Vulnerability Management Contracts in Edinburgh

Vulnerability Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 58 96
Rank change year-on-year -4 +38 +31
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 5 14 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.80% 1.72% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.94% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 11
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile - £508 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £515 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% +14.44% -30.77%
75th Percentile - £538 £463
90th Percentile - £548 £473
Scotland median daily rate £450 £515 £455
% change year-on-year -12.62% +13.19% -27.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in Edinburgh

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in Edinburgh

Vulnerability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) GCIH
2 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Qualys
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (20.00%) VMware