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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 232 279
Rank change year-on-year +34 +47 +15
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 635 303 275
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.40% 1.10% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 1.21% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 205 195
10th Percentile £363 £318 £380
25th Percentile £466 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £772 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 8 2
10th Percentile £66.25 £28.92 -
25th Percentile - £30.34 £56.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +119.05%
75th Percentile £84.00 £72.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £101.65 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +119.05%

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 38,823 25,045 28,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.31% 90.74% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,257 16,045 18,963
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,475 1,380 1,752
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.87 £17.80
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%
75th Percentile £68.75 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 +16 260 £550 +2.61% 133
South East +6 142 £544 +3.57% 91
North of England +34 133 £540 +0.47% 43
Yorkshire +22 67 £550 +2.33% 18
North West -14 57 £540 +0.47% 23
South West -23 35 £588 +46.88% 27
Midlands -30 32 £525 -16.00% 24
West Midlands -46 25 £500 -24.53% 13
East of England -15 20 £513 +7.89% 11
North East - 9 £375 - 2
East Midlands -10 6 £638 +112.50% 11
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 (3.62%) Confluence
2 18 (2.83%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.20%) Apache
5 12 (1.89%) Jupyter
6 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.79%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 190 (29.92%) Azure
2 153 (24.09%) AWS
3 65 (10.24%) Entra ID
4 56 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (8.66%) GCP
6 42 (6.61%) GitHub
7 27 (4.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 26 (4.09%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (4.09%) SaaS
9 19 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
10 18 (2.83%) OCI
11 13 (2.05%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.89%) Power Platform
13 11 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (1.73%) OpenShift
13 11 (1.73%) Serverless
14 10 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (1.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (10.55%) Network Security
2 45 (7.09%) Firewall
3 23 (3.62%) DNS
4 14 (2.20%) WAN
5 13 (2.05%) MPLS
6 12 (1.89%) BGP
6 12 (1.89%) IPsec
6 12 (1.89%) LAN
6 12 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.89%) VPN
7 7 (1.10%) Broadband
8 6 (0.94%) DHCP
9 5 (0.79%) Internet
10 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.63%) MQTT
10 4 (0.63%) SSL
11 3 (0.47%) Intranet
11 3 (0.47%) NGFW
11 3 (0.47%) VLAN
12 2 (0.31%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.57%) Power BI
2 9 (1.42%) Big Data
2 9 (1.42%) Data Lake
3 6 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.31%) Apache Hive
6 2 (0.31%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 35 (5.51%) GitLab
2 28 (4.41%) JIRA
3 23 (3.62%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.73%) SonarQube
5 8 (1.26%) Git
5 8 (1.26%) Snyk
6 3 (0.47%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.47%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.47%) git-flow
6 3 (0.47%) InstallShield
6 3 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.31%) Flyway
7 2 (0.31%) JUnit
7 2 (0.31%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.31%) Mockito
8 1 (0.16%) MSI
8 1 (0.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.16%) TruffleHog
General
1 196 (30.87%) Social Skills
2 133 (20.94%) Finance
3 84 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (12.13%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.20%) Aerospace
6 31 (4.88%) Banking
7 23 (3.62%) Legal
8 19 (2.99%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.57%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.26%) Local Government
15 7 (1.10%) Military
15 7 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.94%) Law
16 6 (0.94%) Publishing
17 4 (0.63%) Retail
18 2 (0.31%) Billing
Job Titles
1 97 (15.28%) Analyst
2 72 (11.34%) Lead
3 62 (9.76%) Consultant
4 60 (9.45%) Security Engineer
5 55 (8.66%) Architect
6 48 (7.56%) Senior
7 39 (6.14%) Security Consultant
8 36 (5.67%) Security Analyst
9 35 (5.51%) Security Architect
10 30 (4.72%) Security Manager
11 24 (3.78%) Vulnerability Analyst
12 22 (3.46%) Security Specialist
13 21 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 21 (3.31%) Developer
13 21 (3.31%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 19 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
15 17 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
15 17 (2.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 16 (2.52%) DevSecOps Consultant
16 16 (2.52%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (1.89%) Loki
3 8 (1.26%) REST
4 7 (1.10%) RESTful
5 6 (0.94%) LangChain
5 6 (0.94%) LDAP
5 6 (0.94%) PyTorch
5 6 (0.94%) SAP Basis
5 6 (0.94%) scikit-learn
6 5 (0.79%) Kafka
6 5 (0.79%) ModSecurity
7 4 (0.63%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (0.63%) gRPC
7 4 (0.63%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.63%) Protocol Buffers
8 3 (0.47%) OpenAPI
8 3 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.47%) SLSA
8 3 (0.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (15.91%) Security Posture
2 55 (8.66%) Operational Technology
3 46 (7.24%) Cloud Native
4 45 (7.09%) Cyber Threat
5 43 (6.77%) Onboarding
6 38 (5.98%) Management Information System
7 30 (4.72%) Security Operations Centre
8 21 (3.31%) Cloud Security Posture
8 21 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (3.15%) Virtual Team
10 16 (2.52%) Product Ownership
11 13 (2.05%) CMDB
12 12 (1.89%) SCADA
13 11 (1.73%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (1.57%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.57%) PKI
15 9 (1.42%) Public Cloud
16 8 (1.26%) Cyber Security Posture
17 7 (1.10%) CSOC
17 7 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 83 (13.07%) Linux
1 83 (13.07%) Windows
2 23 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 21 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.99%) Unix
5 12 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.94%) AIX
6 6 (0.94%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.79%) HPUX
7 5 (0.79%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.79%) Solaris
7 5 (0.79%) SUSE
7 5 (0.79%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.63%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Android
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (48.19%) Cybersecurity
2 166 (26.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 165 (25.98%) Incident Response
4 142 (22.36%) CI/CD
5 131 (20.63%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 130 (20.47%) Risk Management
7 129 (20.31%) Security Operations
8 126 (19.84%) Cloud Security
8 126 (19.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 116 (18.27%) SIEM
10 92 (14.49%) Threat Modelling
11 91 (14.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 89 (14.02%) DevSecOps
13 86 (13.54%) Security Architecture
14 79 (12.44%) DevOps
15 76 (11.97%) Roadmaps
16 69 (10.87%) Information Security
17 68 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
18 64 (10.08%) Identity Access Management
19 60 (9.45%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 102 (16.06%) Python
2 63 (9.92%) PowerShell
3 40 (6.30%) Bash
4 19 (2.99%) Bicep
4 19 (2.99%) SQL
5 10 (1.57%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.26%) Shell Script
7 6 (0.94%) Java
8 4 (0.63%) Korn
8 4 (0.63%) Rust
9 3 (0.47%) Perl
10 2 (0.31%) C#
10 2 (0.31%) Go
10 2 (0.31%) PromQL
10 2 (0.31%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 224 (35.28%) Security Cleared
2 155 (24.41%) SC Cleared
3 117 (18.43%) CISSP
4 76 (11.97%) CISM
5 61 (9.61%) Degree
6 50 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
7 47 (7.40%) DV Cleared
8 43 (6.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 31 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 26 (4.09%) CCSP
11 18 (2.83%) AWS Certification
12 16 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (2.36%) CRISC
14 13 (2.05%) CISA
14 13 (2.05%) GIAC
14 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (1.89%) Azure Certification
15 12 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (1.89%) PMP
16 11 (1.73%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (20.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (17.95%) NIST
3 51 (8.03%) GDPR
4 50 (7.87%) GRC
5 43 (6.77%) NCSC
6 40 (6.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (3.94%) SLA
8 20 (3.15%) NIST 800
9 16 (2.52%) QA
10 15 (2.36%) PCI DSS
11 14 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (1.89%) SOC 2
13 11 (1.73%) ISO 31000
14 8 (1.26%) Data Quality
15 7 (1.10%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.79%) COBIT
16 5 (0.79%) Def Stans
16 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 4 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 58 (9.13%) Docker
2 52 (8.19%) Active Directory
3 26 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.31%) HDFS
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 75 (11.81%) Terraform
2 69 (10.87%) Kubernetes
3 35 (5.51%) Ansible
4 29 (4.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (4.25%) Grafana
6 19 (2.99%) Nessus
7 15 (2.36%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (2.20%) Argo
9 12 (1.89%) SCCM
10 9 (1.42%) Puppet
11 5 (0.79%) CASB
11 5 (0.79%) vRealize
12 4 (0.63%) OPNET
12 4 (0.63%) Podman
12 4 (0.63%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.63%) QRadar
13 3 (0.47%) HP Fortify
14 2 (0.31%) Nexpose
14 2 (0.31%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 140 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.61%) Tenable
3 51 (8.03%) Qualys
4 46 (7.24%) Splunk
5 41 (6.46%) ServiceNow
6 31 (4.88%) Oracle
7 24 (3.78%) CrowdStrike
8 21 (3.31%) Trend Micro
9 20 (3.15%) Rapid7
10 19 (2.99%) Google
11 15 (2.36%) Okta
12 14 (2.20%) VMware
13 12 (1.89%) Red Hat
13 12 (1.89%) Remedy
13 12 (1.89%) SAP
13 12 (1.89%) Tanium
14 11 (1.73%) Databricks
15 10 (1.57%) IBM
16 9 (1.42%) CyberArk
17 8 (1.26%) Clearswift