Vulnerability Scanning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 650 647 931
Rank change year-on-year -3 +284 -179
Permanent jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 238 344 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.36% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 199 211 208
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK

Vulnerability Scanning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in the UK

Vulnerability Scanning
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 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
England +1 221 £60,000 +8.00% 60
UK excluding London -38 129 £50,000 -4.76% 40
London +59 106 £74,750 +15.00% 29
Work from Home +53 85 £55,000 -1.00% 42
North of England +54 47 £48,750 -7.14% 17
South West -23 25 £45,000 -2.70% 2
South East -24 24 £75,000 +42.86% 10
Yorkshire +86 21 £50,000 - 9
North West +4 16 £45,000 -35.71% 7
Midlands -15 16 £65,000 +52.94% 2
East Midlands -15 14 £65,000 +87.97%
Scotland -63 11 £40,000 -24.88% 2
North East +8 10 £41,250 -25.00% 1
Northern Ireland +33 3 £90,000 +111.76% 1
Wales +5 2 - - 5
West Midlands +2 2 £65,000 +52.94% 2
East of England +3 1 - - 1

Vulnerability Scanning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (0.42%) Misys Opics
1 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 76 (31.93%) Azure
2 53 (22.27%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (16.81%) AWS
4 21 (8.82%) Entra ID
5 17 (7.14%) SaaS
6 11 (4.62%) Google Workspace
7 9 (3.78%) PaaS
8 8 (3.36%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.36%) Cloudflare
8 8 (3.36%) IaaS
9 4 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.68%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 3 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.84%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.84%) AWS Control Tower
11 2 (0.84%) GCP
12 1 (0.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.42%) CloudFront
12 1 (0.42%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 91 (38.24%) Firewall
2 54 (22.69%) Network Security
3 25 (10.50%) DNS
4 18 (7.56%) Wireless
5 17 (7.14%) VPN
6 15 (6.30%) Intrusion Detection
7 13 (5.46%) LAN
7 13 (5.46%) VLAN
7 13 (5.46%) WAN
8 11 (4.62%) Broadband
8 11 (4.62%) NAS
9 8 (3.36%) Wireshark
10 5 (2.10%) BGP
10 5 (2.10%) DHCP
10 5 (2.10%) DMZ
11 4 (1.68%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (1.68%) Internet
11 4 (1.68%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (13.03%) Burp Suite
1 31 (13.03%) Metasploit
2 7 (2.94%) Snyk
3 6 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.84%) JIRA
5 1 (0.42%) GitLab
General
1 79 (33.19%) Social Skills
2 66 (27.73%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.66%) Finance
4 19 (7.98%) Games
5 17 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.14%) Retail
6 15 (6.30%) Law
7 10 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.20%) Legal
8 8 (3.36%) Banking
8 8 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.36%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.94%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.94%) Aviation
9 7 (2.94%) Military
10 2 (0.84%) Police
10 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 57 (23.95%) Analyst
2 48 (20.17%) Security Analyst
3 36 (15.13%) Senior
4 35 (14.71%) Penetration Tester
4 35 (14.71%) Tester
5 33 (13.87%) Consultant
6 23 (9.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 22 (9.24%) Security Consultant
8 19 (7.98%) IT Analyst
8 19 (7.98%) IT Security Analyst
9 17 (7.14%) Architect
10 15 (6.30%) IT Consultant
10 15 (6.30%) Security Engineer
11 13 (5.46%) Lead
12 11 (4.62%) Information Security Consultant
12 11 (4.62%) IT Engineer
13 10 (4.20%) Infrastructure Architect
13 10 (4.20%) Security Manager
14 9 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (3.78%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.36%) Laravel
2 2 (0.84%) OAuth
2 2 (0.84%) OpenID
2 2 (0.84%) SAML
3 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.42%) ADO
3 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.42%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.18%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (10.92%) Cyberattack
3 22 (9.24%) Management Information System
4 21 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
5 19 (7.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 18 (7.56%) Onboarding
7 13 (5.46%) IoT
7 13 (5.46%) Security Posture
8 12 (5.04%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (4.62%) PKI
10 10 (4.20%) Cyber Security Posture
11 9 (3.78%) Operational Technology
12 7 (2.94%) Public Cloud
13 6 (2.52%) Data Centre
14 4 (1.68%) Cloud Native
15 3 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
15 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
15 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
16 2 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 2 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 61 (25.63%) Windows
2 52 (21.85%) Linux
3 44 (18.49%) Windows Server
4 31 (13.03%) Kali Linux
5 21 (8.82%) Unix
6 12 (5.04%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.78%) Windows 10
7 9 (3.78%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.68%) VMS
10 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.42%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (71.01%) Cybersecurity
2 92 (38.66%) Information Security
3 91 (38.24%) Penetration Testing
4 84 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (34.87%) SIEM
6 58 (24.37%) Vulnerability Management
7 56 (23.53%) Incident Response
8 53 (22.27%) Security Operations
9 49 (20.59%) Computer Science
10 46 (19.33%) Security Testing
11 42 (17.65%) Data Protection
12 37 (15.55%) Red Team
13 34 (14.29%) Application Security
13 34 (14.29%) Cloud Security
14 30 (12.61%) Malware Analysis
15 28 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
15 28 (11.76%) Reverse Engineering
16 26 (10.92%) Identity Management
16 26 (10.92%) Threat Intelligence
17 25 (10.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 29 (12.18%) PowerShell
2 24 (10.08%) Bash
3 23 (9.66%) Python
4 8 (3.36%) PHP
4 8 (3.36%) Rust
5 6 (2.52%) SQL
6 3 (1.26%) Java
6 3 (1.26%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (28.15%) Degree
2 40 (16.81%) CISSP
3 33 (13.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (8.82%) Master's Degree
5 20 (8.40%) Security Cleared
6 14 (5.88%) CISA
6 14 (5.88%) CISM
7 12 (5.04%) CREST Certified
8 11 (4.62%) CEH
8 11 (4.62%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (3.78%) CISMP
9 9 (3.78%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (3.78%) SC Cleared
10 8 (3.36%) OSCP
11 7 (2.94%) SANS
12 6 (2.52%) GIAC
13 5 (2.10%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.68%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.68%) CCSAM
14 4 (1.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (30.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 38 (15.97%) GDPR
4 26 (10.92%) NIST
5 21 (8.82%) SOC 2
6 20 (8.40%) PCI DSS
7 15 (6.30%) NCSC
8 10 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 9 (3.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (2.94%) COBIT
10 7 (2.94%) DO-254
10 7 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (2.52%) GRC
12 4 (1.68%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.84%) SLA
14 1 (0.42%) GxP
14 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 42 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.56%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.68%) Docker
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (10.92%) Nessus
2 16 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (5.46%) SCCM
4 11 (4.62%) CASB
4 11 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.94%) Nexpose
5 7 (2.94%) WSUS
6 6 (2.52%) CSIRT
6 6 (2.52%) Terraform
7 4 (1.68%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.68%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.26%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (1.26%) Nmap
8 3 (1.26%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.84%) Grafana
9 2 (0.84%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.84%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.42%) QRadar
10 1 (0.42%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (38.66%) Microsoft
2 31 (13.03%) VMware
3 20 (8.40%) Qualys
4 14 (5.88%) Cisco
5 12 (5.04%) Google
6 11 (4.62%) Apple
7 8 (3.36%) Dell
8 6 (2.52%) PagerDuty
9 5 (2.10%) HP
10 4 (1.68%) Aderant
10 4 (1.68%) arcserve
10 4 (1.68%) Avaya
10 4 (1.68%) Citrix
10 4 (1.68%) F5
10 4 (1.68%) IBM
10 4 (1.68%) iManage
10 4 (1.68%) Oracle
10 4 (1.68%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.26%) Clearswift
11 3 (1.26%) McAfee