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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 248 257
Rank change year-on-year +62 +9 +12
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 719 292 291
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.04% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.15% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 192 195
10th Percentile £391 £325 £418
25th Percentile £493 £438 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -7.29%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £675
90th Percentile £735 £738 £778
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 9 3
10th Percentile £50.57 £29.11 £51.25
25th Percentile £71.00 £30.61 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £41.94 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.75% -27.06% +17.35%
75th Percentile - £63.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £101.10 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £41.94 £57.50
% change year-on-year +90.75% -27.06% +17.35%

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 39,257 25,497 27,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.90% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,690 16,157 17,059
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,996 1,590 1,150
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.54 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £78.88 £67.28 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +22 307 £575 +1.32% 415
South East +41 171 £550 +10.00% 127
North of England +16 133 £565 +8.65% 108
Yorkshire +18 65 £600 +15.38% 31
North West -16 55 £567 +9.96% 68
South West -14 38 £560 +24.44% 47
Midlands -15 33 £577 -3.92% 47
West Midlands -17 32 £577 -20.48% 37
East of England -25 32 £511 +13.61% 21
North East - 13 £375 - 9
East Midlands -14 1 - - 10
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 (3.20%) Confluence
2 20 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (2.78%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.36%) Apache
4 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.67%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.97%) IIS
7 6 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.70%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.14%) Documentum
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.14%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 240 (33.38%) Azure
2 198 (27.54%) AWS
3 82 (11.40%) Entra ID
4 81 (11.27%) GCP
5 70 (9.74%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (8.76%) GitHub
7 37 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
8 35 (4.87%) Azure Sentinel
9 27 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (3.48%) Amazon EKS
11 24 (3.34%) OCI
12 20 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
12 20 (2.78%) Power Platform
13 18 (2.50%) SaaS
14 16 (2.23%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.95%) Datadog
16 12 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
17 10 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (1.39%) PaaS
17 10 (1.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 83 (11.54%) Network Security
2 57 (7.93%) Firewall
3 16 (2.23%) WAN
4 13 (1.81%) DNS
4 13 (1.81%) MPLS
5 12 (1.67%) BGP
5 12 (1.67%) IPsec
5 12 (1.67%) LAN
5 12 (1.67%) VPN
6 10 (1.39%) Broadband
7 9 (1.25%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.97%) HTTP
9 6 (0.83%) Internet
10 5 (0.70%) Intranet
10 5 (0.70%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.56%) MQTT
12 3 (0.42%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.42%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.09%) Relational Database
2 13 (1.81%) Power BI
3 10 (1.39%) Big Data
3 10 (1.39%) Data Lake
3 10 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (0.97%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.56%) Apache Hive
5 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
5 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.56%) Trino
6 3 (0.42%) Power Query
7 2 (0.28%) Flink
7 2 (0.28%) Metadata
7 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.28%) 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 45 (6.26%) GitLab
2 30 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 26 (3.62%) JIRA
4 23 (3.20%) Git
5 14 (1.95%) Selenium
6 11 (1.53%) Snyk
6 11 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.83%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.42%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.42%) Maven
8 3 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.28%) Flyway
9 2 (0.28%) JUnit
9 2 (0.28%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.28%) Mockito
9 2 (0.28%) MSI
9 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 233 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 127 (17.66%) Finance
3 85 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 41 (5.70%) Banking
6 27 (3.76%) Aerospace
7 24 (3.34%) Legal
8 20 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.50%) Military
10 17 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.09%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.39%) Local Government
14 7 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.83%) Law
16 4 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.42%) Billing
17 3 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 112 (15.58%) Analyst
2 80 (11.13%) Consultant
3 77 (10.71%) Lead
4 72 (10.01%) Architect
5 64 (8.90%) Security Engineer
5 64 (8.90%) Senior
6 56 (7.79%) Security Analyst
7 52 (7.23%) Security Consultant
8 48 (6.68%) Security Architect
9 38 (5.29%) Cloud Engineer
10 34 (4.73%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 33 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 32 (4.45%) Security Manager
13 29 (4.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 29 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
14 25 (3.48%) Security Specialist
15 23 (3.20%) Vulnerability Analyst
16 21 (2.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 20 (2.78%) Developer
18 19 (2.64%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (15.99%) Terraform
2 18 (2.50%) REST
3 17 (2.36%) Kafka
4 16 (2.23%) Loki
5 12 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
6 11 (1.53%) ModSecurity
7 7 (0.97%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.97%) JSON
8 6 (0.83%) .NET
8 6 (0.83%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (0.83%) RESTful
9 5 (0.70%) OAuth
9 5 (0.70%) SLSA
10 4 (0.56%) Apache NiFi
10 4 (0.56%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.56%) gRPC
10 4 (0.56%) JDBC
10 4 (0.56%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.56%) Protocol Buffers
11 3 (0.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 115 (15.99%) Security Posture
2 74 (10.29%) Onboarding
3 66 (9.18%) Cyber Threat
4 55 (7.65%) Operational Technology
5 44 (6.12%) Management Information System
6 43 (5.98%) Cloud Native
7 36 (5.01%) Security Operations Centre
8 23 (3.20%) SCADA
9 22 (3.06%) Cloud Security Posture
9 22 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
10 20 (2.78%) Data Centre
11 19 (2.64%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.95%) CMDB
12 14 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.67%) Private Cloud
14 10 (1.39%) Social Media
15 9 (1.25%) Cyber Security Posture
16 8 (1.11%) NHS
16 8 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 113 (15.72%) Windows
2 93 (12.93%) Linux
3 38 (5.29%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.23%) Mac OS
6 15 (2.09%) Unix
7 8 (1.11%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.70%) AIX
8 5 (0.70%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.56%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.56%) Solaris
10 3 (0.42%) HPUX
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.42%) SUSE
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.28%) Android
11 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (55.77%) Cybersecurity
2 200 (27.82%) Incident Response
2 200 (27.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 188 (26.15%) CI/CD
4 184 (25.59%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 160 (22.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 157 (21.84%) Cloud Security
6 157 (21.84%) Security Operations
7 151 (21.00%) Risk Management
8 133 (18.50%) Infrastructure as Code
9 124 (17.25%) SIEM
10 122 (16.97%) DevSecOps
11 104 (14.46%) DevOps
12 102 (14.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 99 (13.77%) Identity Access Management
14 96 (13.35%) Security Architecture
15 95 (13.21%) Application Security
16 92 (12.80%) Information Security
17 89 (12.38%) Threat Intelligence
18 81 (11.27%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 130 (18.08%) Python
2 101 (14.05%) PowerShell
3 47 (6.54%) Bash
4 39 (5.42%) SQL
5 26 (3.62%) Bicep
6 15 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (1.39%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.97%) C#
8 7 (0.97%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.83%) Go
10 5 (0.70%) Java
11 4 (0.56%) Perl
11 4 (0.56%) Rust
11 4 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.28%) CodeQL
12 2 (0.28%) PromQL
13 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 267 (37.13%) Security Cleared
2 197 (27.40%) SC Cleared
3 132 (18.36%) CISSP
4 93 (12.93%) CISM
5 70 (9.74%) Cisco Certification
6 65 (9.04%) DV Cleared
7 60 (8.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 52 (7.23%) Degree
9 38 (5.29%) CCSP
10 29 (4.03%) CompTIA Security+
11 22 (3.06%) CRISC
12 21 (2.92%) AWS Certification
12 21 (2.92%) CISA
13 18 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
13 18 (2.50%) GIAC
14 17 (2.36%) Azure Certification
15 14 (1.95%) CEH
15 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 13 (1.81%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (21.56%) NIST
2 153 (21.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (10.29%) NCSC
4 58 (8.07%) GDPR
4 58 (8.07%) GRC
5 53 (7.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 26 (3.62%) PCI DSS
7 24 (3.34%) SLA
8 21 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 20 (2.78%) NIST 800
10 15 (2.09%) ISO 31000
11 14 (1.95%) QA
12 13 (1.81%) Data Quality
13 12 (1.67%) COBIT
14 11 (1.53%) SOC 2
15 8 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 7 (0.97%) JSP 440
17 6 (0.83%) ISO 9001
18 5 (0.70%) HIPAA
18 5 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (9.60%) Active Directory
1 69 (9.60%) Docker
2 27 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.97%) BitLocker
5 7 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.70%) Firmware
6 5 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.70%) ISA Server
7 4 (0.56%) HDFS
8 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.42%) vSphere
9 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.28%) IAG
Systems Management
1 107 (14.88%) Kubernetes
2 43 (5.98%) Ansible
3 38 (5.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (4.59%) Grafana
5 18 (2.50%) Argo
6 16 (2.23%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.23%) SCCM
7 12 (1.67%) Nessus
8 10 (1.39%) Puppet
9 6 (0.83%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.70%) CASB
10 5 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.70%) vRealize
10 5 (0.70%) VxRail
11 4 (0.56%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.56%) OPNET
11 4 (0.56%) Podman
11 4 (0.56%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.42%) QRadar
13 2 (0.28%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 197 (27.40%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.90%) Qualys
3 49 (6.82%) Tenable
4 40 (5.56%) Splunk
5 39 (5.42%) ServiceNow
6 37 (5.15%) VMware
7 32 (4.45%) Oracle
8 30 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
9 26 (3.62%) Rapid7
10 25 (3.48%) Google
11 17 (2.36%) Trend Micro
12 16 (2.23%) Cisco
13 13 (1.81%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.53%) Fortinet
14 11 (1.53%) Tanium
15 10 (1.39%) F5
16 9 (1.25%) Palo Alto
17 8 (1.11%) Citrix
17 8 (1.11%) SolarWinds
17 8 (1.11%) Tripwire