Network Mapper (Nmap)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Nmap skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Nmap over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 717 886 929
Rank change year-on-year +169 +43 +325
Permanent jobs citing Nmap 4 35 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.032% 0.018%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.069% 0.35% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 28 9
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £44,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +38.10% -19.23%
75th Percentile £74,688 £120,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,375 - £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £56,500 -
% change year-on-year +19.47% - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Nmap falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,783 9,884 13,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.28% 9.11% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,115 6,957 8,638
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -7.41% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.60% +2.63%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Nmap in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Nmap.

Salary trend for Nmap in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Nmap over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Nmap in the UK

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Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Nmap within the UK over the 6 months to 10 June 2025. 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
UK excluding London +188 3 £67,500 +19.47% 6
England +135 3 £67,500 -6.90% 9
South West +111 2 £67,500 - 1
Work from Home +95 1 £37,500 -48.28% 12
Scotland - 1 £37,500 -

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Red Team
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Purple Team
4 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) OSCP
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
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