Vulnerability Research Contracts in England

Vulnerability Research
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Vulnerability Research skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Research over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 661 778
Rank change year-on-year +129 +117 -148
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Research 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.004% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.004% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £725 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Research is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Research as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Research in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Research in England.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Research in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Research within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +101 2 £725 -
South West - 1 - -
Vulnerability Research
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Application Security
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Perl
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
1 2 (66.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS