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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 281 264
Rank change year-on-year +6 -17 +73
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 305 234 323
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 0.87% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.97% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 153 246
10th Percentile £378 £400 £406
25th Percentile £450 £475 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £558 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -7.08% -
75th Percentile £625 £675 £679
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 20
10th Percentile - £50.63 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £51.56 £42.25
Median hourly rate £49.73 £53.75 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% +9.69% -24.90%
75th Percentile £57.25 £56.56 £67.50
90th Percentile - £57.88 £67.63
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £53.75 £49.00
% change year-on-year +0.47% +9.69% -24.90%

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 27,667 24,065 31,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.37% 88.96% 87.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,632 14,776 21,577
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,736 770 1,456
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.61 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.49 £18.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -20.73% +25.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.19
% change year-on-year -22.62% -22.97% +23.04%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 +7 127 £575 - 25
North of England +10 65 £500 -13.04% 30
South East -37 45 £488 -10.14% 33
Yorkshire -10 41 £500 -23.08% 11
North West -13 24 £475 -25.49% 16
South West -11 20 £550 +29.41% 14
Midlands -36 19 £500 +51.52% 15
East of England -21 15 £465 +9.41% 15
West Midlands -31 15 £525 +59.09% 11
East Midlands -19 4 £419 - 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 24 (7.87%) Confluence
2 8 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.33%) nginx
4 1 (0.33%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 112 (36.72%) Azure
2 91 (29.84%) AWS
3 38 (12.46%) Entra ID
4 37 (12.13%) GCP
5 33 (10.82%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (6.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (5.25%) SaaS
8 14 (4.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.95%) Serverless
10 7 (2.30%) IaaS
11 6 (1.97%) GitHub
11 6 (1.97%) PaaS
12 5 (1.64%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.31%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.31%) Azure Storage
14 3 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (0.98%) OpenShift
14 3 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (18.69%) Firewall
2 40 (13.11%) Network Security
3 14 (4.59%) VPN
4 13 (4.26%) DNS
5 11 (3.61%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.30%) WAN
7 6 (1.97%) Kerberos
7 6 (1.97%) LAN
8 5 (1.64%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.64%) Wireless
9 4 (1.31%) DHCP
9 4 (1.31%) SSL
10 3 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.66%) HTTP
11 2 (0.66%) Internet
11 2 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.66%) IPsec
11 2 (0.66%) S/MIME
11 2 (0.66%) SAN
11 2 (0.66%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.64%) Power BI
2 2 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.33%) DB2
3 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (10.16%) JIRA
2 6 (1.97%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.98%) Snyk
4 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.66%) Git
4 2 (0.66%) GitLab
4 2 (0.66%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.66%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 88 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 62 (20.33%) Finance
3 45 (14.75%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.25%) Banking
5 16 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.26%) Legal
7 8 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.30%) Publishing
9 6 (1.97%) Retail
10 4 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.31%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.31%) Military
10 4 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.33%) Games
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (16.39%) Architect
2 49 (16.07%) Analyst
3 42 (13.77%) Security Architect
3 42 (13.77%) Senior
4 38 (12.46%) Security Engineer
5 27 (8.85%) Security Analyst
6 19 (6.23%) Lead
7 18 (5.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 17 (5.57%) Consultant
8 17 (5.57%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.59%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.61%) Administrator
11 11 (3.61%) Security Manager
11 11 (3.61%) Security Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 9 (2.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 9 (2.95%) Security Officer
13 9 (2.95%) Tester
14 8 (2.62%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.57%) OAuth
2 16 (5.25%) SAML
3 8 (2.62%) SAP Basis
4 6 (1.97%) OpenID
5 5 (1.64%) .NET
5 5 (1.64%) JWT
6 4 (1.31%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.66%) ADO
7 2 (0.66%) Kafka
7 2 (0.66%) LDAP
7 2 (0.66%) Middleware
7 2 (0.66%) Node.js
7 2 (0.66%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.66%) REST
7 2 (0.66%) Spring
7 2 (0.66%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.66%) Web Services
8 1 (0.33%) JSSE
8 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.48%) Security Posture
2 25 (8.20%) Cyber Threat
3 24 (7.87%) Cloud Native
4 22 (7.21%) Management Information System
4 22 (7.21%) Onboarding
5 19 (6.23%) Security Operations Centre
6 13 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (3.61%) Operational Technology
8 10 (3.28%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (2.95%) Taxonomies
10 8 (2.62%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (2.62%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.97%) PKI
12 5 (1.64%) Mainframe
13 4 (1.31%) BYOD
13 4 (1.31%) CSOC
13 4 (1.31%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 52 (17.05%) Windows
2 28 (9.18%) Linux
3 21 (6.89%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.61%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.28%) Mac OS
6 8 (2.62%) Unix
7 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.66%) VMS
9 1 (0.33%) Android
9 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.33%) Rocky
9 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (49.84%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (36.72%) Incident Response
3 82 (26.89%) Security Operations
4 80 (26.23%) SIEM
5 78 (25.57%) Cloud Security
6 52 (17.05%) Identity Access Management
6 52 (17.05%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 45 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (14.10%) Threat Intelligence
10 41 (13.44%) Risk Management
10 41 (13.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 39 (12.79%) CI/CD
12 38 (12.46%) Threat Modelling
13 37 (12.13%) DevSecOps
14 35 (11.48%) Information Security
15 33 (10.82%) Application Security
15 33 (10.82%) Computer Science
15 33 (10.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 33 (10.82%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.46%) Python
2 24 (7.87%) PowerShell
3 20 (6.56%) Bash
4 8 (2.62%) SQL
5 7 (2.30%) Java
6 6 (1.97%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.66%) Bicep
9 1 (0.33%) Go
9 1 (0.33%) Ruby
9 1 (0.33%) Rust
9 1 (0.33%) Scala
9 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 84 (27.54%) Security Cleared
2 76 (24.92%) SC Cleared
3 73 (23.93%) CISSP
4 46 (15.08%) Degree
5 43 (14.10%) CISM
6 22 (7.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 19 (6.23%) CEH
8 16 (5.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 15 (4.92%) Master's Degree
10 13 (4.26%) Azure Certification
10 13 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (3.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (3.61%) AWS Certification
11 11 (3.61%) CCSP
12 10 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (3.28%) GCIH
12 10 (3.28%) PhD
13 9 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (2.95%) OSCP
14 8 (2.62%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (23.61%) NIST
2 63 (20.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (7.54%) GDPR
4 18 (5.90%) PCI DSS
5 15 (4.92%) NCSC
6 9 (2.95%) GRC
6 9 (2.95%) NIST 800
7 8 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.30%) COBIT
9 5 (1.64%) PSD2
9 5 (1.64%) SLA
10 4 (1.31%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.31%) PMO
11 3 (0.98%) ITGC
11 3 (0.98%) QA
11 3 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.23%) Docker
3 3 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.33%) GPFS
5 1 (0.33%) Lustre
5 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 22 (7.21%) SCCM
3 19 (6.23%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (4.92%) Nessus
5 12 (3.93%) Ansible
6 11 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (3.61%) Terraform
7 9 (2.95%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (2.30%) Norton AntiVirus
9 5 (1.64%) WSUS
10 4 (1.31%) CASB
11 3 (0.98%) Grafana
11 3 (0.98%) Nexpose
11 3 (0.98%) QRadar
12 2 (0.66%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.66%) Podman
12 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.66%) Puppet
12 2 (0.66%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.66%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 78 (25.57%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.15%) Qualys
3 31 (10.16%) Tenable
4 24 (7.87%) Splunk
5 16 (5.25%) Rapid7
6 14 (4.59%) CrowdStrike
6 14 (4.59%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.93%) Google
8 11 (3.61%) Palo Alto
8 11 (3.61%) ServiceNow
8 11 (3.61%) VMware
9 10 (3.28%) BiZZdesign
9 10 (3.28%) Okta
9 10 (3.28%) SAP
10 9 (2.95%) Centrify
10 9 (2.95%) McAfee
11 8 (2.62%) Cisco
12 7 (2.30%) Apple
12 7 (2.30%) Symantec
13 5 (1.64%) Citrix