Security Operations
9 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
9 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
9 9 (20.45%) ITIL
9 9 (20.45%) Finance
10 8 (18.18%) Qualys
11 7 (15.91%) SCCM
11 7 (15.91%) Network Security
11 7 (15.91%) PCI DSS
11 7 (15.91%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (15.91%) SIEM
11 7 (15.91%) Windows Server
11 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 7 (15.91%) Games
11 7 (15.91%) Change Management
11 7 (15.91%) Information Security
11 7 (15.91%) Unix
11 7 (15.91%) VMS

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (43.18%) Azure
2 13 (29.55%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.27%) Firewall
2 7 (15.91%) Network Security
3 6 (13.64%) DNS
3 6 (13.64%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Burp Suite
1 4 (9.09%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (20.45%) Finance
2 7 (15.91%) Games
2 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 7 (15.91%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (15.91%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.82%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (45.45%) Windows
2 7 (15.91%) Unix
2 7 (15.91%) VMS
2 7 (15.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (68.18%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 21 (47.73%) Vulnerability Management
4 20 (45.45%) Patch Management
5 10 (22.73%) Security Operations
6 9 (20.45%) ITIL
7 7 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (15.91%) Change Advisory Board
7 7 (15.91%) Change Management
7 7 (15.91%) Information Security
7 7 (15.91%) SIEM
7 7 (15.91%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
8 6 (13.64%) Incident Response
8 6 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (13.64%) Problem Management
8 6 (13.64%) Risk Analysis
8 6 (13.64%) Threat Detection
8 6 (13.64%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
1 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) CEH
2 1 (2.27%) CEPT
2 1 (2.27%) CISM
2 1 (2.27%) CISSP
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (15.91%) PCI DSS
3 6 (13.64%) GDPR
3 6 (13.64%) GRC
3 6 (13.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (29.55%) WSUS
2 7 (15.91%) SCCM
3 6 (13.64%) CSIRT
4 4 (9.09%) Nmap
5 2 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.18%) Qualys
3 7 (15.91%) Apple