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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 278 263
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 +73
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 320 226 335
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 0.84% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.94% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 144 251
10th Percentile £359 £400 £406
25th Percentile £437 £472 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £615 £675 £678
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £521 £575 £589
% change year-on-year -9.35% -2.34% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 20
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.94 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £50.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +2.04% -24.90%
75th Percentile £57.25 - £67.50
90th Percentile £60.25 - £67.63
UK median hourly rate £55.75 £50.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +11.50% +2.04% -24.90%

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 28,595 23,952 32,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.09% 89.37% 87.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,305 14,693 21,759
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,790 775 1,732
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.88 £17.41
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%
75th Percentile £58.65 £63.93 £62.64
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.01
% change year-on-year -22.62% -12.19% +15.66%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 23 January 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 0 125 £575 -4.17% 37
North of England +4 74 £463 -22.92% 30
South East -31 47 £475 -9.52% 42
Yorkshire -7 44 £488 - 11
North West -8 30 £450 -29.41% 14
South West +1 23 £520 +22.24% 12
Midlands -41 20 £500 +51.52% 15
East of England -20 16 £465 +9.41% 12
West Midlands -40 16 £513 +55.30% 7
East Midlands -26 4 £419 - 8
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 25 (7.81%) Confluence
2 8 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.31%) nginx
4 1 (0.31%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 115 (35.94%) Azure
2 94 (29.38%) AWS
3 40 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 38 (11.88%) GCP
5 36 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (5.31%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (5.00%) SaaS
8 14 (4.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (3.13%) Serverless
10 7 (2.19%) GitHub
10 7 (2.19%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.88%) IaaS
12 5 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.56%) PaaS
13 4 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.25%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 4 (1.25%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.25%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 56 (17.50%) Firewall
2 44 (13.75%) Network Security
3 14 (4.38%) VPN
4 12 (3.75%) DNS
5 9 (2.81%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.50%) DHCP
7 6 (1.88%) Kerberos
7 6 (1.88%) WAN
7 6 (1.88%) Wireless
8 5 (1.56%) LAN
9 4 (1.25%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.94%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.94%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.63%) HTTP
11 2 (0.63%) IPsec
11 2 (0.63%) S/MIME
11 2 (0.63%) SAN
11 2 (0.63%) SMTP
11 2 (0.63%) SSL
11 2 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.19%) Power BI
2 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.31%) DB2
4 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (9.69%) JIRA
2 7 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.25%) Snyk
4 3 (0.94%) GitLab
5 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.63%) Git
5 2 (0.63%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.63%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
General
1 90 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 60 (18.75%) Finance
3 50 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (11.25%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (5.00%) Banking
7 14 (4.38%) Legal
8 8 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.50%) Publishing
9 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.56%) Retail
10 4 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.25%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.25%) Military
10 4 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.63%) Local Government
11 2 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.31%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 50 (15.63%) Architect
2 46 (14.38%) Analyst
3 43 (13.44%) Security Architect
4 40 (12.50%) Senior
5 36 (11.25%) Security Engineer
6 25 (7.81%) Security Analyst
7 19 (5.94%) Lead
8 17 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 16 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.38%) Administrator
10 14 (4.38%) Consultant
10 14 (4.38%) Security Manager
10 14 (4.38%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.44%) Business Analyst
11 11 (3.44%) Security Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.13%) Security Officer
12 10 (3.13%) Tester
13 9 (2.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 9 (2.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.31%) OAuth
2 16 (5.00%) SAML
3 9 (2.81%) SAP Basis
4 6 (1.88%) OpenID
5 5 (1.56%) .NET
5 5 (1.56%) JWT
6 4 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.94%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.94%) Kafka
7 3 (0.94%) REST
8 2 (0.63%) ADO
8 2 (0.63%) CSS
8 2 (0.63%) HTML
8 2 (0.63%) Middleware
8 2 (0.63%) Node.js
8 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.63%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.63%) SOAP
8 2 (0.63%) Web Services
8 2 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.19%) Security Posture
2 26 (8.13%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (7.81%) Cloud Native
4 23 (7.19%) Onboarding
5 22 (6.88%) Management Information System
6 20 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
8 11 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (3.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (3.44%) Operational Technology
9 10 (3.13%) Taxonomies
10 8 (2.50%) PKI
10 8 (2.50%) Public Cloud
11 7 (2.19%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.56%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.25%) BYOD
13 4 (1.25%) CMDB
13 4 (1.25%) CSOC
13 4 (1.25%) IoT
13 4 (1.25%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 52 (16.25%) Windows
2 28 (8.75%) Linux
3 22 (6.88%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.44%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.13%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.88%) Unix
7 4 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.31%) Android
8 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.31%) Rocky
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (47.81%) Cybersecurity
2 116 (36.25%) Incident Response
3 87 (27.19%) Security Operations
4 80 (25.00%) SIEM
5 77 (24.06%) Cloud Security
6 55 (17.19%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 52 (16.25%) Identity Access Management
8 51 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 48 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (14.69%) Threat Intelligence
11 45 (14.06%) Risk Management
12 43 (13.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 41 (12.81%) CI/CD
13 41 (12.81%) DevSecOps
14 38 (11.88%) Threat Modelling
15 37 (11.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 37 (11.56%) Information Security
16 35 (10.94%) Agile
17 34 (10.63%) Computer Science
17 34 (10.63%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.56%) Python
2 23 (7.19%) PowerShell
3 20 (6.25%) Bash
4 7 (2.19%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.19%) SQL
5 6 (1.88%) Java
6 5 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.63%) Bicep
7 2 (0.63%) Go
8 1 (0.31%) Rust
8 1 (0.31%) Scala
8 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (28.75%) Security Cleared
2 79 (24.69%) SC Cleared
3 74 (23.13%) CISSP
4 47 (14.69%) Degree
5 45 (14.06%) CISM
6 21 (6.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 19 (5.94%) CEH
8 16 (5.00%) Master's Degree
8 16 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (4.38%) Azure Certification
10 13 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (3.75%) AWS Certification
12 11 (3.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (3.44%) CCSP
12 11 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.44%) DV Cleared
13 10 (3.13%) CREST Certified
13 10 (3.13%) GCIH
13 10 (3.13%) PhD
14 9 (2.81%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (22.50%) NIST
2 66 (20.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (7.50%) GDPR
4 18 (5.63%) PCI DSS
5 17 (5.31%) NCSC
6 11 (3.44%) GRC
7 9 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.81%) NIST 800
8 6 (1.88%) COBIT
9 5 (1.56%) PSD2
10 4 (1.25%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.25%) PMO
10 4 (1.25%) SLA
10 4 (1.25%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.63%) GxP
12 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.63%) ITGC
12 2 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 23 (7.19%) Active Directory
2 20 (6.25%) Docker
3 3 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.63%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.31%) GPFS
5 1 (0.31%) Lustre
5 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.19%) SCCM
3 20 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (4.69%) Nessus
5 14 (4.38%) Terraform
6 12 (3.75%) Ansible
7 11 (3.44%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (2.50%) Norton AntiVirus
10 5 (1.56%) WSUS
11 3 (0.94%) Grafana
11 3 (0.94%) Nexpose
11 3 (0.94%) QRadar
12 2 (0.63%) CASB
12 2 (0.63%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.63%) Podman
12 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.63%) Puppet
12 2 (0.63%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 77 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.38%) Qualys
3 29 (9.06%) Tenable
4 21 (6.56%) Splunk
5 13 (4.06%) CyberArk
5 13 (4.06%) Rapid7
5 13 (4.06%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.44%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (3.44%) Okta
6 11 (3.44%) SAP
7 10 (3.13%) BiZZdesign
7 10 (3.13%) Google
7 10 (3.13%) VMware
8 9 (2.81%) Centrify
9 8 (2.50%) McAfee
9 8 (2.50%) Symantec
10 7 (2.19%) Apple
10 7 (2.19%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.88%) Cisco
12 5 (1.56%) Oracle