Vulnerability Remediation Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Vulnerability Remediation
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.88% - 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% - 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile - - £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 - £643
75th Percentile - - £668
90th Percentile - - £681
South Wales median daily rate £240 - £643
% change year-on-year - - +42.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Vulnerability Remediation 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 247 167 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.86% 89.30% 74.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 126 121
10th Percentile £300 £226 £140
25th Percentile £370 £301 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £600 £488 £550
90th Percentile £770 £663 £638
South Wales median daily rate £500 £396 £400
% change year-on-year +26.18% -0.94% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 11
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.21 -
25th Percentile £12.71 £12.86 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.50 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +64.37% -29.56% -25.72%
75th Percentile £43.96 £14.06 £25.60
90th Percentile - £20.37 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £15.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +41.67% -40.43% +5.29%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Vulnerability Remediation job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Vulnerability Remediation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Vulnerability Remediation

Vulnerability Remediation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft