Vulnerability Analyst Contracts in England

Vulnerability Analyst
UK > England

The median Vulnerability Analyst daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 541 630
Rank change year-on-year +62 +89 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 4 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.032% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.034% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile £468 £423 £480
25th Percentile £475 £431 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £559 £588 £538
90th Percentile £587 £611 £560
UK median daily rate £375 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -30.23% +7.50% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 23,039 34,818 44,441
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 92.86% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,129 22,691 31,534
10th Percentile £294 £290 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,688 1,331
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.58 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.88 £39.53 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -10.17% +80.66%
75th Percentile £58.70 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.39 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.03% -14.77% +76.00%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in England

Vulnerability Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Analyst in England

Vulnerability Analyst
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 Vulnerability Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
London +48 2 £500 -13.04% 28
South East +47 1 £475 +5.56% 3
Vulnerability Analyst
UK

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Vulnerability Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Degree

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Rapid7