Vulnerability Scanning Jobs in England

Vulnerability Scanning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Vulnerability Scanning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Scanning over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 618 616 892
Rank change year-on-year -2 +276 -171
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 223 305 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.37% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 186 186 181
10th Percentile £42,125 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,527 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -14.57% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,938 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Scanning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,781 82,738 134,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.16% 95.57% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54,521 49,312 73,714
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,329 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Scanning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in England

Vulnerability Scanning
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 Scanning 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
London +96 107 £74,500 +14.62% 23
North of England +67 48 £48,750 -7.14% 12
South West -26 25 £45,000 +5.88% 2
South East -27 24 £75,000 +42.86% 6
Yorkshire +82 21 £50,000 - 6
North West +13 17 £45,000 -35.71% 5
Midlands -13 16 £65,000 +52.94% 2
East Midlands -12 14 £65,000 +87.97% 1
North East +3 10 £43,750 -20.45% 1
West Midlands -1 2 £65,000 +52.94% 1
East of England -7 1 - - 3
Vulnerability Scanning
UK

Vulnerability Scanning
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 9 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.45%) Misys Opics
1 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (27.80%) Azure
2 49 (21.97%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (16.59%) AWS
4 18 (8.07%) SaaS
5 16 (7.17%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.93%) Google Workspace
7 10 (4.48%) PaaS
8 9 (4.04%) IaaS
9 8 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (3.59%) Cloudflare
10 5 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 3 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
12 2 (0.90%) AWS Control Tower
12 2 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.90%) GCP
13 1 (0.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 88 (39.46%) Firewall
2 55 (24.66%) Network Security
3 23 (10.31%) DNS
4 18 (8.07%) Wireless
5 17 (7.62%) VPN
6 15 (6.73%) Intrusion Detection
7 14 (6.28%) VLAN
8 11 (4.93%) Broadband
8 11 (4.93%) LAN
8 11 (4.93%) NAS
8 11 (4.93%) WAN
9 8 (3.59%) Wireshark
10 6 (2.69%) BGP
10 6 (2.69%) DMZ
11 5 (2.24%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (2.24%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
12 4 (1.79%) DHCP
12 4 (1.79%) MPLS
12 4 (1.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (13.90%) Burp Suite
1 31 (13.90%) Metasploit
2 7 (3.14%) Snyk
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 80 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 66 (29.60%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.52%) Games
4 18 (8.07%) Finance
5 17 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.73%) Retail
7 14 (6.28%) Law
8 8 (3.59%) Banking
8 8 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.14%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.14%) Aviation
9 7 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.14%) Legal
9 7 (3.14%) Military
10 3 (1.35%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.90%) Police
12 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (23.77%) Analyst
2 44 (19.73%) Security Analyst
3 35 (15.70%) Penetration Tester
3 35 (15.70%) Tester
4 33 (14.80%) Consultant
4 33 (14.80%) Senior
5 22 (9.87%) Security Consultant
6 20 (8.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 19 (8.52%) IT Analyst
7 19 (8.52%) IT Security Analyst
8 17 (7.62%) Architect
9 15 (6.73%) IT Consultant
10 12 (5.38%) Lead
10 12 (5.38%) Security Engineer
11 11 (4.93%) Information Security Consultant
12 10 (4.48%) Infrastructure Architect
12 10 (4.48%) Network Engineer
12 10 (4.48%) Senior Network Engineer
13 9 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 9 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.59%) Laravel
2 2 (0.90%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth
2 2 (0.90%) OpenID
2 2 (0.90%) SAML
3 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.00%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (10.76%) Cyberattack
3 21 (9.42%) Data Protection Act
4 19 (8.52%) Management Information System
4 19 (8.52%) Onboarding
4 19 (8.52%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (5.83%) Security Posture
5 13 (5.83%) Video Conferencing
6 11 (4.93%) PKI
7 10 (4.48%) IoT
8 7 (3.14%) Cyber Security Posture
8 7 (3.14%) Data Centre
8 7 (3.14%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.69%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.35%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.90%) Life Science
11 2 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (24.66%) Windows
2 52 (23.32%) Linux
3 39 (17.49%) Windows Server
4 31 (13.90%) Kali Linux
5 18 (8.07%) Unix
6 11 (4.93%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.59%) Windows 10
8 5 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.79%) VMS
9 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.45%) AIX
11 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (72.20%) Cybersecurity
2 89 (39.91%) Penetration Testing
3 84 (37.67%) Information Security
4 78 (34.98%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (34.53%) SIEM
6 58 (26.01%) Incident Response
7 51 (22.87%) Security Operations
7 51 (22.87%) Vulnerability Management
8 48 (21.52%) Computer Science
9 46 (20.63%) Security Testing
10 42 (18.83%) Data Protection
11 37 (16.59%) Red Team
12 32 (14.35%) Application Security
13 30 (13.45%) Malware Analysis
14 29 (13.00%) Cloud Security
15 28 (12.56%) Critical Thinking
15 28 (12.56%) Reverse Engineering
16 26 (11.66%) Identity Management
17 25 (11.21%) ITIL
18 23 (10.31%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.00%) PowerShell
2 24 (10.76%) Bash
3 20 (8.97%) Python
4 8 (3.59%) PHP
4 8 (3.59%) Rust
5 6 (2.69%) SQL
6 3 (1.35%) Java
6 3 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (28.25%) Degree
2 42 (18.83%) CISSP
3 33 (14.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (9.42%) Master's Degree
5 20 (8.97%) Security Cleared
6 14 (6.28%) CISA
6 14 (6.28%) CISM
7 13 (5.83%) CREST Certified
8 11 (4.93%) CEH
8 11 (4.93%) CompTIA CySA+
9 10 (4.48%) CISMP
10 9 (4.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (4.04%) SC Cleared
11 8 (3.59%) OSCP
12 7 (3.14%) SANS
13 6 (2.69%) GIAC
14 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (1.79%) CCSAM
15 4 (1.79%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (30.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (17.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 37 (16.59%) GDPR
4 24 (10.76%) NIST
5 20 (8.97%) PCI DSS
6 19 (8.52%) SOC 2
7 12 (5.38%) NCSC
8 10 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (4.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (3.14%) COBIT
10 7 (3.14%) DO-254
10 7 (3.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (2.69%) GRC
12 4 (1.79%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.90%) SLA
14 1 (0.45%) GxP
14 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 37 (16.59%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (5.83%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.35%) Docker
6 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (12.11%) Nessus
2 11 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (4.48%) CASB
4 9 (4.04%) SCCM
5 7 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (3.14%) Nexpose
5 7 (3.14%) WSUS
6 6 (2.69%) CSIRT
7 4 (1.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.35%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (1.35%) Nmap
8 3 (1.35%) Terraform
9 2 (0.90%) Grafana
9 2 (0.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.90%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.45%) DatAdvantage
10 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.45%) QRadar
10 1 (0.45%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 88 (39.46%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.66%) VMware
3 20 (8.97%) Qualys
4 15 (6.73%) Cisco
5 12 (5.38%) Google
6 11 (4.93%) Apple
7 6 (2.69%) PagerDuty
8 4 (1.79%) arcserve
8 4 (1.79%) Avaya
8 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
8 4 (1.79%) Citrix
8 4 (1.79%) F5
8 4 (1.79%) IBM
8 4 (1.79%) Oracle
8 4 (1.79%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.79%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.79%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.35%) Clearswift
9 3 (1.35%) Dell
9 3 (1.35%) McAfee