Vulnerability Research Contracts

Vulnerability Research
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 704 842
Rank change year-on-year +116 +138 -153
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Research 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.002% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.002% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.71%
75th Percentile £738 - £788
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £775

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Research in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Research in the UK

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Top 4 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +117 3 £725 - 9
London +89 2 £725 - 2
South West - 1 - - 3
UK excluding London - 1 - - 6

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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:

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