Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Vulnerability Management
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 81 94
Rank change year-on-year -14 +13 +27
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 20 27 29
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.35% 1.84% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 2.02% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 21
10th Percentile £383 £412 £310
25th Percentile £447 £543 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £536 £691 £675
90th Percentile £637 £700 -
South East median daily rate £475 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -13.64% -15.38% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Vulnerability Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,305 1,334 1,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.00% 90.81% 91.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 739 951
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -1.53%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £686 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +24.77%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £54.56
% change year-on-year -51.22% -15.46% +45.49%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Vulnerability Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Vulnerability Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in Berkshire

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +16 12 £523 -22.59% 3
Wokingham -34 4 £436 -6.19%
Bracknell - 3 - -
Vulnerability Management
South East

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Azure
2 7 (35.00%) AWS
3 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 6 (30.00%) GCP
4 3 (15.00%) IaaS
4 3 (15.00%) PaaS
4 3 (15.00%) SaaS
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (15.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) IPsec
3 2 (10.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (5.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Architect
2 6 (30.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Security Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Security Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Operations Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Testing Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (5.00%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (15.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (15.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (15.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.00%) Insider Threat
3 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
3 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) SCADA
3 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (35.00%) SIEM
2 7 (35.00%) Zero Trust
3 6 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (30.00%) Project Management
3 6 (30.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (25.00%) Application Security
4 5 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 5 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (20.00%) DevSecOps
5 4 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (20.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) CISSP
2 5 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 4 (20.00%) CISM
3 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (20.00%) PMP
3 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (15.00%) AWS Certification
4 3 (15.00%) CCSP
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (10.00%) CEH
5 2 (10.00%) CREST Certified
5 2 (10.00%) GIAC
5 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (40.00%) NIST
2 4 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 4 (20.00%) PMO
3 3 (15.00%) GDPR
3 3 (15.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Qualys
3 2 (10.00%) Tenable
4 1 (5.00%) Intel
4 1 (5.00%) Rapid7