Vulnerability Research Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 751 704 837
Rank change year-on-year -47 +133 -160
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Research 19 29 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.051% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.054% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 3
10th Percentile £32,500 £56,250 £53,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £58,438 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.27% +20.40% +13.64%
75th Percentile £69,375 £91,250 £70,625
90th Percentile £76,875 - £71,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,500 £68,000
% change year-on-year -14.89% +3.68% +23.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Vulnerability Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Vulnerability Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Research in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Research
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Research within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
West Midlands -11 10 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Midlands -12 10 £60,000 -14.29% 3
South West -27 6 £52,500 - 4
South East -11 2 £32,500 -18.75% 4
North of England +23 1 £60,000 -31.43%
North West -14 1 £60,000 -
Vulnerability Research
UK

Vulnerability Research
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) 5G
2 1 (5.26%) 3GPP
2 1 (5.26%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (5.26%) HTTP
2 1 (5.26%) SCTP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
2 4 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (15.79%) Legal
4 2 (10.53%) Automotive
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Vulnerability Researcher
2 9 (47.37%) Senior
3 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Security Researcher
5 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Security Tester
5 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Tester
5 1 (5.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) MEAN Stack
1 1 (5.26%) MERN Stack
1 1 (5.26%) Node.js
1 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Cloud Native
1 3 (15.79%) Cyberattack
2 2 (10.53%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Android
1 3 (15.79%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Reverse Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Automation
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Line Management
5 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.53%) Computer Security
6 1 (5.26%) Agile
6 1 (5.26%) Fuzz Testing
6 1 (5.26%) OSINT
6 1 (5.26%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (5.26%) SDLC
6 1 (5.26%) Security Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.26%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C++
1 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.79%) C
2 3 (15.79%) Go
2 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.79%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) Ruby
3 2 (10.53%) Perl
4 1 (5.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 11 (57.89%) DV Cleared
2 11 (57.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes