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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 249 261
Rank change year-on-year +45 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 674 289 295
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.46% 1.06% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.16% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 203 205
10th Percentile £373 £315 £393
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -7.29%
75th Percentile £631 £628 £675
90th Percentile £735 £744 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 7 3
10th Percentile £54.25 £28.72 £51.25
25th Percentile £71.00 £30.06 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +0.88%
75th Percentile £83.00 £81.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £101.20 £102.20 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +0.88%

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 39,157 24,863 28,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.69% 90.87% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,010 15,784 17,561
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
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 2,714 1,478 1,320
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.29 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.74 £66.53
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% +1.18%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +17 279 £563 +4.74% 486
South East +21 157 £550 +7.84% 213
North of England +27 129 £514 -2.10% 130
Yorkshire +27 67 £575 +6.98% 34
North West -15 51 £500 -1.61% 81
South West -33 38 £588 +46.88% 75
East of England -21 30 £511 +13.61% 48
Midlands -24 29 £513 -2.38% 75
West Midlands -30 27 £525 -20.75% 47
North East - 11 £375 - 17
East Midlands -13 1 - - 28
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 (3.41%) Confluence
2 20 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.52%) Apache
3 17 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.78%) Jupyter
4 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.59%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.45%) IIS
8 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.15%) JBoss
9 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.59%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 220 (32.64%) Azure
2 182 (27.00%) AWS
3 71 (10.53%) Entra ID
3 71 (10.53%) GCP
4 65 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (8.61%) GitHub
6 34 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
7 28 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (4.01%) Azure Sentinel
9 22 (3.26%) SaaS
10 20 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
11 19 (2.82%) OCI
12 18 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (2.37%) Power Platform
14 15 (2.23%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (1.78%) Datadog
17 10 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
18 9 (1.34%) OpenShift
18 9 (1.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 73 (10.83%) Network Security
2 45 (6.68%) Firewall
3 15 (2.23%) DNS
3 15 (2.23%) WAN
4 13 (1.93%) MPLS
5 12 (1.78%) BGP
5 12 (1.78%) IPsec
5 12 (1.78%) LAN
6 11 (1.63%) VPN
7 9 (1.34%) Broadband
7 9 (1.34%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.89%) HTTP
9 5 (0.74%) Internet
9 5 (0.74%) Intranet
10 4 (0.59%) DHCP
10 4 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.59%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.59%) MQTT
11 3 (0.45%) NGFW
11 3 (0.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.23%) Relational Database
2 11 (1.63%) Power BI
3 10 (1.48%) Big Data
4 8 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 8 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.59%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.45%) Power Query
6 3 (0.45%) Trino
7 2 (0.30%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.30%) Flink
7 2 (0.30%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.30%) Metadata
7 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.15%) Redis
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (6.38%) GitLab
2 29 (4.30%) Jenkins
3 28 (4.15%) JIRA
4 23 (3.41%) Git
5 14 (2.08%) Selenium
6 11 (1.63%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.19%) Snyk
8 4 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.45%) AdminStudio
9 3 (0.45%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.45%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.45%) InstallShield
10 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.30%) Flyway
10 2 (0.30%) JUnit
10 2 (0.30%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.30%) Mockito
10 2 (0.30%) MSI
10 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 236 (35.01%) Social Skills
2 134 (19.88%) Finance
3 89 (13.20%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (11.13%) Public Sector
5 44 (6.53%) Banking
6 28 (4.15%) Aerospace
6 28 (4.15%) Legal
7 22 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.37%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.37%) Military
10 13 (1.93%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.63%) Local Government
11 11 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.89%) Law
14 4 (0.59%) Retail
15 3 (0.45%) Digital Health
15 3 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 110 (16.32%) Analyst
2 79 (11.72%) Lead
3 66 (9.79%) Consultant
4 65 (9.64%) Architect
5 63 (9.35%) Senior
6 57 (8.46%) Security Engineer
7 53 (7.86%) Security Analyst
8 42 (6.23%) Security Architect
9 40 (5.93%) Security Consultant
10 30 (4.45%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (4.30%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 27 (4.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 27 (4.01%) Security Manager
13 26 (3.86%) Security Specialist
14 24 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
15 21 (3.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 21 (3.12%) Developer
16 20 (2.97%) DevSecOps Consultant
16 20 (2.97%) Vulnerability Analyst
17 19 (2.82%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (14.54%) Terraform
2 17 (2.52%) REST
3 16 (2.37%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (2.37%) Kafka
4 13 (1.93%) Loki
5 8 (1.19%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.04%) RESTful
7 6 (0.89%) ModSecurity
7 6 (0.89%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (0.74%) SLSA
9 4 (0.59%) .NET
9 4 (0.59%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.59%) gRPC
9 4 (0.59%) JDBC
9 4 (0.59%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.59%) Protocol Buffers
10 3 (0.45%) JSON
10 3 (0.45%) OAuth
10 3 (0.45%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 114 (16.91%) Security Posture
2 62 (9.20%) Onboarding
3 57 (8.46%) Cyber Threat
4 50 (7.42%) Operational Technology
5 40 (5.93%) Cloud Native
5 40 (5.93%) Management Information System
6 36 (5.34%) Security Operations Centre
7 22 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
8 21 (3.12%) Cloud Security Posture
8 21 (3.12%) Product Ownership
9 20 (2.97%) SCADA
10 17 (2.52%) Data Centre
11 14 (2.08%) CMDB
12 13 (1.93%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.63%) Private Cloud
15 9 (1.34%) Cyber Security Posture
15 9 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.34%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 96 (14.24%) Windows
2 86 (12.76%) Linux
3 29 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.52%) Unix
6 16 (2.37%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.04%) AIX
8 6 (0.89%) Solaris
9 5 (0.74%) HPUX
9 5 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (0.74%) SUSE
9 5 (0.74%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.59%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.59%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.30%) Android
12 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.15%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (55.04%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (28.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 184 (27.30%) Incident Response
4 175 (25.96%) CI/CD
5 169 (25.07%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 152 (22.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 150 (22.26%) Risk Management
8 149 (22.11%) Cloud Security
9 138 (20.47%) Security Operations
10 122 (18.10%) SIEM
11 117 (17.36%) Infrastructure as Code
12 112 (16.62%) DevSecOps
13 105 (15.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 96 (14.24%) DevOps
15 90 (13.35%) Security Architecture
16 89 (13.20%) Application Security
17 87 (12.91%) Identity Access Management
18 83 (12.31%) Information Security
19 81 (12.02%) Threat Modelling
20 74 (10.98%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 119 (17.66%) Python
2 83 (12.31%) PowerShell
3 40 (5.93%) Bash
4 32 (4.75%) SQL
5 26 (3.86%) Bicep
6 12 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (1.63%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.19%) Java
9 6 (0.89%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.74%) C#
10 5 (0.74%) Go
11 4 (0.59%) Perl
11 4 (0.59%) Rust
12 3 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.30%) PromQL
14 1 (0.15%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 245 (36.35%) Security Cleared
2 170 (25.22%) SC Cleared
3 125 (18.55%) CISSP
4 88 (13.06%) CISM
5 65 (9.64%) DV Cleared
6 64 (9.50%) Cisco Certification
7 56 (8.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 52 (7.72%) Degree
9 33 (4.90%) CCSP
10 31 (4.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 21 (3.12%) AWS Certification
12 19 (2.82%) Azure Certification
13 18 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (2.37%) CEH
14 16 (2.37%) CRISC
15 15 (2.23%) CISA
15 15 (2.23%) GIAC
16 13 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (1.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (21.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 134 (19.88%) NIST
3 62 (9.20%) NCSC
4 54 (8.01%) GDPR
5 50 (7.42%) GRC
6 48 (7.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (3.56%) SLA
8 20 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 20 (2.97%) NIST 800
9 18 (2.67%) PCI DSS
10 14 (2.08%) QA
11 12 (1.78%) ISO 31000
12 10 (1.48%) SOC 2
13 9 (1.34%) COBIT
14 8 (1.19%) Data Quality
14 8 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (0.89%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.74%) Def Stans
16 5 (0.74%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (8.90%) Docker
2 57 (8.46%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.45%) BitLocker
5 3 (0.45%) Firmware
5 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.45%) ISA Server
5 3 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.30%) HDFS
7 1 (0.15%) IAG
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (14.54%) Kubernetes
2 42 (6.23%) Ansible
3 32 (4.75%) Grafana
4 30 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (2.67%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.37%) SCCM
7 15 (2.23%) Argo
8 12 (1.78%) Nessus
9 9 (1.34%) Puppet
10 6 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.74%) vRealize
12 4 (0.59%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.59%) OPNET
12 4 (0.59%) Podman
12 4 (0.59%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.59%) QRadar
13 3 (0.45%) CASB
13 3 (0.45%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.45%) systemd
13 3 (0.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 170 (25.22%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.31%) Qualys
3 48 (7.12%) Tenable
4 37 (5.49%) Splunk
5 36 (5.34%) ServiceNow
6 32 (4.75%) Oracle
7 29 (4.30%) VMware
8 28 (4.15%) CrowdStrike
9 22 (3.26%) Google
10 20 (2.97%) Trend Micro
11 17 (2.52%) Rapid7
12 14 (2.08%) Red Hat
13 13 (1.93%) Tanium
14 11 (1.63%) Databricks
15 9 (1.34%) Fortinet
16 8 (1.19%) Clearswift
16 8 (1.19%) F5
16 8 (1.19%) Remedy
17 7 (1.04%) Apple
17 7 (1.04%) Cisco