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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 234 281
Rank change year-on-year +24 +47 +31
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 481 253 296
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.16% 1.06% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.16% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 175 219
10th Percentile £356 £339 £388
25th Percentile £472 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £675
90th Percentile £695 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -2.79% +3.04% -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 3 0
10th Percentile £48.15 £27.93 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £28.52 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £31.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +114.35% - -
75th Percentile £84.00 £48.36 -
90th Percentile £84.60 £57.29 -
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £31.49 -
% change year-on-year +158.81% - -

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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -3 183 £550 -0.90% 88
North of England +26 116 £540 -10.00% 61
South East -29 90 £525 -2.51% 88
Yorkshire +11 68 £535 - 22
North West -5 48 £540 +8.00% 21
South West -8 34 £554 +34.30% 55
Midlands -49 30 £500 -20.00% 30
West Midlands -42 24 £438 -33.96% 26
East of England -30 7 £496 -23.65% 30
East Midlands -20 5 £638 +112.50% 4
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 15 (3.12%) Confluence
2 7 (1.46%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 157 (32.64%) Azure
2 114 (23.70%) AWS
3 53 (11.02%) Entra ID
4 49 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (9.15%) GCP
6 31 (6.44%) SaaS
7 20 (4.16%) Azure Sentinel
8 18 (3.74%) GitHub
9 15 (3.12%) OpenShift
10 11 (2.29%) Power Platform
10 11 (2.29%) Serverless
11 10 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.87%) IaaS
12 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (1.87%) PaaS
13 8 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 45 (9.36%) Network Security
2 44 (9.15%) Firewall
3 23 (4.78%) DNS
4 14 (2.91%) DHCP
5 12 (2.49%) VPN
6 9 (1.87%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.25%) HTTPS
7 6 (1.25%) WAN
7 6 (1.25%) Wireless
8 5 (1.04%) LAN
9 4 (0.83%) BGP
9 4 (0.83%) IPsec
9 4 (0.83%) MPLS
9 4 (0.83%) NGFW
9 4 (0.83%) SSL
10 3 (0.62%) Internet
10 3 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.42%) MQTT
11 2 (0.42%) SAN
11 2 (0.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.08%) Power BI
2 5 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.83%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.62%) Big Data
4 3 (0.62%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.42%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.21%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (5.20%) JIRA
2 13 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.29%) GitLab
4 9 (1.87%) Snyk
5 7 (1.46%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.25%) Git
7 3 (0.62%) AdminStudio
7 3 (0.62%) git-flow
7 3 (0.62%) InstallShield
7 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.42%) Flyway
8 2 (0.42%) JUnit
8 2 (0.42%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.42%) Mockito
9 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.21%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 142 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 97 (20.17%) Finance
3 78 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.73%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.61%) Banking
6 24 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.99%) Legal
7 19 (3.95%) Aerospace
8 15 (3.12%) Publishing
9 13 (2.70%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.46%) Local Government
12 6 (1.25%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.62%) Law
14 3 (0.62%) Military
15 2 (0.42%) Arabic Language
15 2 (0.42%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (13.31%) Analyst
2 61 (12.68%) Security Engineer
3 50 (10.40%) Architect
4 46 (9.56%) Lead
5 43 (8.94%) Senior
6 35 (7.28%) Consultant
7 34 (7.07%) Security Architect
8 24 (4.99%) Security Analyst
9 22 (4.57%) Security Specialist
10 20 (4.16%) Security Consultant
10 20 (4.16%) Security Manager
11 18 (3.74%) Business Analyst
12 15 (3.12%) Administrator
13 14 (2.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 14 (2.91%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 14 (2.91%) Senior Security Engineer
13 14 (2.91%) Vulnerability Analyst
14 13 (2.70%) AWS Engineer
14 13 (2.70%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
15 12 (2.49%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.33%) SAP Basis
2 12 (2.49%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.25%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.25%) LDAP
4 5 (1.04%) Kafka
4 5 (1.04%) REST
5 4 (0.83%) ADO
5 4 (0.83%) LangChain
5 4 (0.83%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.83%) RESTful
5 4 (0.83%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.62%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.62%) OAuth
6 3 (0.62%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.62%) SLSA
6 3 (0.62%) Spring
6 3 (0.62%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.42%) JPA
7 2 (0.42%) Spring MVC
7 2 (0.42%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 65 (13.51%) Security Posture
2 42 (8.73%) Operational Technology
3 32 (6.65%) Cloud Native
4 31 (6.44%) Onboarding
5 27 (5.61%) Management Information System
6 21 (4.37%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.95%) Virtual Team
8 17 (3.53%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (3.53%) Taxonomies
9 16 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
10 15 (3.12%) PKI
11 13 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
11 13 (2.70%) Product Ownership
12 12 (2.49%) Data Centre
13 10 (2.08%) SCADA
14 8 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.66%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.46%) IoT
16 6 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 61 (12.68%) Linux
2 55 (11.43%) Windows
3 19 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.74%) Unix
5 13 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.04%) AIX
7 4 (0.83%) HPUX
7 4 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
7 4 (0.83%) Solaris
7 4 (0.83%) SUSE
7 4 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.42%) Rocky
8 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.21%) CentOS
9 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (43.24%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (23.28%) Incident Response
3 93 (19.33%) CI/CD
4 92 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 92 (19.13%) SIEM
5 89 (18.50%) Cloud Security
6 83 (17.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 81 (16.84%) Threat Modelling
7 81 (16.84%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 79 (16.42%) Risk Management
9 77 (16.01%) Security Architecture
10 72 (14.97%) Security Operations
11 63 (13.10%) Roadmaps
12 60 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 56 (11.64%) DevSecOps
14 53 (11.02%) DevOps
15 45 (9.36%) Validation
16 44 (9.15%) Vulnerability Scanning
17 43 (8.94%) Agile
17 43 (8.94%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.23%) Python
2 33 (6.86%) PowerShell
3 19 (3.95%) Bash
4 12 (2.49%) SQL
5 9 (1.87%) Java
6 6 (1.25%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.04%) Bicep
8 4 (0.83%) Korn
8 4 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.83%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.42%) Go
9 2 (0.42%) PromQL
9 2 (0.42%) Rust
10 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.21%) C#
10 1 (0.21%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 144 (29.94%) Security Cleared
2 97 (20.17%) SC Cleared
3 90 (18.71%) CISSP
4 64 (13.31%) Degree
5 57 (11.85%) CISM
6 29 (6.03%) DV Cleared
7 28 (5.82%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (5.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (5.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 21 (4.37%) CCSP
10 16 (3.33%) CRISC
10 16 (3.33%) GIAC
11 12 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.29%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.08%) PMP
14 9 (1.87%) CEH
14 9 (1.87%) CESG Certified Professional
14 9 (1.87%) CISA
14 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.66%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (18.92%) NIST
2 81 (16.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (7.07%) GRC
4 25 (5.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (5.20%) GDPR
5 24 (4.99%) NCSC
6 18 (3.74%) SLA
7 14 (2.91%) NIST 800
8 12 (2.49%) SOC 2
9 11 (2.29%) ISO 31000
10 10 (2.08%) QA
11 9 (1.87%) PCI DSS
12 5 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (1.04%) COBIT
12 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (1.04%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.83%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.62%) IFRS
14 3 (0.62%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 40 (8.32%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.20%) Docker
3 20 (4.16%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.42%) GPFS
6 2 (0.42%) Lustre
6 2 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (9.56%) Kubernetes
2 29 (6.03%) Terraform
3 24 (4.99%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (4.37%) Ansible
5 20 (4.16%) Nessus
6 11 (2.29%) Grafana
6 11 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (2.29%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.46%) SCCM
8 6 (1.25%) Puppet
9 5 (1.04%) CASB
10 3 (0.62%) OpenVAS
10 3 (0.62%) Podman
10 3 (0.62%) SELinux
10 3 (0.62%) vRealize
11 2 (0.42%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.42%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.42%) SCOM
11 2 (0.42%) WSUS
11 2 (0.42%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 77 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.19%) Tenable
3 41 (8.52%) Splunk
4 39 (8.11%) Qualys
5 26 (5.41%) ServiceNow
6 23 (4.78%) SAP
7 22 (4.57%) Okta
8 13 (2.70%) VMware
9 12 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (2.49%) Remedy
10 11 (2.29%) CyberArk
10 11 (2.29%) Rapid7
11 10 (2.08%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.66%) Databricks
12 8 (1.66%) Google
12 8 (1.66%) Oracle
13 7 (1.46%) IBM
14 6 (1.25%) Cisco
14 6 (1.25%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.25%) Trend Micro