Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Vulnerability Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 74 87
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 +44
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 6 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.96% 0.74% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.87% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £414 £603 £480
25th Percentile £416 £663 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £775 £550
Median % change year-on-year -43.55% +40.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £466 £788 -
90th Percentile £471 - £573
Scotland median daily rate £363 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -38.51% +7.18% +10.00%

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 590 690 995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 93.95% 85.08% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 367 636
10th Percentile £306 £223 £213
25th Percentile £413 £363 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £638 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 6
10th Percentile - £13.27 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -53.68% +160.49%
75th Percentile £44.35 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.13 £48.84 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.40 £21.59 £18.93
% change year-on-year -5.52% +14.05% -7.32%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Information Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISA
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) GCIH
2 1 (16.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Tenable
2 1 (16.67%) Qualys
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow