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

 6 months to
7 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 228 286
Rank change year-on-year +29 +58 +29
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 522 264 297
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 1.08% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.19% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 182 213
10th Percentile £360 £325 £376
25th Percentile £469 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £774 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 4 1
10th Percentile £48.15 £28.12 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £29.02 £56.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £43.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.99% -25.23% +130.00%
75th Percentile £84.00 £72.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £84.60 £88.98 -
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £43.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +89.56% -25.23% +130.00%

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 35,947 22,218 31,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.03% 91.31% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,779 14,375 20,755
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 993 2,342
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.08% -23.73% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.30 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £74.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +57.06% -23.32% +1.39%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -5 210 £550 -0.50% 124
North of England +35 130 £525 -17.65% 84
South East -24 94 £525 -0.19% 109
Yorkshire +11 72 £535 - 29
North West 0 54 £533 -9.36% 32
South West -12 33 £552 +38.00% 52
Midlands -30 30 £469 -18.48% 43
West Midlands -43 24 £406 -35.00% 27
East Midlands -22 5 £638 +112.50% 16
East of England -29 5 £513 +7.89% 38
North East -22 4 £375 -45.45% 23
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 15 (2.87%) Confluence
2 10 (1.92%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.53%) Apache
4 7 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.34%) Jupyter
4 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.19%) nginx
5 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 169 (32.38%) Azure
2 132 (25.29%) AWS
3 62 (11.88%) Entra ID
4 53 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (9.39%) GCP
6 32 (6.13%) SaaS
7 26 (4.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 21 (4.02%) GitHub
9 15 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 15 (2.87%) OpenShift
10 13 (2.49%) Power Platform
11 12 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.11%) Serverless
13 10 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.72%) IaaS
14 9 (1.72%) PaaS
14 9 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 52 (9.96%) Network Security
2 47 (9.00%) Firewall
3 23 (4.41%) DNS
4 14 (2.68%) DHCP
5 12 (2.30%) VPN
6 9 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.72%) WAN
7 8 (1.53%) LAN
8 7 (1.34%) BGP
8 7 (1.34%) IPsec
8 7 (1.34%) MPLS
9 6 (1.15%) HTTPS
9 6 (1.15%) Wireless
10 5 (0.96%) Internet
11 4 (0.77%) NGFW
11 4 (0.77%) SSL
12 3 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.57%) MQTT
13 2 (0.38%) DKIM
13 2 (0.38%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.11%) Power BI
2 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.57%) Big Data
5 3 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.57%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.38%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.38%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.19%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (4.79%) JIRA
2 20 (3.83%) GitLab
3 16 (3.07%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.92%) Snyk
4 10 (1.92%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.15%) Git
6 3 (0.57%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.57%) git-flow
6 3 (0.57%) InstallShield
6 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.38%) Flyway
7 2 (0.38%) JUnit
7 2 (0.38%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.38%) Mockito
8 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 154 (29.50%) Social Skills
2 108 (20.69%) Finance
3 81 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.75%) Banking
6 26 (4.98%) Legal
7 25 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (3.83%) Aerospace
9 15 (2.87%) Financial Institution
9 15 (2.87%) Publishing
10 12 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.53%) Local Government
12 6 (1.15%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.96%) Law
14 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.38%) Arabic Language
15 2 (0.38%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.19%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 67 (12.84%) Analyst
2 59 (11.30%) Security Engineer
3 53 (10.15%) Architect
4 49 (9.39%) Lead
5 46 (8.81%) Consultant
6 41 (7.85%) Senior
7 35 (6.70%) Security Architect
8 27 (5.17%) Security Consultant
9 25 (4.79%) Security Analyst
10 23 (4.41%) Security Manager
11 22 (4.21%) Security Specialist
12 18 (3.45%) Business Analyst
13 16 (3.07%) Administrator
14 15 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 15 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
14 15 (2.87%) Vulnerability Analyst
15 14 (2.68%) Senior Security Engineer
15 14 (2.68%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
16 13 (2.49%) AWS Engineer
16 13 (2.49%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.07%) SAP Basis
2 14 (2.68%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.15%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.15%) Kafka
3 6 (1.15%) LDAP
3 6 (1.15%) RESTful
4 5 (0.96%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (0.77%) ADO
5 4 (0.77%) LangChain
5 4 (0.77%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.77%) REST
5 4 (0.77%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.57%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.57%) gRPC
6 3 (0.57%) Keycloak
6 3 (0.57%) OAuth
6 3 (0.57%) Protocol Buffers
6 3 (0.57%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.57%) Spring
6 3 (0.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 76 (14.56%) Security Posture
2 44 (8.43%) Operational Technology
3 37 (7.09%) Cloud Native
4 36 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.75%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.83%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.64%) Virtual Team
8 17 (3.26%) Taxonomies
9 15 (2.87%) Cyber Defence
9 15 (2.87%) PKI
10 14 (2.68%) Cloud Security Posture
10 14 (2.68%) Product Ownership
10 14 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
11 12 (2.30%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.92%) SCADA
13 8 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.53%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.34%) CMDB
14 7 (1.34%) IoT
15 6 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.79%) Linux
2 70 (13.41%) Windows
3 27 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (3.64%) Unix
6 7 (1.34%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.96%) AIX
7 5 (0.96%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.77%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.77%) HPUX
8 4 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.77%) Solaris
8 4 (0.77%) SUSE
9 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Rocky
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (44.06%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (22.03%) Incident Response
3 110 (21.07%) CI/CD
4 101 (19.35%) SIEM
5 99 (18.97%) Cloud Security
6 98 (18.77%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 97 (18.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 95 (18.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 93 (17.82%) Risk Management
10 85 (16.28%) Threat Modelling
11 84 (16.09%) Security Architecture
12 80 (15.33%) Security Operations
13 69 (13.22%) DevOps
13 69 (13.22%) Roadmaps
13 69 (13.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 63 (12.07%) DevSecOps
15 50 (9.58%) Application Security
16 48 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
16 48 (9.20%) Validation
17 46 (8.81%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 70 (13.41%) Python
2 42 (8.05%) PowerShell
3 21 (4.02%) Bash
4 12 (2.30%) SQL
5 10 (1.92%) Bicep
6 9 (1.72%) Java
7 7 (1.34%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.34%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.77%) Korn
9 3 (0.57%) Rust
10 2 (0.38%) Go
10 2 (0.38%) PromQL
11 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.19%) C#
11 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 158 (30.27%) Security Cleared
2 103 (19.73%) CISSP
3 102 (19.54%) SC Cleared
4 66 (12.64%) CISM
4 66 (12.64%) Degree
5 33 (6.32%) DV Cleared
6 30 (5.75%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (5.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 23 (4.41%) CCSP
10 18 (3.45%) GIAC
11 17 (3.26%) CRISC
12 15 (2.87%) AWS Certification
13 12 (2.30%) CISA
13 12 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.92%) CEH
14 10 (1.92%) PMP
15 9 (1.72%) Azure Certification
15 9 (1.72%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (18.77%) NIST
2 91 (17.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (7.09%) GRC
4 31 (5.94%) GDPR
5 29 (5.56%) NCSC
6 28 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (3.45%) SLA
8 14 (2.68%) NIST 800
8 14 (2.68%) SOC 2
9 13 (2.49%) PCI DSS
10 11 (2.11%) ISO 31000
10 11 (2.11%) QA
11 8 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (1.34%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.96%) COBIT
14 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
14 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (0.57%) IFRS
15 3 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 36 (6.90%) Docker
3 23 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.38%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) GPFS
7 1 (0.19%) Lustre
7 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (9.96%) Kubernetes
2 45 (8.62%) Terraform
3 26 (4.98%) Ansible
4 25 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (4.02%) Nessus
6 15 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (2.68%) Grafana
7 14 (2.68%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.53%) SCCM
9 6 (1.15%) Puppet
10 5 (0.96%) CASB
11 4 (0.77%) vRealize
12 3 (0.57%) OpenVAS
12 3 (0.57%) Podman
13 2 (0.38%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
13 2 (0.38%) Nexpose
13 2 (0.38%) SCOM
13 2 (0.38%) SELinux
13 2 (0.38%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 97 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.73%) Tenable
3 49 (9.39%) Qualys
4 45 (8.62%) Splunk
5 28 (5.36%) ServiceNow
6 26 (4.98%) Okta
7 23 (4.41%) SAP
8 18 (3.45%) Rapid7
9 17 (3.26%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (2.68%) VMware
11 13 (2.49%) Trend Micro
12 12 (2.30%) Google
12 12 (2.30%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.30%) Remedy
13 11 (2.11%) Oracle
14 10 (1.92%) CyberArk
15 8 (1.53%) Databricks
16 7 (1.34%) IBM
17 6 (1.15%) Cisco
17 6 (1.15%) Fortinet
397 Vulnerability Management jobs in England