Vulnerability Assessment Jobs with Work from Home Options

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Vulnerability Assessment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Assessment 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 532 542 638
Rank change year-on-year +10 +96 -152
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 53 110 232
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.28% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.29% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 43 92 190
10th Percentile £43,950 £39,450 £39,975
25th Percentile £54,436 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% -10.34%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £71,725
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £56,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +20.54% -8.57% -11.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Vulnerability Assessment 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Vulnerability Assessment
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Vulnerability Assessment trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Vulnerability Assessment salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Vulnerability Assessment salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 19 (35.85%) AWS
3 9 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (15.09%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (11.32%) Amazon ECS
5 6 (11.32%) Datadog
5 6 (11.32%) Entra ID
6 4 (7.55%) Amazon S3
7 3 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (5.66%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 3 (5.66%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (5.66%) Azure AKS
7 3 (5.66%) GCP
7 3 (5.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (5.66%) Route 53
7 3 (5.66%) SaaS
7 3 (5.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (49.06%) Firewall
2 10 (18.87%) Wireless
3 6 (11.32%) Network Security
4 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.77%) DHCP
5 2 (3.77%) DNS
5 2 (3.77%) Internet
5 2 (3.77%) LAN
5 2 (3.77%) OSPF
5 2 (3.77%) Wireless Security
5 2 (3.77%) WLAN
6 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.89%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) GitLab
1 6 (11.32%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.77%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.77%) Metasploit
General
1 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Finance
3 7 (13.21%) Legal
3 7 (13.21%) Marketing
4 6 (11.32%) Manufacturing
5 5 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.55%) Law
7 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (5.66%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Analyst
1 13 (24.53%) Security Analyst
2 11 (20.75%) Penetration Tester
2 11 (20.75%) Senior
2 11 (20.75%) Tester
3 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (15.09%) Lead
4 8 (15.09%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 8 (15.09%) Senior Tester
5 7 (13.21%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Lead DevOps
6 6 (11.32%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Security Penetration Tester
6 6 (11.32%) Security Tester
7 4 (7.55%) Security Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Development Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Information Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Information Security Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Management Information System
2 8 (15.09%) Security Posture
3 6 (11.32%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (7.55%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (3.77%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (3.77%) IoT
6 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Unix
3 7 (13.21%) Linux
4 5 (9.43%) Windows 10
4 5 (9.43%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.77%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (66.04%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (43.40%) Penetration Testing
3 20 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (32.08%) Cloud Security
5 16 (30.19%) Information Security
6 15 (28.30%) Incident Response
7 12 (22.64%) SIEM
8 11 (20.75%) Security Architecture
9 10 (18.87%) Containerisation
9 10 (18.87%) Deployment Automation
9 10 (18.87%) DevOps
10 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
10 9 (16.98%) Microservices
11 7 (13.21%) Application Security
11 7 (13.21%) Continuous Delivery
11 7 (13.21%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (13.21%) OWASP
11 7 (13.21%) Security Testing
11 7 (13.21%) Server Management
11 7 (13.21%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.98%) Python
2 6 (11.32%) Bash
3 3 (5.66%) C++
4 2 (3.77%) C#
4 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) Degree
2 12 (22.64%) AWS Certification
3 11 (20.75%) CISSP
4 10 (18.87%) CREST Certified
5 9 (16.98%) CHECK Team Member
5 9 (16.98%) CISM
5 9 (16.98%) OSCP
6 7 (13.21%) CHECK Team Leader
7 6 (11.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (11.32%) Cyber Scheme
7 6 (11.32%) PCI QSA
7 6 (11.32%) Tigerscheme
8 5 (9.43%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (7.55%) CISA
9 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.66%) CCNA
10 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (5.66%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (41.51%) NIST
2 15 (28.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (15.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (13.21%) GRC
5 6 (11.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (11.32%) PCI DSS
6 3 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (3.77%) HIPAA
7 2 (3.77%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.89%) GDPR
8 1 (1.89%) GxP
8 1 (1.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) Active Directory
2 9 (16.98%) Docker
3 3 (5.66%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.66%) KVM
3 3 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Kubernetes
2 9 (16.98%) Terraform
3 6 (11.32%) Consul
3 6 (11.32%) Puppet
4 4 (7.55%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (5.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (3.77%) Nmap
7 1 (1.89%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.89%) QRadar
7 1 (1.89%) SCCM
7 1 (1.89%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (1.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) Intel
3 3 (5.66%) Cisco
3 3 (5.66%) Google
3 3 (5.66%) VMware
4 2 (3.77%) Qualys
5 1 (1.89%) arcserve
5 1 (1.89%) LogRhythm
5 1 (1.89%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.89%) Splunk
5 1 (1.89%) Symantec
5 1 (1.89%) Thales
5 1 (1.89%) Varonis
5 1 (1.89%) Veeam
5 1 (1.89%) Zscaler