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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 255 282
Rank change year-on-year +59 +27 +18
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 598 280 300
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.33% 1.04% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.14% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 189 212
10th Percentile £356 £313 £391
25th Percentile £468 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £527 £550
% change year-on-year +2.47% -4.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 7 1
10th Percentile £63.25 £28.72 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £30.06 £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 £81.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £102.20 -
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +49.54% -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 38,339 24,527 31,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 90.74% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,173 15,771 20,632
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.48% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,262 2,268
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.21 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £70.16 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +19 247 £550 - 104
North of England +31 138 £540 -11.76% 55
South East -9 113 £525 +0.19% 101
Yorkshire +21 72 £550 - 21
North West 0 57 £540 -11.76% 22
South West -12 38 £554 +38.50% 47
Midlands -32 33 £525 -16.00% 33
West Midlands -49 26 £438 -33.96% 20
East of England -33 15 £513 +7.89% 29
North East -30 9 £375 -45.45% 13
East Midlands -9 6 £638 +112.50% 13
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 22 (3.68%) Confluence
2 17 (2.84%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.34%) Apache
3 14 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.01%) Jupyter
5 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.00%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (1.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 176 (29.43%) Azure
2 150 (25.08%) AWS
3 62 (10.37%) Entra ID
4 54 (9.03%) GCP
5 52 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (5.02%) GitHub
7 26 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 26 (4.35%) SaaS
8 19 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.51%) OCI
10 15 (2.51%) Power Platform
11 14 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.17%) OpenShift
13 12 (2.01%) Serverless
14 10 (1.67%) Amazon S3
15 9 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 8 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.04%) Network Security
2 47 (7.86%) Firewall
3 21 (3.51%) DNS
4 13 (2.17%) DHCP
5 11 (1.84%) WAN
6 10 (1.67%) VPN
7 9 (1.51%) BGP
7 9 (1.51%) IPsec
7 9 (1.51%) LAN
7 9 (1.51%) MPLS
8 8 (1.34%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.00%) HTTPS
9 6 (1.00%) Wireless
10 5 (0.84%) Internet
10 5 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.67%) Broadband
11 4 (0.67%) MQTT
11 4 (0.67%) NGFW
11 4 (0.67%) SSL
12 2 (0.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.17%) Power BI
2 7 (1.17%) Big Data
3 6 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.84%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.33%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.17%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (4.85%) GitLab
1 29 (4.85%) JIRA
2 18 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.84%) SonarQube
4 8 (1.34%) Git
4 8 (1.34%) Snyk
5 3 (0.50%) AdminStudio
5 3 (0.50%) Burp Suite
5 3 (0.50%) git-flow
5 3 (0.50%) InstallShield
5 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.33%) Flyway
6 2 (0.33%) JUnit
6 2 (0.33%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.33%) Mockito
7 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.17%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.17%) TruffleHog
General
1 176 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 125 (20.90%) Finance
3 84 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (12.21%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.85%) Banking
6 26 (4.35%) Aerospace
7 24 (4.01%) Legal
8 19 (3.18%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.51%) Local Government
13 8 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.34%) Publishing
14 7 (1.17%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.00%) Law
15 6 (1.00%) Military
16 5 (0.84%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.33%) Arabic Language
18 1 (0.17%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (13.71%) Analyst
2 65 (10.87%) Lead
3 59 (9.87%) Security Engineer
4 57 (9.53%) Architect
5 56 (9.36%) Consultant
6 44 (7.36%) Senior
7 38 (6.35%) Security Architect
8 34 (5.69%) Security Consultant
9 32 (5.35%) Security Analyst
10 25 (4.18%) Security Manager
11 22 (3.68%) Security Specialist
12 21 (3.51%) Vulnerability Analyst
13 19 (3.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 19 (3.18%) Developer
13 19 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
13 19 (3.18%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 18 (3.01%) Business Analyst
15 17 (2.84%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 16 (2.68%) DevSecOps Consultant
17 15 (2.51%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (1.67%) Loki
3 8 (1.34%) SAP Basis
4 7 (1.17%) REST
4 7 (1.17%) RESTful
5 6 (1.00%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.00%) Kafka
5 6 (1.00%) LangChain
5 6 (1.00%) LDAP
5 6 (1.00%) PyTorch
5 6 (1.00%) scikit-learn
6 5 (0.84%) ModSecurity
7 4 (0.67%) Azure Blueprints
7 4 (0.67%) gRPC
7 4 (0.67%) Keycloak
7 4 (0.67%) Protocol Buffers
8 3 (0.50%) OAuth
8 3 (0.50%) SailPoint
8 3 (0.50%) SOAP
8 3 (0.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 98 (16.39%) Security Posture
2 48 (8.03%) Operational Technology
3 44 (7.36%) Cloud Native
4 41 (6.86%) Onboarding
5 35 (5.85%) Management Information System
6 32 (5.35%) Cyber Threat
7 22 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 21 (3.51%) Virtual Team
9 20 (3.34%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (3.01%) Cloud Security Posture
11 15 (2.51%) Product Ownership
12 12 (2.01%) Data Centre
12 12 (2.01%) SCADA
13 11 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.84%) PKI
14 10 (1.67%) CMDB
15 9 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.51%) Public Cloud
16 8 (1.34%) Taxonomies
17 7 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 79 (13.21%) Linux
2 78 (13.04%) Windows
3 23 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (3.34%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.18%) Unix
6 11 (1.84%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.17%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.00%) AIX
9 5 (0.84%) HPUX
9 5 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (0.84%) Solaris
9 5 (0.84%) SUSE
10 4 (0.67%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.50%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.17%) Android
13 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.17%) CentOS
13 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (45.99%) Cybersecurity
2 145 (24.25%) Incident Response
3 134 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 133 (22.24%) CI/CD
5 117 (19.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 115 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 115 (19.23%) Risk Management
7 114 (19.06%) Cloud Security
8 111 (18.56%) Security Operations
9 110 (18.39%) SIEM
10 91 (15.22%) Threat Modelling
11 89 (14.88%) Security Architecture
12 88 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 84 (14.05%) DevSecOps
14 77 (12.88%) DevOps
15 74 (12.37%) Roadmaps
16 60 (10.03%) Application Security
16 60 (10.03%) Infrastructure as Code
17 59 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
18 55 (9.20%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (15.22%) Python
2 49 (8.19%) PowerShell
3 33 (5.52%) Bash
4 16 (2.68%) SQL
5 12 (2.01%) Bicep
6 11 (1.84%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (1.34%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.17%) Java
9 4 (0.67%) Korn
9 4 (0.67%) Rust
10 3 (0.50%) Perl
11 2 (0.33%) Go
11 2 (0.33%) PromQL
11 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.17%) C#
12 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 203 (33.95%) Security Cleared
2 135 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 112 (18.73%) CISSP
4 68 (11.37%) CISM
5 64 (10.70%) Degree
6 48 (8.03%) DV Cleared
7 42 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (6.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (4.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 26 (4.35%) CCSP
11 20 (3.34%) GIAC
12 16 (2.68%) CRISC
13 15 (2.51%) AWS Certification
14 14 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (2.01%) CISA
15 12 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
16 11 (1.84%) CEH
16 11 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (1.67%) CESG Certified Professional
17 10 (1.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (19.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 101 (16.89%) NIST
3 45 (7.53%) GRC
4 43 (7.19%) GDPR
5 40 (6.69%) NCSC
6 31 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (4.01%) SLA
8 15 (2.51%) NIST 800
8 15 (2.51%) PCI DSS
9 14 (2.34%) SOC 2
10 12 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (2.01%) QA
11 11 (1.84%) ISO 31000
12 7 (1.17%) Data Quality
12 7 (1.17%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.50%) IFRS
15 3 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 50 (8.36%) Docker
2 47 (7.86%) Active Directory
3 27 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.33%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) GPFS
6 1 (0.17%) HDFS
6 1 (0.17%) Lustre
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (10.37%) Terraform
2 59 (9.87%) Kubernetes
3 30 (5.02%) Ansible
4 26 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (3.85%) Grafana
6 21 (3.51%) Nessus
7 17 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (2.51%) Prometheus
9 10 (1.67%) Argo
9 10 (1.67%) SCCM
10 8 (1.34%) Puppet
11 5 (0.84%) CASB
11 5 (0.84%) vRealize
12 4 (0.67%) OPNET
12 4 (0.67%) Podman
12 4 (0.67%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.50%) OpenVAS
14 2 (0.33%) Nexpose
14 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 119 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.03%) Tenable
3 50 (8.36%) Qualys
4 43 (7.19%) Splunk
5 39 (6.52%) ServiceNow
6 27 (4.52%) Oracle
7 21 (3.51%) CrowdStrike
7 21 (3.51%) Rapid7
7 21 (3.51%) Trend Micro
8 17 (2.84%) Okta
9 16 (2.68%) Google
10 14 (2.34%) SAP
11 13 (2.17%) VMware
12 12 (2.01%) Databricks
12 12 (2.01%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.01%) Remedy
13 10 (1.67%) CyberArk
13 10 (1.67%) Tanium
14 9 (1.51%) IBM
15 8 (1.34%) Clearswift