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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 262 266
Rank change year-on-year +65 +4 +6
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 688 285 297
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 1.03% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.13% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 199 200
10th Percentile £388 £323 £413
25th Percentile £488 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £634 £675
90th Percentile £735 £739 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 8 3
10th Percentile £51.00 £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 £81.50 £72.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £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 39,007 25,232 28,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.55% 90.97% 86.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,733 16,031 17,231
10th Percentile £325 £295 £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 2,853 1,544 1,222
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.85 £20.26
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -1.16%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +24 285 £568 +0.22% 300
South East +40 165 £550 +7.84% 122
North of England +33 129 £550 +5.26% 108
Yorkshire +20 68 £594 +10.47% 18
North West -26 49 £525 +1.90% 82
Midlands -16 35 £568 +0.98% 48
South West -25 34 £575 +27.78% 40
West Midlands -18 33 £577 -12.98% 31
East of England -14 30 £511 +13.61% 20
North East - 12 £375 - 8
East Midlands -16 1 - - 17
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 (3.34%) Confluence
2 21 (3.05%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.62%) Apache
5 12 (1.74%) Jupyter
5 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.73%) Apache Superset
6 5 (0.73%) IIS
6 5 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 228 (33.14%) Azure
2 189 (27.47%) AWS
3 78 (11.34%) GCP
4 74 (10.76%) Entra ID
5 66 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (8.14%) GitHub
7 32 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
8 30 (4.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 26 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.05%) OCI
10 21 (3.05%) SaaS
11 20 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (2.91%) Power Platform
12 19 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
13 15 (2.18%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (1.74%) Datadog
15 9 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.31%) IaaS
15 9 (1.31%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 80 (11.63%) Network Security
2 54 (7.85%) Firewall
3 16 (2.33%) WAN
4 14 (2.03%) DNS
5 13 (1.89%) MPLS
6 12 (1.74%) BGP
6 12 (1.74%) IPsec
6 12 (1.74%) LAN
6 12 (1.74%) VPN
7 9 (1.31%) Broadband
7 9 (1.31%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.02%) HTTP
9 6 (0.87%) Internet
10 5 (0.73%) Intranet
11 4 (0.58%) DHCP
11 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.58%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.58%) MQTT
12 3 (0.44%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.18%) Relational Database
2 14 (2.03%) Power BI
3 11 (1.60%) Big Data
4 9 (1.31%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.58%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.58%) Trino
6 3 (0.44%) Apache Hive
6 3 (0.44%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.44%) Power Query
7 2 (0.29%) Flink
7 2 (0.29%) Metadata
7 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.15%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 42 (6.10%) GitLab
2 28 (4.07%) JIRA
3 27 (3.92%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.20%) Git
5 14 (2.03%) Selenium
6 11 (1.60%) SonarQube
7 9 (1.31%) Snyk
8 4 (0.58%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.44%) Burp Suite
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
1 233 (33.87%) Social Skills
2 126 (18.31%) Finance
3 83 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.81%) Banking
6 28 (4.07%) Aerospace
6 28 (4.07%) Legal
7 20 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.33%) Military
11 15 (2.18%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.60%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.31%) Local Government
14 7 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.87%) Law
16 3 (0.44%) Digital Health
16 3 (0.44%) Digital Healthcare
16 3 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 104 (15.12%) Analyst
2 79 (11.48%) Lead
3 76 (11.05%) Consultant
4 71 (10.32%) Architect
5 62 (9.01%) Security Engineer
6 61 (8.87%) Senior
7 54 (7.85%) Security Analyst
8 51 (7.41%) Security Consultant
9 47 (6.83%) Security Architect
10 35 (5.09%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 29 (4.22%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 29 (4.22%) Security Manager
13 28 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 26 (3.78%) Security Specialist
15 23 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
16 20 (2.91%) Developer
16 20 (2.91%) DevSecOps Consultant
17 19 (2.76%) Cybersecurity Specialist
18 18 (2.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (14.10%) Terraform
2 17 (2.47%) Kafka
2 17 (2.47%) REST
3 15 (2.18%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (1.89%) Loki
5 7 (1.02%) ARM Templates
5 7 (1.02%) JSON
5 7 (1.02%) ModSecurity
6 6 (0.87%) OpenTelemetry
6 6 (0.87%) RESTful
7 5 (0.73%) SLSA
8 4 (0.58%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.58%) gRPC
8 4 (0.58%) JDBC
8 4 (0.58%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.58%) Protocol Buffers
9 3 (0.44%) .NET
9 3 (0.44%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.44%) OAuth
9 3 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 112 (16.28%) Security Posture
2 75 (10.90%) Onboarding
3 61 (8.87%) Cyber Threat
4 56 (8.14%) Operational Technology
5 43 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 40 (5.81%) Cloud Native
7 36 (5.23%) Security Operations Centre
8 24 (3.49%) SCADA
9 22 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
10 21 (3.05%) Cloud Security Posture
11 20 (2.91%) Product Ownership
12 19 (2.76%) Data Centre
13 13 (1.89%) CMDB
13 13 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (1.74%) Private Cloud
15 9 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.31%) PKI
15 9 (1.31%) Social Media
15 9 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 103 (14.97%) Windows
2 93 (13.52%) Linux
3 30 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.47%) Unix
6 16 (2.33%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.16%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.02%) AIX
9 6 (0.87%) Solaris
10 5 (0.73%) HPUX
10 5 (0.73%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (0.73%) SUSE
10 5 (0.73%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
12 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.29%) Android
13 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.15%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (56.54%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (28.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 186 (27.03%) Incident Response
4 176 (25.58%) CI/CD
5 168 (24.42%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 154 (22.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 152 (22.09%) Cloud Security
8 149 (21.66%) Risk Management
9 147 (21.37%) Security Operations
10 128 (18.60%) SIEM
11 120 (17.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 114 (16.57%) DevSecOps
13 105 (15.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 96 (13.95%) DevOps
15 94 (13.66%) Security Architecture
16 90 (13.08%) Application Security
17 89 (12.94%) Identity Access Management
18 88 (12.79%) Information Security
19 84 (12.21%) Threat Modelling
20 82 (11.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 119 (17.30%) Python
2 85 (12.35%) PowerShell
3 40 (5.81%) Bash
4 36 (5.23%) SQL
5 25 (3.63%) Bicep
6 13 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (1.45%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.87%) Java
8 6 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.73%) Go
10 4 (0.58%) C#
10 4 (0.58%) Perl
10 4 (0.58%) Rust
10 4 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.29%) PromQL
12 1 (0.15%) CodeQL
12 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 258 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 184 (26.74%) SC Cleared
3 132 (19.19%) CISSP
4 93 (13.52%) CISM
5 69 (10.03%) Cisco Certification
6 67 (9.74%) DV Cleared
7 59 (8.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 51 (7.41%) Degree
9 37 (5.38%) CCSP
10 30 (4.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (2.91%) CRISC
12 19 (2.76%) AWS Certification
12 19 (2.76%) CISA
13 17 (2.47%) Azure Certification
13 17 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (2.47%) GIAC
14 14 (2.03%) CEH
15 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (1.89%) OSCP
16 12 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (21.95%) NIST
2 148 (21.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (10.61%) NCSC
4 62 (9.01%) GRC
5 56 (8.14%) GDPR
6 51 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (3.20%) PCI DSS
8 21 (3.05%) NIST 800
9 20 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 20 (2.91%) SLA
10 14 (2.03%) ISO 31000
11 13 (1.89%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.89%) QA
12 12 (1.74%) COBIT
13 9 (1.31%) SOC 2
14 7 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 7 (1.02%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.73%) Def Stans
15 5 (0.73%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 64 (9.30%) Active Directory
2 57 (8.28%) Docker
3 23 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.20%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.87%) BitLocker
6 5 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.58%) ISA Server
7 4 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.44%) Firmware
8 3 (0.44%) HDFS
8 3 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.29%) IAG
9 2 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 99 (14.39%) Kubernetes
2 42 (6.10%) Ansible
3 33 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (4.36%) Grafana
5 16 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.18%) Argo
6 15 (2.18%) SCCM
7 13 (1.89%) Nessus
8 9 (1.31%) Puppet
9 6 (0.87%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.73%) vRealize
10 5 (0.73%) VxRail
11 4 (0.58%) CASB
11 4 (0.58%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.58%) OPNET
11 4 (0.58%) Podman
11 4 (0.58%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.44%) QRadar
12 3 (0.44%) systemd
Vendors
1 179 (26.02%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.58%) Qualys
3 46 (6.69%) Tenable
4 39 (5.67%) Splunk
5 38 (5.52%) ServiceNow
6 33 (4.80%) VMware
7 32 (4.65%) Oracle
8 29 (4.22%) CrowdStrike
9 23 (3.34%) Google
10 22 (3.20%) Rapid7
11 19 (2.76%) Trend Micro
12 15 (2.18%) Red Hat
13 14 (2.03%) Cisco
14 12 (1.74%) Tanium
15 11 (1.60%) Fortinet
16 9 (1.31%) Databricks
16 9 (1.31%) F5
16 9 (1.31%) Palo Alto
17 7 (1.02%) SolarWinds
17 7 (1.02%) Tripwire