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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 238 273
Rank change year-on-year +40 +35 +6
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 643 303 293
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.40% 1.10% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.21% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 211 210
10th Percentile £363 £325 £380
25th Percentile £463 £449 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -7.02%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £735 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 7 3
10th Percentile £66.25 £28.72 £51.25
25th Percentile £71.00 £30.06 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +109.09%
75th Percentile £83.50 £81.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £102.20 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +109.09%

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 38,969 25,067 28,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.85% 85.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,148 15,970 18,420
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £754
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,571 1,462 1,558
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.21 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.87 £18.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +66.68% -37.90% -2.41%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +16 264 £550 +4.76% 112
South East +10 148 £550 +4.96% 113
North of England +30 126 £525 -2.33% 66
Yorkshire +18 63 £550 +2.33% 23
North West -15 53 £511 -1.69% 30
South West -20 39 £575 +43.75% 60
Midlands -28 31 £568 +0.98% 36
East of England -17 24 £510 +13.33% 35
West Midlands -31 24 £525 -20.75% 24
North East - 10 £375 - 13
East Midlands -13 6 £638 +67.21% 12
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 21 (3.27%) Confluence
2 20 (3.11%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.49%) Apache
5 12 (1.87%) Jupyter
6 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.78%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.47%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.16%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 208 (32.35%) Azure
2 160 (24.88%) AWS
3 71 (11.04%) Entra ID
4 63 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (9.49%) GCP
6 54 (8.40%) GitHub
7 32 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.89%) Azure Sentinel
9 25 (3.89%) SaaS
10 19 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (2.80%) OCI
12 16 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
13 15 (2.33%) Power Platform
14 14 (2.18%) Amazon S3
15 13 (2.02%) Azure Monitor
16 12 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (1.56%) Datadog
17 10 (1.56%) OpenShift
17 10 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.20%) Network Security
2 36 (5.60%) Firewall
3 17 (2.64%) DNS
4 15 (2.33%) WAN
5 13 (2.02%) MPLS
6 12 (1.87%) BGP
6 12 (1.87%) IPsec
6 12 (1.87%) LAN
7 11 (1.71%) VPN
8 9 (1.40%) Broadband
9 8 (1.24%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.78%) Intranet
11 4 (0.62%) DHCP
11 4 (0.62%) Internet
11 4 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.62%) MQTT
12 3 (0.47%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.47%) NGFW
12 3 (0.47%) VLAN
13 2 (0.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.71%) Power BI
2 10 (1.56%) Big Data
3 8 (1.24%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.47%) Trino
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.31%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.31%) Power Query
8 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.16%) Flink
9 1 (0.16%) Metadata
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 42 (6.53%) GitLab
2 28 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 26 (4.04%) JIRA
4 11 (1.71%) SonarQube
5 10 (1.56%) Git
6 6 (0.93%) Snyk
7 4 (0.62%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.47%) AdminStudio
8 3 (0.47%) git-flow
8 3 (0.47%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.47%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.31%) Flyway
9 2 (0.31%) JUnit
9 2 (0.31%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.31%) Mockito
9 2 (0.31%) MSI
9 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 201 (31.26%) Social Skills
2 132 (20.53%) Finance
3 80 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (11.98%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.91%) Banking
6 35 (5.44%) Aerospace
7 22 (3.42%) Legal
8 20 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.80%) Financial Institution
10 17 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.24%) Local Government
13 8 (1.24%) Military
14 6 (0.93%) Law
14 6 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.78%) Publishing
16 4 (0.62%) Retail
17 3 (0.47%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 100 (15.55%) Analyst
2 79 (12.29%) Lead
3 65 (10.11%) Consultant
4 56 (8.71%) Architect
5 54 (8.40%) Security Engineer
6 53 (8.24%) Senior
7 44 (6.84%) Security Analyst
8 41 (6.38%) Security Consultant
9 37 (5.75%) Security Architect
10 29 (4.51%) Security Manager
11 25 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
11 25 (3.89%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 24 (3.73%) Security Specialist
13 22 (3.42%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 22 (3.42%) Vulnerability Analyst
14 21 (3.27%) Developer
14 21 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
15 17 (2.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 17 (2.64%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 17 (2.64%) DevSecOps Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (14.00%) Terraform
2 15 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (2.02%) REST
4 12 (1.87%) Loki
5 8 (1.24%) ARM Templates
6 7 (1.09%) Kafka
6 7 (1.09%) RESTful
7 5 (0.78%) ModSecurity
7 5 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.78%) SAP Basis
8 4 (0.62%) .NET
8 4 (0.62%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.62%) gRPC
8 4 (0.62%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.62%) Protocol Buffers
8 4 (0.62%) SLSA
9 3 (0.47%) JDBC
9 3 (0.47%) JSON
9 3 (0.47%) OAuth
9 3 (0.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 104 (16.17%) Security Posture
2 51 (7.93%) Cyber Threat
2 51 (7.93%) Operational Technology
3 48 (7.47%) Onboarding
4 45 (7.00%) Cloud Native
5 35 (5.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 33 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 20 (3.11%) Cloud Security Posture
7 20 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
8 19 (2.95%) Virtual Team
9 16 (2.49%) Product Ownership
10 14 (2.18%) CMDB
10 14 (2.18%) SCADA
11 12 (1.87%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.40%) NHS
13 9 (1.40%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 83 (12.91%) Windows
2 76 (11.82%) Linux
3 22 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 21 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.33%) Unix
6 13 (2.02%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.93%) AIX
8 5 (0.78%) HPUX
8 5 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.78%) Solaris
8 5 (0.78%) SUSE
8 5 (0.78%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.62%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.62%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.31%) Android
10 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.16%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (51.79%) Cybersecurity
2 182 (28.30%) Stakeholder Management
3 169 (26.28%) Incident Response
4 153 (23.79%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 147 (22.86%) CI/CD
6 137 (21.31%) Cloud Security
7 131 (20.37%) Security Operations
8 130 (20.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 125 (19.44%) Risk Management
10 115 (17.88%) SIEM
11 102 (15.86%) DevSecOps
12 99 (15.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 88 (13.69%) DevOps
13 88 (13.69%) Infrastructure as Code
13 88 (13.69%) Threat Modelling
14 87 (13.53%) Security Architecture
15 71 (11.04%) Information Security
15 71 (11.04%) Roadmaps
16 70 (10.89%) Identity Access Management
17 66 (10.26%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 104 (16.17%) Python
2 79 (12.29%) PowerShell
3 38 (5.91%) Bash
4 26 (4.04%) Bicep
5 20 (3.11%) SQL
6 11 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (1.56%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.09%) Java
8 7 (1.09%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.62%) C#
9 4 (0.62%) Go
9 4 (0.62%) Korn
9 4 (0.62%) Rust
10 3 (0.47%) Perl
11 2 (0.31%) PromQL
11 2 (0.31%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.16%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 228 (35.46%) Security Cleared
2 159 (24.73%) SC Cleared
3 110 (17.11%) CISSP
4 76 (11.82%) CISM
5 55 (8.55%) Cisco Certification
6 54 (8.40%) Degree
7 51 (7.93%) DV Cleared
8 47 (7.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (4.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (3.89%) CCSP
11 19 (2.95%) AWS Certification
12 17 (2.64%) Azure Certification
13 16 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (2.02%) CEH
14 13 (2.02%) CRISC
14 13 (2.02%) GIAC
15 12 (1.87%) PMP
16 11 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
17 10 (1.56%) CESG Certified Professional
17 10 (1.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (20.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 126 (19.60%) NIST
3 57 (8.86%) NCSC
4 51 (7.93%) GDPR
5 46 (7.15%) GRC
6 45 (7.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (4.35%) SLA
8 21 (3.27%) NIST 800
9 20 (3.11%) QA
10 19 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (2.18%) PCI DSS
12 9 (1.40%) Data Quality
12 9 (1.40%) ISO 31000
12 9 (1.40%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.93%) COBIT
14 5 (0.78%) Def Stans
14 5 (0.78%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.78%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 58 (9.02%) Docker
2 57 (8.86%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.47%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.31%) HDFS
8 1 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 80 (12.44%) Kubernetes
2 40 (6.22%) Ansible
3 29 (4.51%) Grafana
3 29 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (2.64%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.18%) Argo
5 14 (2.18%) SCCM
5 14 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.71%) Nessus
7 9 (1.40%) Puppet
8 5 (0.78%) vRealize
9 4 (0.62%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.62%) OPNET
9 4 (0.62%) Podman
9 4 (0.62%) Proxmox
9 4 (0.62%) QRadar
10 2 (0.31%) Cilium
10 2 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.31%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.31%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 153 (23.79%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.24%) Qualys
2 53 (8.24%) Tenable
3 39 (6.07%) ServiceNow
4 36 (5.60%) Splunk
5 31 (4.82%) Oracle
6 24 (3.73%) CrowdStrike
7 20 (3.11%) Trend Micro
8 19 (2.95%) Google
9 18 (2.80%) Rapid7
10 17 (2.64%) VMware
11 13 (2.02%) Tanium
12 11 (1.71%) Databricks
12 11 (1.71%) Okta
12 11 (1.71%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.71%) SAP
13 8 (1.24%) Clearswift
13 8 (1.24%) Fortinet
14 7 (1.09%) Apple
14 7 (1.09%) Remedy