Vulnerability Management Contracts

Vulnerability Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 321 460
Rank change year-on-year +34 +139 -31
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 338 467 448
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 0.79% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.88% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 341 344
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £573
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -2.32% +14.66%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £514
% change year-on-year -6.59% +7.11% +11.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -5.74%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £32.50
90th Percentile - - £37.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Management 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 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
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 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +27 287 £550 -4.35% 134
UK excluding London +25 153 £514 -6.59% 77
London +59 150 £588 +4.44% 58
Work from Home +100 139 £510 -9.33% 68
South East +55 64 £450 -23.40% 29
Scotland +42 26 £515 +12.94% 2
South West +1 24 £550 +2.33% 15
Midlands +9 19 £438 -27.81% 12
West Midlands +14 17 £438 -27.08% 9
East of England +14 15 £700 +55.56% 5
North of England -5 11 £559 -7.84% 13
Yorkshire +10 7 £550 -12.00% 7
North West -2 4 £567 -6.44% 6
East Midlands +18 2 £596 -1.65% 3
Wales +13 2 £406 -14.47% 2

Vulnerability Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.55%) Confluence
2 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 60 (17.75%) Azure
2 43 (12.72%) AWS
3 24 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.73%) GCP
5 15 (4.44%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.66%) GitHub
7 9 (2.66%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.37%) SaaS
9 7 (2.07%) IaaS
9 7 (2.07%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.07%) PaaS
9 7 (2.07%) Rubrik
10 6 (1.78%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.48%) Slack
11 5 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.89%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.46%) Firewall
2 32 (9.47%) DNS
3 19 (5.62%) DHCP
3 19 (5.62%) Network Security
4 16 (4.73%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.37%) VLAN
6 7 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (2.07%) Kerberos
6 7 (2.07%) NAS
6 7 (2.07%) SAN
7 6 (1.78%) VPN
8 5 (1.48%) Internet
8 5 (1.48%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.18%) LAN
9 4 (1.18%) tcpdump
9 4 (1.18%) WAN
10 3 (0.89%) OSPF
10 3 (0.89%) SCCP
11 2 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.66%) Power BI
3 6 (1.78%) Apache Hive
3 6 (1.78%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.18%) Metadata
4 4 (1.18%) Tableau
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.59%) Big Data
5 2 (0.59%) Bigtable
5 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.59%) HBase
5 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.59%) Parquet
5 2 (0.59%) PolyBase
5 2 (0.59%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 20 (5.92%) JIRA
2 12 (3.55%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.07%) Git
3 7 (2.07%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.48%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (1.18%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (0.59%) GitLab
6 2 (0.59%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 79 (23.37%) Finance
2 48 (14.20%) Social Skills
3 38 (11.24%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.33%) Banking
5 17 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.44%) Legal
7 14 (4.14%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.85%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.78%) Electronics
10 6 (1.78%) Marketing
11 5 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.89%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.59%) Retail
15 1 (0.30%) Advertising
15 1 (0.30%) Automotive
15 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (24.85%) Analyst
2 39 (11.54%) Security Engineer
3 36 (10.65%) SOC Analyst
4 34 (10.06%) Consultant
5 28 (8.28%) Security Analyst
6 24 (7.10%) Security Manager
7 23 (6.80%) Security Consultant
8 22 (6.51%) Lead
8 22 (6.51%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 21 (6.21%) Architect
9 21 (6.21%) Senior
10 18 (5.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 18 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.33%) Project Manager
10 18 (5.33%) Security Architect
11 16 (4.73%) Vulnerability Specialist
12 15 (4.44%) Security Specialist
13 13 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 13 (3.85%) Security Project Manager
14 12 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.07%) LDAP
2 5 (1.48%) Kafka
3 4 (1.18%) OLE
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Avro
4 2 (0.59%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.59%) EDI
4 2 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.09%) Management Information System
2 30 (8.88%) Security Posture
3 21 (6.21%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (5.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 12 (3.55%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.96%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (2.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (2.66%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.66%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.37%) Clustering
9 8 (2.37%) Replication
10 6 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.48%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.48%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.48%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.18%) IoT
12 4 (1.18%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.18%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 71 (21.01%) Windows
2 52 (15.38%) Linux
3 41 (12.13%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.73%) Unix
5 13 (3.85%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.25%) Mac OS X
6 11 (3.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (2.07%) Oracle Linux
8 7 (2.07%) Solaris
8 7 (2.07%) VMS
9 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.89%) zOS
10 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.30%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (38.17%) Cybersecurity
2 111 (32.84%) SIEM
3 86 (25.44%) Information Security
3 86 (25.44%) Security Operations
4 84 (24.85%) Incident Response
5 47 (13.91%) Risk Management
6 42 (12.43%) Incident Management
7 40 (11.83%) Application Security
7 40 (11.83%) Data Security
8 36 (10.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 34 (10.06%) Data Loss Prevention
9 34 (10.06%) Static Application Security Testing
10 33 (9.76%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 32 (9.47%) Penetration Testing
12 30 (8.88%) Cloud Security
13 28 (8.28%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
14 27 (7.99%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 27 (7.99%) Security Monitoring
14 27 (7.99%) Threat Intelligence
15 26 (7.69%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.21%) PowerShell
2 11 (3.25%) Python
3 7 (2.07%) Bash
4 4 (1.18%) Go
4 4 (1.18%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.18%) SQL
5 2 (0.59%) U-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 56 (16.57%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.76%) CISSP
3 31 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.40%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.33%) Degree
6 17 (5.03%) CISM
7 8 (2.37%) ISACA
8 6 (1.78%) GIAC
9 5 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.89%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.89%) CEH
10 3 (0.89%) CISA
10 3 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.89%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.89%) CRISC
11 2 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.59%) CCSP
11 2 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.59%) GCIH
11 2 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (16.27%) NIST
2 49 (14.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (10.65%) GDPR
4 13 (3.85%) PCI DSS
5 12 (3.55%) HIPAA
6 11 (3.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (2.66%) COBIT
8 9 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (2.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 8 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.78%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.78%) SLA
11 4 (1.18%) QA
12 3 (0.89%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.89%) NCSC
13 2 (0.59%) GRC
14 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 43 (12.72%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.55%) XenApp
4 11 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.07%) Docker
6 4 (1.18%) Firmware
6 4 (1.18%) Snort
7 3 (0.89%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (6.21%) SCCM
2 18 (5.33%) Ansible
3 13 (3.85%) Terraform
4 12 (3.55%) Nessus
5 10 (2.96%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.07%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (2.07%) Netcool
7 7 (2.07%) Tivoli
7 7 (2.07%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (1.78%) Kibana
9 4 (1.18%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.18%) Puppet
10 3 (0.89%) CASB
10 3 (0.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.59%) Ambari
11 2 (0.59%) logstash
11 2 (0.59%) Oozie
11 2 (0.59%) Salt
11 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (27.81%) Microsoft
2 76 (22.49%) Qualys
3 46 (13.61%) VMware
4 27 (7.99%) Splunk
5 21 (6.21%) Varonis
6 16 (4.73%) Cisco
6 16 (4.73%) Forcepoint
6 16 (4.73%) LogRhythm
7 13 (3.85%) Citrix
8 11 (3.25%) Rapid7
8 11 (3.25%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.66%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.66%) Google
9 9 (2.66%) IBM
10 8 (2.37%) Dell
10 8 (2.37%) Veeam
11 7 (2.07%) EMC
11 7 (2.07%) HP
11 7 (2.07%) Isilon
11 7 (2.07%) Virgin Media