Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in England

Vulnerability Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 258 256
Rank change year-on-year +66 -2 +15
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 691 292 302
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.50% 1.05% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.16% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 206 205
10th Percentile £375 £319 £400
25th Percentile £475 £452 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -7.29%
75th Percentile £636 £630 £675
90th Percentile £735 £741 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 8 3
10th Percentile £51.08 £28.92 £51.25
25th Percentile £71.00 £30.34 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £48.22 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.91% -16.14% +22.99%
75th Percentile £83.00 £72.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £99.80 £101.65 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £48.22 £57.50
% change year-on-year +65.91% -16.14% +22.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -1.91%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in England

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in England

Vulnerability Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Vulnerability Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Vulnerability Management in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in England

Vulnerability Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
London +24 287 £566 +2.95% 378
South East +28 163 £550 +7.84% 190
North of England +32 133 £525 - 120
Yorkshire +25 68 £575 +6.98% 30
North West -17 53 £506 -1.79% 74
South West -23 35 £600 +41.18% 72
Midlands -22 33 £568 +8.19% 64
West Midlands -19 31 £577 -12.98% 38
East of England -22 30 £511 +13.61% 45
North East - 12 £375 - 16
East Midlands -17 1 - - 26
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
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 23 (3.33%) Confluence
2 20 (2.89%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.46%) Apache
3 17 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.74%) Jupyter
4 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.14%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 224 (32.42%) Azure
2 183 (26.48%) AWS
3 73 (10.56%) Entra ID
4 71 (10.27%) GCP
5 65 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (8.39%) GitHub
7 34 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
8 30 (4.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 28 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.18%) SaaS
11 20 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (2.75%) OCI
13 18 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
14 17 (2.46%) Power Platform
15 15 (2.17%) Amazon S3
16 13 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (1.88%) Datadog
17 9 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (1.30%) OpenShift
17 9 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (10.85%) Network Security
2 49 (7.09%) Firewall
3 16 (2.32%) WAN
4 14 (2.03%) DNS
5 13 (1.88%) MPLS
6 12 (1.74%) BGP
6 12 (1.74%) IPsec
6 12 (1.74%) LAN
7 9 (1.30%) Broadband
7 9 (1.30%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.30%) VPN
8 7 (1.01%) HTTP
9 6 (0.87%) Internet
10 5 (0.72%) Intranet
11 4 (0.58%) DHCP
11 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.58%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.58%) MQTT
12 3 (0.43%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.17%) Relational Database
2 11 (1.59%) Power BI
3 10 (1.45%) Big Data
4 8 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 8 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.58%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.43%) Power Query
6 3 (0.43%) Trino
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.29%) Flink
7 2 (0.29%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.29%) Metadata
7 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.14%) Redis
8 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (6.22%) GitLab
2 29 (4.20%) Jenkins
3 25 (3.62%) JIRA
4 23 (3.33%) Git
5 14 (2.03%) Selenium
6 11 (1.59%) SonarQube
7 9 (1.30%) Snyk
8 4 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.43%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.43%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.29%) Flyway
10 2 (0.29%) git-flow
10 2 (0.29%) JUnit
10 2 (0.29%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.29%) Mockito
10 2 (0.29%) MSI
10 2 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.29%) Tricentis qTest
10 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 239 (34.59%) Social Skills
2 135 (19.54%) Finance
3 93 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.37%) Banking
6 28 (4.05%) Aerospace
7 27 (3.91%) Legal
8 22 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.46%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.32%) Military
11 15 (2.17%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.59%) Local Government
12 11 (1.59%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.87%) Law
15 4 (0.58%) Retail
16 3 (0.43%) Digital Health
16 3 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (16.06%) Analyst
2 82 (11.87%) Lead
3 74 (10.71%) Consultant
4 66 (9.55%) Architect
4 66 (9.55%) Senior
5 60 (8.68%) Security Engineer
6 54 (7.81%) Security Analyst
7 48 (6.95%) Security Consultant
8 43 (6.22%) Security Architect
9 33 (4.78%) Security Manager
10 31 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
11 30 (4.34%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 29 (4.20%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 28 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 26 (3.76%) Security Specialist
15 24 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
16 21 (3.04%) Developer
17 20 (2.89%) DevSecOps Consultant
17 20 (2.89%) Vulnerability Analyst
18 19 (2.75%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (14.18%) Terraform
2 18 (2.60%) REST
3 17 (2.46%) Kafka
4 16 (2.32%) Elastic Stack
5 13 (1.88%) Loki
6 8 (1.16%) ARM Templates
7 7 (1.01%) RESTful
8 6 (0.87%) ModSecurity
8 6 (0.87%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.72%) SLSA
10 4 (0.58%) .NET
10 4 (0.58%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.58%) gRPC
10 4 (0.58%) JDBC
10 4 (0.58%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.58%) Protocol Buffers
11 3 (0.43%) JSON
11 3 (0.43%) OAuth
11 3 (0.43%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.43%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 114 (16.50%) Security Posture
2 71 (10.27%) Onboarding
3 63 (9.12%) Cyber Threat
4 54 (7.81%) Operational Technology
5 43 (6.22%) Management Information System
6 39 (5.64%) Cloud Native
7 36 (5.21%) Security Operations Centre
8 23 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
8 23 (3.33%) SCADA
9 21 (3.04%) Cloud Security Posture
10 20 (2.89%) Product Ownership
11 17 (2.46%) Data Centre
12 14 (2.03%) CMDB
13 13 (1.88%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (1.74%) Private Cloud
15 9 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.30%) PKI
15 9 (1.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 97 (14.04%) Windows
2 90 (13.02%) Linux
3 29 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.46%) Unix
6 16 (2.32%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.01%) AIX
8 6 (0.87%) Solaris
9 5 (0.72%) HPUX
9 5 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (0.72%) SUSE
9 5 (0.72%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.29%) Android
12 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (56.30%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (28.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 191 (27.64%) Incident Response
4 176 (25.47%) CI/CD
5 169 (24.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 153 (22.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 150 (21.71%) Cloud Security
7 150 (21.71%) Risk Management
8 146 (21.13%) Security Operations
9 128 (18.52%) SIEM
10 119 (17.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 114 (16.50%) DevSecOps
12 112 (16.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 97 (14.04%) DevOps
14 92 (13.31%) Application Security
14 92 (13.31%) Security Architecture
15 89 (12.88%) Identity Access Management
16 85 (12.30%) Information Security
17 82 (11.87%) Threat Modelling
18 80 (11.58%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 121 (17.51%) Python
2 83 (12.01%) PowerShell
3 40 (5.79%) Bash
4 33 (4.78%) SQL
5 26 (3.76%) Bicep
6 13 (1.88%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (1.59%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.16%) Java
9 6 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.72%) C#
10 5 (0.72%) Go
11 4 (0.58%) Perl
11 4 (0.58%) Rust
11 4 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.29%) PromQL
13 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 255 (36.90%) Security Cleared
2 181 (26.19%) SC Cleared
3 130 (18.81%) CISSP
4 92 (13.31%) CISM
5 66 (9.55%) Cisco Certification
6 65 (9.41%) DV Cleared
7 57 (8.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 54 (7.81%) Degree
9 35 (5.07%) CCSP
10 32 (4.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 21 (3.04%) AWS Certification
12 19 (2.75%) Azure Certification
13 18 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (2.60%) CRISC
14 17 (2.46%) GIAC
15 16 (2.32%) CEH
16 15 (2.17%) CISA
17 13 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (1.88%) OSCP
18 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (21.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 148 (21.42%) NIST
3 69 (9.99%) NCSC
4 58 (8.39%) GRC
5 55 (7.96%) GDPR
6 53 (7.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (3.33%) SLA
8 22 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 22 (3.18%) NIST 800
9 19 (2.75%) PCI DSS
10 14 (2.03%) QA
11 12 (1.74%) ISO 31000
12 11 (1.59%) SOC 2
13 8 (1.16%) COBIT
13 8 (1.16%) Data Quality
14 7 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (0.87%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.72%) Def Stans
16 5 (0.72%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 59 (8.54%) Active Directory
1 59 (8.54%) Docker
2 21 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.43%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.43%) Firmware
5 3 (0.43%) ISA Server
6 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.29%) HDFS
6 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.14%) IAG
7 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 100 (14.47%) Kubernetes
2 42 (6.08%) Ansible
3 32 (4.63%) Grafana
4 29 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (2.60%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.17%) Argo
6 15 (2.17%) SCCM
7 13 (1.88%) Nessus
8 9 (1.30%) Puppet
9 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.72%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.72%) vRealize
11 4 (0.58%) OPNET
11 4 (0.58%) Podman
11 4 (0.58%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.58%) QRadar
11 4 (0.58%) VxRail
12 3 (0.43%) CASB
12 3 (0.43%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.43%) systemd
Vendors
1 173 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.54%) Qualys
3 48 (6.95%) Tenable
4 39 (5.64%) Splunk
5 36 (5.21%) ServiceNow
6 32 (4.63%) Oracle
7 31 (4.49%) VMware
8 28 (4.05%) CrowdStrike
9 22 (3.18%) Google
10 20 (2.89%) Trend Micro
11 19 (2.75%) Rapid7
12 14 (2.03%) Red Hat
13 13 (1.88%) Tanium
14 11 (1.59%) Databricks
15 9 (1.30%) Cisco
15 9 (1.30%) Fortinet
16 8 (1.16%) Clearswift
16 8 (1.16%) F5
17 7 (1.01%) Apple
17 7 (1.01%) Remedy