Vulnerability Assessment Contracts in England

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 451 526
Rank change year-on-year +69 +75 +131
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 85 91 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.29% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 63 89
10th Percentile £478 £375 £400
25th Percentile £500 £422 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £650
90th Percentile £750 £835 £738
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +9.52% -2.78% -8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.88 - £71.20
Median hourly rate £45.12 - £72.40
75th Percentile £81.19 - £73.59
90th Percentile £89.23 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.12 - £72.40
% change year-on-year - - +80.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Assessment 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,900 31,359 43,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.28% 86.26% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,297 20,563 30,348
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £767
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 2,244 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.47 £16.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%
75th Percentile £61.69 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in England

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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 Assessment within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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 +17 34 £550 +10.00% 99
South East +58 23 £675 -15.63% 181
North of England +32 18 £661 -11.93% 157
North West +23 14 £650 +8.33% 72
South West +28 5 £400 -33.33% 89
Yorkshire +12 4 £700 -36.36% 64
East of England +25 1 £249 -50.20% 109
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
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:

Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 21 (24.71%) Azure
2 16 (18.82%) AWS
3 9 (10.59%) GCP
4 7 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (2.35%) AWS KMS
6 2 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.35%) Azure Stack
6 2 (2.35%) Serverless
6 2 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.18%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.18%) IaaS
7 1 (1.18%) PaaS
7 1 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.88%) Firewall
2 13 (15.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 13 (15.29%) Network Security
3 4 (4.71%) DNS
3 4 (4.71%) Ethernet
3 4 (4.71%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.71%) VPN
4 3 (3.53%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (3.53%) DWDM
4 3 (3.53%) LAN
4 3 (3.53%) WAN
5 1 (1.18%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.18%) DHCP
5 1 (1.18%) SSL
5 1 (1.18%) VLAN
5 1 (1.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.35%) Oracle Database
1 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (5.88%) GitLab
2 4 (4.71%) JIRA
3 3 (3.53%) Snyk
3 3 (3.53%) SonarQube
3 3 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.18%) Burp Suite
5 1 (1.18%) Metasploit
General
1 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Automotive
5 4 (4.71%) Finance
5 4 (4.71%) Military
5 4 (4.71%) Police
5 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.53%) Fire and Rescue
6 3 (3.53%) Legal
6 3 (3.53%) Marketing
7 2 (2.35%) Aviation
7 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.35%) Swedish Language
8 1 (1.18%) Banking
8 1 (1.18%) Electronics
8 1 (1.18%) Law
8 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (22.35%) Senior
2 14 (16.47%) Architect
2 14 (16.47%) Security Architect
3 12 (14.12%) Security Engineer
4 11 (12.94%) Information Security Specialist
4 11 (12.94%) Information Specialist
4 11 (12.94%) Security Specialist
5 9 (10.59%) Lead
6 8 (9.41%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 8 (9.41%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 8 (9.41%) Senior Security Specialist
7 7 (8.24%) Consultant
8 6 (7.06%) Security Consultant
9 5 (5.88%) Administrator
9 5 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (5.88%) Information Security Consultant
9 5 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
9 5 (5.88%) Security Advisor
10 4 (4.71%) IT Security Architect
10 4 (4.71%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (5.88%) JBoss Seam
2 5 (5.88%) JSON
3 2 (2.35%) ModSecurity
3 2 (2.35%) Node.js
4 1 (1.18%) EDI
4 1 (1.18%) OAuth
4 1 (1.18%) SAML
4 1 (1.18%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 22 (25.88%) Management Information System
2 14 (16.47%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.71%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.53%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.35%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.35%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.35%) Robotics
6 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.18%) CESG
6 1 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.18%) IoT
6 1 (1.18%) PKI
6 1 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.76%) Linux
2 9 (10.59%) Windows
3 5 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.18%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.47%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (34.12%) Security Architecture
3 28 (32.94%) Risk Management
4 27 (31.76%) Information Security
5 24 (28.24%) Risk Assessment
6 21 (24.71%) Incident Response
6 21 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (21.18%) DevOps
7 18 (21.18%) SIEM
7 18 (21.18%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (18.82%) Penetration Testing
9 14 (16.47%) Decision-Making
9 14 (16.47%) Threat Modelling
10 13 (15.29%) Cloud Security
11 11 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (12.94%) Information Assurance
11 11 (12.94%) Mentoring
12 10 (11.76%) Migration
12 10 (11.76%) Threat Detection
13 9 (10.59%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.65%) Python
2 8 (9.41%) Bash
3 7 (8.24%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.53%) Perl
4 3 (3.53%) SQL
5 2 (2.35%) C++
5 2 (2.35%) Java
5 2 (2.35%) Kotlin
5 2 (2.35%) Rust
6 1 (1.18%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (36.47%) Security Cleared
2 21 (24.71%) DV Cleared
3 12 (14.12%) CISM
3 12 (14.12%) SC Cleared
4 11 (12.94%) CISSP
5 8 (9.41%) Degree
6 6 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.06%) SANS
7 4 (4.71%) CCNA
7 4 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (3.53%) CCNP
8 3 (3.53%) CEH
8 3 (3.53%) JNCIA
8 3 (3.53%) JNCIS
8 3 (3.53%) PMP
9 2 (2.35%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.35%) GIAC
10 1 (1.18%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.18%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (27.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (25.88%) GDPR
3 16 (18.82%) NIST
4 14 (16.47%) NCSC
5 10 (11.76%) PCI DSS
6 9 (10.59%) HIPAA
7 5 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (5.88%) QA
8 3 (3.53%) AUTOSAR
8 3 (3.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.18%) COBIT
9 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.18%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Docker
2 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.18%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.18%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.88%) Terraform
2 4 (4.71%) Ansible
3 3 (3.53%) Grafana
3 3 (3.53%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.53%) Nessus
4 2 (2.35%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.35%) SCCM
4 2 (2.35%) WSUS
5 1 (1.18%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) Darktrace
3 4 (4.71%) Cisco
3 4 (4.71%) Planview
4 3 (3.53%) Arista
4 3 (3.53%) Coverity
4 3 (3.53%) Tenable
4 3 (3.53%) Veracode
5 2 (2.35%) Alibaba
5 2 (2.35%) Oracle
5 2 (2.35%) Qualys
5 2 (2.35%) Ribbon
5 2 (2.35%) SAP
6 1 (1.18%) Apple
6 1 (1.18%) Google
6 1 (1.18%) McAfee
6 1 (1.18%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.18%) Samsung
6 1 (1.18%) Symantec
6 1 (1.18%) VMware