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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 280 275
Rank change year-on-year +46 -5 +43
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 404 202 303
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.11% 0.82% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 0.90% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 123 230
10th Percentile £335 £400 £400
25th Percentile £438 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.81% -1.78%
75th Percentile £616 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 11
10th Percentile £41.94 - -
25th Percentile £53.50 £45.75 £42.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% +22.47% -31.54%
75th Percentile £84.00 £63.25 £57.13
90th Percentile £85.50 - £67.50
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £54.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year +23.85% +22.47% -31.54%

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 31,421 22,365 33,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,102 14,445 21,880
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 1,952 795 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.01 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.81 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +32 162 £573 -4.50% 46
North of England +20 105 £519 +3.85% 26
Yorkshire -4 66 £494 - 10
South East -38 60 £475 -14.22% 39
North West -6 39 £579 +28.61% 10
Midlands -47 31 £500 -24.53% 16
West Midlands -43 24 £469 -29.25% 9
South West -10 20 £520 +15.44% 11
East of England -21 11 £480 -31.43% 12
East Midlands -29 7 £638 - 7
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 30 (7.43%) Confluence
2 8 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (4.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 141 (34.90%) Azure
2 117 (28.96%) AWS
3 45 (11.14%) Entra ID
4 41 (10.15%) GCP
5 40 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (5.20%) SaaS
7 18 (4.46%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (4.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (2.72%) Serverless
10 10 (2.48%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.23%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (1.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.73%) GitHub
14 6 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.49%) IaaS
14 6 (1.49%) PaaS
15 5 (1.24%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (16.34%) Firewall
2 48 (11.88%) Network Security
3 20 (4.95%) DNS
4 16 (3.96%) VPN
5 12 (2.97%) DHCP
5 12 (2.97%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.23%) Wireless
7 6 (1.49%) HTTPS
7 6 (1.49%) Kerberos
7 6 (1.49%) SSL
8 5 (1.24%) WAN
9 4 (0.99%) Internet
9 4 (0.99%) LAN
10 3 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.74%) SAN
11 2 (0.50%) NAS
11 2 (0.50%) S/MIME
11 2 (0.50%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.25%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.23%) Power BI
2 4 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.74%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.74%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.25%) DB2
5 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 36 (8.91%) JIRA
2 9 (2.23%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.98%) Snyk
4 4 (0.99%) GitLab
5 3 (0.74%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.50%) Git
7 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.25%) git-flow
7 1 (0.25%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.25%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 110 (27.23%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.08%) Finance
3 63 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.39%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.71%) Legal
7 14 (3.47%) Aerospace
8 12 (2.97%) Banking
8 12 (2.97%) Publishing
9 8 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.73%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.99%) Military
11 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.99%) Retail
12 3 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Local Government
13 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (15.35%) Security Engineer
2 56 (13.86%) Architect
3 50 (12.38%) Analyst
4 43 (10.64%) Senior
5 42 (10.40%) Security Architect
6 33 (8.17%) Lead
7 23 (5.69%) Security Analyst
8 19 (4.70%) Consultant
8 19 (4.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 16 (3.96%) Administrator
9 16 (3.96%) Business Analyst
9 16 (3.96%) Security Manager
10 12 (2.97%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
11 11 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.48%) Security Consultant
12 10 (2.48%) Security Officer
12 10 (2.48%) Senior Security Engineer
12 10 (2.48%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.46%) OAuth
2 17 (4.21%) SAML
3 13 (3.22%) SAP Basis
4 8 (1.98%) OpenID
5 6 (1.49%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.49%) LDAP
6 5 (1.24%) .NET
6 5 (1.24%) JWT
7 4 (0.99%) Kafka
7 4 (0.99%) LangChain
7 4 (0.99%) PyTorch
7 4 (0.99%) SailPoint
7 4 (0.99%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.74%) Middleware
8 3 (0.74%) REST
8 3 (0.74%) Web Services
9 2 (0.50%) ADO
9 2 (0.50%) CSS
9 2 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.86%) Security Posture
2 36 (8.91%) Cloud Native
3 27 (6.68%) Management Information System
3 27 (6.68%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.95%) Operational Technology
5 19 (4.70%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (3.71%) PKI
7 14 (3.47%) Cloud Security Posture
7 14 (3.47%) Taxonomies
8 13 (3.22%) Cyber Defence
8 13 (3.22%) Security Operations Centre
9 10 (2.48%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.73%) IoT
12 7 (1.73%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.24%) BYOD
14 5 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.64%) Windows
2 39 (9.65%) Linux
3 18 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.23%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.23%) Unix
5 5 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.99%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.50%) Rocky
7 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.25%) Android
8 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.25%) CentOS
8 1 (0.25%) VMS
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (43.81%) Cybersecurity
2 123 (30.45%) Incident Response
3 93 (23.02%) Cloud Security
4 83 (20.54%) SIEM
5 79 (19.55%) Security Operations
6 72 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (16.58%) CI/CD
8 62 (15.35%) Risk Management
9 56 (13.86%) Identity Access Management
9 56 (13.86%) Threat Modelling
10 52 (12.87%) DevSecOps
10 52 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (12.87%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 48 (11.88%) Threat Intelligence
12 47 (11.63%) Security Architecture
13 46 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (11.14%) Computer Science
14 45 (11.14%) Roadmaps
15 44 (10.89%) Agile
16 41 (10.15%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 55 (13.61%) Python
2 31 (7.67%) PowerShell
3 24 (5.94%) Bash
4 13 (3.22%) SQL
5 7 (1.73%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.49%) Java
7 4 (0.99%) Korn
8 3 (0.74%) Bicep
8 3 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.74%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.50%) Go
10 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.25%) Rust
10 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 122 (30.20%) Security Cleared
2 98 (24.26%) SC Cleared
3 80 (19.80%) CISSP
4 64 (15.84%) Degree
5 46 (11.39%) CISM
6 26 (6.44%) CompTIA Security+
7 19 (4.70%) Master's Degree
8 16 (3.96%) TOGAF Certification
9 15 (3.71%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (3.47%) CEH
10 14 (3.47%) GIAC
11 12 (2.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (2.97%) CCSP
12 11 (2.72%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.72%) CREST Certified
12 11 (2.72%) DV Cleared
13 10 (2.48%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.48%) PhD
13 10 (2.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (18.32%) NIST
2 65 (16.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.94%) GDPR
4 21 (5.20%) NCSC
5 19 (4.70%) GRC
6 15 (3.71%) PCI DSS
7 14 (3.47%) NIST 800
8 12 (2.97%) SLA
9 10 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (1.98%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.73%) HIPAA
11 7 (1.73%) QA
12 6 (1.49%) PMO
13 5 (1.24%) COBIT
14 4 (0.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.74%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.74%) GxP
16 2 (0.50%) ISO 31000
16 2 (0.50%) PSD2
16 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.45%) Docker
3 10 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.50%) GPFS
6 2 (0.50%) Lustre
6 2 (0.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.50%) vSphere
7 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (7.18%) Kubernetes
1 29 (7.18%) Single Sign-On
2 20 (4.95%) Terraform
3 19 (4.70%) Nessus
4 14 (3.47%) Ansible
4 14 (3.47%) SCCM
5 11 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (1.73%) CASB
8 5 (1.24%) Norton AntiVirus
9 3 (0.74%) Grafana
9 3 (0.74%) OpenVAS
9 3 (0.74%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.74%) QRadar
9 3 (0.74%) WSUS
10 2 (0.50%) Podman
10 2 (0.50%) Puppet
10 2 (0.50%) SCOM
10 2 (0.50%) SCOrch
10 2 (0.50%) SELinux
Vendors
1 80 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 45 (11.14%) Tenable
3 40 (9.90%) Splunk
4 32 (7.92%) Qualys
5 25 (6.19%) ServiceNow
6 21 (5.20%) CyberArk
7 19 (4.70%) Okta
7 19 (4.70%) SAP
8 17 (4.21%) Rapid7
9 11 (2.72%) Cisco
9 11 (2.72%) Google
10 10 (2.48%) BiZZdesign
11 9 (2.23%) Centrify
11 9 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.23%) VMware
12 7 (1.73%) Apple
12 7 (1.73%) IBM
12 7 (1.73%) Remedy
13 6 (1.49%) ForeScout
14 5 (1.24%) Zscaler