Vulnerability Assessment Contracts in London

Vulnerability Assessment
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Vulnerability Assessment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 453 541
Rank change year-on-year +124 +88 -98
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 64 46 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 30 47
10th Percentile £375 £370 £385
25th Percentile £404 £443 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £528 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.32% +1.44% +30.00%
75th Percentile £594 £637 £691
90th Percentile £750 £739 £738
England median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +38.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £72.40 -
% change year-on-year -3.31% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Vulnerability Assessment 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,803 24,767 35,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 91.14% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,321 17,758 26,094
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 288 429
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.23
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.86 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +9.86% +10.18%
75th Percentile £47.50 £62.55 £50.00
90th Percentile £66.10 £78.15 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in London.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in London.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Central London +54 8 £700 +12.90% 1
East London - 3 £380 -
West London - 1 £450 -
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Azure
2 5 (7.81%) AWS
3 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (3.13%) GCP
4 2 (3.13%) GitHub
4 2 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.56%) Figma
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.56%) SaaS
5 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.00%) Firewall
2 15 (23.44%) Network Security
3 14 (21.88%) BGP
3 14 (21.88%) MPLS
4 7 (10.94%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (10.94%) IOS XR
4 7 (10.94%) RSVP
5 6 (9.38%) Wireless
6 5 (7.81%) 5G
6 5 (7.81%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 5 (7.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (4.69%) VPN
7 3 (4.69%) WAN
8 2 (3.13%) Broadband
8 2 (3.13%) DNS
8 2 (3.13%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (3.13%) IPv6
8 2 (3.13%) L2TP
8 2 (3.13%) LAN
8 2 (3.13%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Git
2 3 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.56%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 20 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.13%) Multimedia
4 2 (3.13%) Retail
4 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.56%) Advertising
5 1 (1.56%) Banking
5 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.56%) Law
5 1 (1.56%) Legal
5 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Network Engineer
2 13 (20.31%) Design Engineer
2 13 (20.31%) Network Design Engineer
3 10 (15.63%) Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Consultant
5 6 (9.38%) Administrator
5 6 (9.38%) Server Administrator
6 5 (7.81%) Security Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Windows Administrator
6 5 (7.81%) Windows Server Administrator
7 4 (6.25%) Core Network Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (6.25%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.69%) Architect
8 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) Lead
8 3 (4.69%) Penetration Tester
8 3 (4.69%) SAP Consultant
8 3 (4.69%) SAP Security Consultant
8 3 (4.69%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.19%) JSON
1 11 (17.19%) NETCONF
1 11 (17.19%) XML
1 11 (17.19%) YANG
2 2 (3.13%) OpenID
2 2 (3.13%) SAML
3 1 (1.56%) CSS
3 1 (1.56%) EDI
3 1 (1.56%) Flutter
3 1 (1.56%) HTML
3 1 (1.56%) Jest
3 1 (1.56%) Node.js
3 1 (1.56%) React Native
3 1 (1.56%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Mobile App
2 7 (10.94%) Distributed Architecture
3 6 (9.38%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.81%) IoT
4 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.56%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.56%) PKI
7 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (26.56%) Windows
2 11 (17.19%) Linux
3 6 (9.38%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.25%) VMS
5 3 (4.69%) Unix
6 2 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.56%) CentOS
7 1 (1.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (40.63%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (31.25%) DevOps
3 18 (28.13%) Penetration Testing
4 14 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (20.31%) Business Strategy
5 13 (20.31%) Information Security
5 13 (20.31%) Network Design
6 12 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
6 12 (18.75%) Roadmaps
7 11 (17.19%) Risk Management
8 10 (15.63%) OWASP
8 10 (15.63%) Threat Modelling
9 9 (14.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (12.50%) Agile
11 7 (10.94%) Business Case
11 7 (10.94%) Configuration Management
11 7 (10.94%) Incident Response
11 7 (10.94%) Red Team
11 7 (10.94%) Requirements Gathering
11 7 (10.94%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 20 (31.25%) Python
2 7 (10.94%) C#
3 6 (9.38%) Go
4 3 (4.69%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.56%) C
5 1 (1.56%) C++
5 1 (1.56%) Java
5 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.56%) Perl
5 1 (1.56%) Ruby
5 1 (1.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 10 (15.63%) CCNP
2 10 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (15.63%) CISSP
3 9 (14.06%) CREST Certified
4 8 (12.50%) GIAC
5 7 (10.94%) CEH
5 7 (10.94%) CISM
5 7 (10.94%) OSCP
6 6 (9.38%) CHECK Team Leader
6 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
7 4 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (6.25%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.69%) CRISC
9 2 (3.13%) CSSLP
9 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.13%) GCIA
9 2 (3.13%) GCIH
9 2 (3.13%) GPEN
9 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.88%) NIST
2 6 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.25%) ISO 31000
3 4 (6.25%) NCSC
4 3 (4.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (4.69%) COBIT
4 3 (4.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (4.69%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.13%) ISO 22301
5 2 (3.13%) QA
6 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.56%) GRC
6 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Firmware
2 4 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.50%) Ansible
2 5 (7.81%) FortiGate
2 5 (7.81%) Nessus
3 2 (3.13%) CSIRT
3 2 (3.13%) QRadar
3 2 (3.13%) Terraform
4 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.56%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Nokia
2 10 (15.63%) Cisco
2 10 (15.63%) Qualys
3 6 (9.38%) Palo Alto
4 5 (7.81%) F5
4 5 (7.81%) Fortinet
4 5 (7.81%) Veeam
4 5 (7.81%) VMware
5 4 (6.25%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.25%) SAP
6 3 (4.69%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.13%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (3.13%) Huawei
7 2 (3.13%) Okta
7 2 (3.13%) Oracle
7 2 (3.13%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.56%) Arista
8 1 (1.56%) Juniper
8 1 (1.56%) Meraki