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Vulnerability Management Analyst Jobs & Careers
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HOK Consulting connects Vulnerability Management Analysts with organisations identifying, assessing and reducing security weaknesses across complex technology environments through permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, vulnerability scanning, remediation, risk assessment or wider Security Operations, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
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What Does a Vulnerability Management Analyst Do?
Vulnerability Management Analysts identify, assess and help organisations remediate security weaknesses across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms and endpoints.
The role commonly involves analysing vulnerability scanning data, prioritising findings according to risk, tracking remediation activity and working with technology teams to reduce exposure across the organisation.
Vulnerability Management Analysts often work alongside Security Operations Engineers, Security Engineers, infrastructure teams, cloud specialists and application owners to ensure vulnerabilities are understood, prioritised and addressed effectively.
Vulnerability Management Analyst Skills & Experience
The exact requirements vary between organisations and technology estates, but Vulnerability Management Analyst roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- Vulnerability Management
- Threat and Vulnerability Management
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Vulnerability Remediation
- Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
- Risk Assessment
- Tenable
- Qualys
- Rapid7
- Security Operations
- Incident Response
- Threat Detection
- SIEM
- Cloud Security
- Network Security
- Patch Management
- PCI DSS
- ISO 27001
- NIST
- Cyber Essentials
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vulnerability Management Analysts may work across enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, applications, endpoints or specialist environments depending on the organisation and security programme.
Strong analytical and communication skills are particularly important when interpreting vulnerability data, assessing business risk and working with technical teams to drive remediation rather than simply reporting findings.
Typical Vulnerability Management Analyst Responsibilities
- Running and analysing vulnerability scans across technology environments
- Reviewing findings from tools such as Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7
- Validating vulnerabilities and investigating potential false positives
- Prioritising vulnerabilities according to severity, exploitability and business risk
- Working with infrastructure, cloud and application teams to coordinate remediation
- Tracking vulnerabilities through to resolution
- Producing vulnerability dashboards, reports and security metrics
- Supporting patch management and remediation programmes
- Monitoring emerging vulnerabilities and security threats
- Supporting risk assessments and security assurance activities
- Providing vulnerability management guidance to operational teams
- Helping improve vulnerability management processes and security controls
Responsibilities vary depending on the organisation and whether the role focuses on infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, enterprise vulnerability programmes or wider threat and vulnerability management.
Vulnerability Management Analyst Salary Expectations
Vulnerability Management Analyst salaries vary according to experience, location, sector, security technologies and the scale and complexity of the environment being assessed.
Permanent Vulnerability Management Analyst
Around £65,500 per year
Broader UK Vulnerability Management market median
Contract Vulnerability Management Analyst
Around £550 per day
Broader UK Vulnerability Management contract median
Senior Vulnerability Management Analysts and professionals with specialist cloud security, application security, financial services or large-scale enterprise vulnerability management experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide. Current exact-title salary samples are very small, so the figures use the much larger Vulnerability Management skills market to provide a more representative benchmark.
Vulnerability Management Analyst Career Progression
Vulnerability Management can lead into senior vulnerability, security engineering, security operations and wider cyber security leadership positions.
Typical Vulnerability Management Analyst Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
Vulnerability Management Analysts may also progress into roles such as:
- Security Operations Engineer
- Security Engineer
- Threat Intelligence Analyst
- Penetration Tester
- Security Architect
- Information Security Manager
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your vulnerability management expertise, move into offensive or defensive security engineering or take responsibility for wider cyber security programmes and teams.
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Tell us about the environments you’ve assessed, the vulnerability management tools you work with and the type of cyber security opportunity you’re looking for.
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Vulnerability Management forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider Cyber Security recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with professionals across security engineering, security operations, cloud security, identity, cyber risk, threat intelligence and operational resilience.
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HOK Consulting supports organisations looking for experienced Vulnerability Management Analysts across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re improving vulnerability detection, accelerating remediation, strengthening cloud security or developing an enterprise vulnerability management programme, speak to HOK about your requirements.