Nessus Contract Job Trends in England

Tenable Nessus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Nessus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 445 515
Rank change year-on-year -49 +70 +119
Contract jobs citing Nessus 66 27 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.11% 0.087%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.23% 0.69% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 20 28
10th Percentile £354 £400 £413
25th Percentile £416 £497 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -8.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £581 £675 £825
90th Percentile £643 - £938
UK median daily rate £475 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -17.39% -4.17% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
UK median hourly rate £82.50 - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -4.21%

All Systems Management Skills
England

Nessus falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,368 3,889 4,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.83% 15.71% 11.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,708 2,602 3,306
10th Percentile £313 £313 £250
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -9.48%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £714
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 41 144
10th Percentile £18.97 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.30 £21.05 £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £34.67
Median % change year-on-year +107.55% -23.57% -34.26%
75th Percentile £63.32 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.30 £85.25 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +113.73% -32.00% -28.07%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Nessus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Nessus job vacancy trend in England

Nessus
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Nessus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Nessus

Nessus
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nessus in England over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Nessus in England

Nessus
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Nessus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Nessus

Nessus
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the England region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
North of England -31 31 £500 +8.11% 7
Yorkshire -35 22 £450 -14.29% 6
South East -40 14 £475 -26.92% 3
London -28 11 £500 -9.09%
North West -25 9 £620 +55.00% 1
South West -24 4 £450 +12.43% 1
West Midlands -61 4 £350 - 1
Midlands -67 4 £350 - 2
East of England -32 1 £450 - 1
Nessus
UK

Nessus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) Azure
2 9 (13.64%) GCP
3 8 (12.12%) AWS
4 4 (6.06%) IaaS
5 3 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.03%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (3.03%) Amazon Macie
6 2 (3.03%) Cloudflare
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.03%) Mimecast
6 2 (3.03%) OpenDNS
6 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.52%) CloudFront
7 1 (1.52%) OCI
7 1 (1.52%) Route 53
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.12%) Firewall
2 6 (9.09%) DNS
3 5 (7.58%) TCP/IP
4 4 (6.06%) SSL
5 3 (4.55%) Wireless
6 2 (3.03%) Internet
6 2 (3.03%) Intranet
6 2 (3.03%) Network Security
7 1 (1.52%) Anycast
7 1 (1.52%) BGP
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.52%) DMVPN
7 1 (1.52%) IPsec
7 1 (1.52%) MPLS
7 1 (1.52%) NGFW
7 1 (1.52%) OSPF
7 1 (1.52%) Skype
7 1 (1.52%) VPN
7 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (36.36%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (10.61%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (36.36%) JIRA
2 5 (7.58%) Burp Suite
3 3 (4.55%) Metasploit
4 1 (1.52%) AppScan
4 1 (1.52%) Snyk
4 1 (1.52%) sqlmap
General
1 28 (42.42%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Finance
3 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.03%) Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Developer
1 20 (30.30%) Python Developer
2 8 (12.12%) Security Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Tester
5 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Penetration Tester
6 4 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) VMware Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Vulnerability Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) PostgreSQL Developer
7 3 (4.55%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Architect
8 2 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.03%) Server Specialist
8 2 (3.03%) Vulnerability Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (36.36%) FastAPI
1 24 (36.36%) OpenTelemetry
2 5 (7.58%) LDAP
3 1 (1.52%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Security Posture
2 5 (7.58%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) NHS
3 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.52%) SCADA
4 1 (1.52%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.52%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.73%) Linux
1 15 (22.73%) Windows
2 7 (10.61%) Ubuntu
3 5 (7.58%) Unix
4 4 (6.06%) Windows Server
5 3 (4.55%) Kali Linux
6 2 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.52%) CentOS
7 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) CI/CD
2 28 (42.42%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (37.88%) Agile
4 24 (36.36%) Observability
5 23 (34.85%) Containerisation
6 22 (33.33%) API Development
7 21 (31.82%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 19 (28.79%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (21.21%) Penetration Testing
10 12 (18.18%) Cloud Security
11 11 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 9 (13.64%) ITIL
12 9 (13.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (12.12%) SIEM
14 7 (10.61%) DevOps
15 6 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 6 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 6 (9.09%) Validation
16 5 (7.58%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (50.00%) Python
2 11 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.06%) Bash
4 2 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.52%) Korn
5 1 (1.52%) Lisp
5 1 (1.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (25.76%) Security Cleared
2 13 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.12%) CISSP
4 6 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
5 5 (7.58%) MCSA
5 5 (7.58%) MCSE
5 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.06%) Degree
7 3 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (4.55%) CCSP
7 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.03%) CEH
8 2 (3.03%) CREST Certified
8 2 (3.03%) SANS
9 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.52%) CHECK Team Leader
9 1 (1.52%) CHECK Team Member
9 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (15.15%) NIST
2 3 (4.55%) JSP 440
3 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.52%) COBIT
4 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.52%) GDPR
4 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (37.88%) Docker
2 8 (12.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.03%) Snort
3 2 (3.03%) Squid
4 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (51.52%) Kubernetes
2 24 (36.36%) Control-M
2 24 (36.36%) Grafana
2 24 (36.36%) IBM Guardium
2 24 (36.36%) Prometheus
3 7 (10.61%) CASB
4 6 (9.09%) Ansible
4 6 (9.09%) Terraform
5 4 (6.06%) Nmap
5 4 (6.06%) Packer
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (4.55%) OpenVAS
7 2 (3.03%) Nexpose
7 2 (3.03%) Suricata
8 1 (1.52%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.52%) SCCM
8 1 (1.52%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (69.70%) Tenable
2 12 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.12%) Splunk
4 7 (10.61%) Qualys
5 6 (9.09%) CyberArk
5 6 (9.09%) Rapid7
6 5 (7.58%) Cisco
6 5 (7.58%) Remedy
6 5 (7.58%) VMware
7 4 (6.06%) Google
8 3 (4.55%) Sophos
9 2 (3.03%) Blue Coat
9 2 (3.03%) Carbon Black
9 2 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (3.03%) FireEye
9 2 (3.03%) Palo Alto
9 2 (3.03%) Snow
9 2 (3.03%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (1.52%) Veracode