Vulnerability Scanning Jobs in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Scanning
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 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 646 603 722
Rank change year-on-year -43 +119 -147
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 129 151 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 95 92 90
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,725 £36,925
25th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +3.00%
75th Percentile £65,625 £61,438 £66,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,475
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
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,033 55,511 69,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.47% 95.56% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 42,006 28,806 41,464
10th Percentile £27,336 £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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Scanning
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 Scanning within the UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland -55 10 £40,000 -22.52% 1
Northern Ireland +22 3 £90,000 +111.76% 1
Wales -1 2 - - 2
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 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (41.86%) Azure
2 35 (27.13%) AWS
3 27 (20.93%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (11.63%) Entra ID
5 11 (8.53%) SaaS
6 8 (6.20%) Amazon ECS
6 8 (6.20%) Cloudflare
7 3 (2.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (2.33%) IaaS
7 3 (2.33%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.55%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (1.55%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.78%) CloudFront
9 1 (0.78%) GitHub
9 1 (0.78%) PaaS
9 1 (0.78%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (34.88%) Firewall
2 18 (13.95%) Network Security
3 14 (10.85%) VPN
4 13 (10.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (7.75%) VLAN
6 9 (6.98%) LAN
6 9 (6.98%) WAN
7 8 (6.20%) DNS
8 5 (3.88%) Wireless
9 4 (3.10%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.33%) DHCP
10 3 (2.33%) Internet
11 2 (1.55%) BGP
11 2 (1.55%) DMZ
11 2 (1.55%) HTTP
11 2 (1.55%) IPsec
11 2 (1.55%) OSPF
11 2 (1.55%) SMTP
11 2 (1.55%) tcpdump
11 2 (1.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.33%) Burp Suite
2 3 (2.33%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.55%) JIRA
General
1 26 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.30%) Retail
4 9 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (6.20%) Games
5 8 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (6.20%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.43%) Aerospace
6 7 (5.43%) Aviation
6 7 (5.43%) Legal
6 7 (5.43%) Military
7 5 (3.88%) Finance
8 4 (3.10%) Law
9 3 (2.33%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (29.46%) Analyst
2 34 (26.36%) Security Analyst
3 16 (12.40%) Architect
4 15 (11.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 13 (10.08%) Consultant
5 13 (10.08%) Security Consultant
5 13 (10.08%) Senior
6 11 (8.53%) Information Security Consultant
7 10 (7.75%) Infrastructure Architect
7 10 (7.75%) IT Engineer
7 10 (7.75%) Lead
7 10 (7.75%) Security Engineer
8 9 (6.98%) IT Analyst
8 9 (6.98%) IT Security Analyst
9 8 (6.20%) Junior
9 8 (6.20%) Technical Leader
10 7 (5.43%) Junior Analyst
10 7 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (5.43%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (5.43%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.20%) Laravel
2 2 (1.55%) OAuth
2 2 (1.55%) OpenID
2 2 (1.55%) SAML
3 1 (0.78%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.28%) Data Protection Act
2 16 (12.40%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (10.08%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (9.30%) Cyberattack
4 12 (9.30%) IoT
5 11 (8.53%) Security Posture
6 10 (7.75%) Management Information System
7 8 (6.20%) Operational Technology
8 6 (4.65%) Public Cloud
9 5 (3.88%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
11 3 (2.33%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.33%) Data Centre
11 3 (2.33%) Mobile App
11 3 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (1.55%) Life Science
12 2 (1.55%) NHS
12 2 (1.55%) PKI
12 2 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.58%) Windows
2 19 (14.73%) Windows Server
3 13 (10.08%) Linux
3 13 (10.08%) Unix
4 4 (3.10%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.33%) Kali Linux
5 3 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.55%) VMS
6 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (68.99%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (35.66%) SIEM
3 45 (34.88%) Incident Response
3 45 (34.88%) Information Security
4 40 (31.01%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (31.01%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (28.68%) Penetration Testing
6 33 (25.58%) Cloud Security
7 32 (24.81%) Security Operations
8 25 (19.38%) Data Protection
9 20 (15.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 20 (15.50%) Threat Intelligence
10 17 (13.18%) ITIL
10 17 (13.18%) Security Auditing
11 14 (10.85%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (10.85%) Incident Management
11 14 (10.85%) Security Testing
12 13 (10.08%) Computer Science
13 12 (9.30%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (9.30%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.93%) PowerShell
2 21 (16.28%) Python
3 12 (9.30%) Bash
4 8 (6.20%) PHP
4 8 (6.20%) Rust
5 3 (2.33%) Java
5 3 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (23.26%) CISSP
2 21 (16.28%) Degree
3 12 (9.30%) CISA
4 11 (8.53%) CompTIA CySA+
5 10 (7.75%) Master's Degree
6 9 (6.98%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (6.20%) OSCP
8 6 (4.65%) CISM
8 6 (4.65%) CISMP
8 6 (4.65%) GIAC
8 6 (4.65%) SANS
8 6 (4.65%) Security Cleared
9 5 (3.88%) CEH
9 5 (3.88%) CREST Certified
9 5 (3.88%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.33%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.33%) OSCE
11 2 (1.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (1.55%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (29.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (23.26%) GDPR
3 25 (19.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (17.05%) NIST
5 12 (9.30%) PCI DSS
6 10 (7.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (7.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (7.75%) SOC 2
7 7 (5.43%) DO-254
7 7 (5.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (4.65%) COBIT
9 5 (3.88%) NCSC
10 2 (1.55%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.78%) GxP
11 1 (0.78%) QA
11 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (14.73%) Active Directory
2 16 (12.40%) Hyper-V
3 10 (7.75%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.33%) Docker
6 2 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (8.53%) Nessus
3 10 (7.75%) CASB
4 5 (3.88%) SCCM
5 3 (2.33%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.33%) Nmap
5 3 (2.33%) Terraform
5 3 (2.33%) WSUS
6 2 (1.55%) Grafana
6 2 (1.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.55%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.55%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.78%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.78%) QRadar
7 1 (0.78%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.78%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (41.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.98%) VMware
3 7 (5.43%) Qualys
4 6 (4.65%) Dell
4 6 (4.65%) PagerDuty
5 4 (3.10%) HP
6 3 (2.33%) Aderant
6 3 (2.33%) Cisco
6 3 (2.33%) iManage
7 2 (1.55%) Juniper
7 2 (1.55%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.78%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.78%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.78%) NetApp
8 1 (0.78%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.78%) SonicWALL
8 1 (0.78%) Splunk
8 1 (0.78%) Symantec
8 1 (0.78%) Varonis