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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 246 291
Rank change year-on-year +43 +45 +8
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 599 287 293
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.34% 1.05% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 1.16% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 190 212
10th Percentile £360 £313 £400
25th Percentile £475 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £695 £768 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 7 1
10th Percentile £64.75 £28.72 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £30.06 £56.25
Median hourly rate £80.75 £54.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.17% -5.22% +119.05%
75th Percentile £84.00 £81.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £102.20 -
UK median hourly rate £80.75 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +48.17% -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 38,249 24,669 31,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 90.67% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 15,837 20,183
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,307 2,114
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.26 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.67
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.33 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +7 251 £550 +2.33% 105
North of England +37 134 £540 -11.76% 63
South East -10 114 £525 +0.38% 96
Yorkshire +22 68 £550 - 25
North West -7 57 £540 -11.76% 22
South West -21 40 £554 +38.50% 47
Midlands -35 32 £525 -16.00% 44
West Midlands -43 25 £469 -29.25% 21
East of England -23 15 £513 +7.89% 36
North East - 9 £375 - 16
East Midlands -9 6 £638 +112.50% 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 21 (3.51%) Confluence
2 18 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.34%) Apache
5 12 (2.00%) Jupyter
6 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.00%) 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 (29.38%) Azure
2 148 (24.71%) AWS
3 61 (10.18%) Entra ID
4 53 (8.85%) GCP
5 50 (8.35%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (5.01%) GitHub
7 26 (4.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 26 (4.34%) SaaS
8 18 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
9 15 (2.50%) OCI
10 14 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.17%) Power Platform
12 12 (2.00%) OpenShift
12 12 (2.00%) Serverless
13 11 (1.84%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.50%) IaaS
14 9 (1.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 71 (11.85%) Network Security
2 48 (8.01%) Firewall
3 22 (3.67%) DNS
4 12 (2.00%) DHCP
4 12 (2.00%) WAN
5 11 (1.84%) VPN
6 10 (1.67%) BGP
6 10 (1.67%) IPsec
6 10 (1.67%) LAN
6 10 (1.67%) MPLS
6 10 (1.67%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.17%) Broadband
8 6 (1.00%) HTTPS
8 6 (1.00%) Wireless
9 5 (0.83%) Internet
10 4 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.67%) MQTT
10 4 (0.67%) NGFW
10 4 (0.67%) SSL
11 2 (0.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.84%) Power BI
2 9 (1.50%) Big Data
3 8 (1.34%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.33%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (4.84%) GitLab
2 28 (4.67%) JIRA
3 18 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.84%) SonarQube
5 8 (1.34%) Git
5 8 (1.34%) Snyk
6 3 (0.50%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.50%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.50%) git-flow
6 3 (0.50%) InstallShield
6 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.33%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.33%) Flyway
7 2 (0.33%) JUnit
7 2 (0.33%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.33%) Mockito
8 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.17%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.17%) TruffleHog
General
1 180 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 124 (20.70%) Finance
3 81 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (12.02%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.84%) Banking
6 28 (4.67%) Aerospace
7 24 (4.01%) Legal
8 19 (3.17%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.34%) Local Government
12 8 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.17%) Publishing
13 7 (1.17%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.00%) Law
14 6 (1.00%) Military
15 1 (0.17%) Billing
15 1 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (13.86%) Analyst
2 66 (11.02%) Lead
3 59 (9.85%) Security Engineer
4 57 (9.52%) Architect
4 57 (9.52%) Consultant
5 47 (7.85%) Senior
6 38 (6.34%) Security Architect
7 35 (5.84%) Security Consultant
8 33 (5.51%) Security Analyst
9 26 (4.34%) Security Manager
10 22 (3.67%) Security Specialist
10 22 (3.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
11 20 (3.34%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 19 (3.17%) Developer
13 18 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 18 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 18 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (2.67%) Business Analyst
14 16 (2.67%) DevSecOps Consultant
15 15 (2.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (1.67%) Loki
3 7 (1.17%) RESTful
3 7 (1.17%) SAP Basis
4 6 (1.00%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.00%) LangChain
4 6 (1.00%) LDAP
4 6 (1.00%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.00%) REST
4 6 (1.00%) scikit-learn
5 5 (0.83%) Kafka
5 5 (0.83%) ModSecurity
6 4 (0.67%) Azure Blueprints
6 4 (0.67%) gRPC
6 4 (0.67%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.67%) Protocol Buffers
7 3 (0.50%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.50%) SailPoint
7 3 (0.50%) SLSA
7 3 (0.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (16.86%) Security Posture
2 49 (8.18%) Operational Technology
3 46 (7.68%) Cloud Native
4 40 (6.68%) Onboarding
5 36 (6.01%) Management Information System
6 33 (5.51%) Cyber Threat
7 24 (4.01%) Security Operations Centre
8 21 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (3.34%) Virtual Team
10 19 (3.17%) Cloud Security Posture
11 15 (2.50%) Product Ownership
12 12 (2.00%) Data Centre
12 12 (2.00%) SCADA
13 11 (1.84%) CMDB
13 11 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.50%) PKI
14 9 (1.50%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.17%) Taxonomies
15 7 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 79 (13.19%) Linux
2 78 (13.02%) Windows
3 23 (3.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (3.34%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.17%) Unix
6 11 (1.84%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.17%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.00%) AIX
9 5 (0.83%) HPUX
9 5 (0.83%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (0.83%) Solaris
9 5 (0.83%) SUSE
10 4 (0.67%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.17%) Android
12 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.17%) CentOS
12 1 (0.17%) Check Point GAiA
12 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (46.41%) Cybersecurity
2 144 (24.04%) Incident Response
3 143 (23.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (22.70%) CI/CD
5 123 (20.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 116 (19.37%) Cloud Security
6 116 (19.37%) Risk Management
7 114 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (18.53%) Security Operations
9 110 (18.36%) SIEM
10 91 (15.19%) Threat Modelling
11 89 (14.86%) Security Architecture
11 89 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 83 (13.86%) DevSecOps
13 77 (12.85%) DevOps
14 72 (12.02%) Roadmaps
15 60 (10.02%) Application Security
16 59 (9.85%) Infrastructure as Code
17 55 (9.18%) ITIL
17 55 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 95 (15.86%) Python
2 54 (9.02%) PowerShell
3 34 (5.68%) Bash
4 17 (2.84%) SQL
5 14 (2.34%) Bicep
6 10 (1.67%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (1.34%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.00%) Java
10 4 (0.67%) Korn
10 4 (0.67%) Rust
11 3 (0.50%) Perl
12 2 (0.33%) Go
12 2 (0.33%) PromQL
12 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.17%) C#
13 1 (0.17%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 209 (34.89%) Security Cleared
2 141 (23.54%) SC Cleared
3 115 (19.20%) CISSP
4 72 (12.02%) CISM
5 62 (10.35%) Degree
6 47 (7.85%) DV Cleared
7 45 (7.51%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (6.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (4.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 27 (4.51%) CCSP
11 19 (3.17%) GIAC
12 16 (2.67%) CRISC
13 15 (2.50%) AWS Certification
14 14 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (2.00%) CISA
15 12 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (1.67%) CEH
16 10 (1.67%) CESG Certified Professional
16 10 (1.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (19.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (17.03%) NIST
3 46 (7.68%) GRC
4 45 (7.51%) GDPR
5 40 (6.68%) NCSC
6 31 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (4.17%) SLA
8 16 (2.67%) NIST 800
9 15 (2.50%) PCI DSS
10 13 (2.17%) QA
10 13 (2.17%) SOC 2
11 12 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (1.84%) ISO 31000
13 8 (1.34%) Data Quality
14 7 (1.17%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 4 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
17 3 (0.50%) IFRS
17 3 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 51 (8.51%) Docker
2 49 (8.18%) Active Directory
3 27 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.33%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.33%) HDFS
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) GPFS
6 1 (0.17%) Lustre
6 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (10.52%) Terraform
2 60 (10.02%) Kubernetes
3 32 (5.34%) Ansible
4 26 (4.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (3.67%) Grafana
6 21 (3.51%) Nessus
7 16 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (2.34%) Prometheus
9 10 (1.67%) Argo
10 9 (1.50%) Puppet
10 9 (1.50%) SCCM
11 5 (0.83%) CASB
11 5 (0.83%) 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%) QRadar
14 2 (0.33%) OpenVAS
14 2 (0.33%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 120 (20.03%) Microsoft
2 58 (9.68%) Tenable
3 49 (8.18%) Qualys
4 44 (7.35%) Splunk
5 38 (6.34%) ServiceNow
6 27 (4.51%) Oracle
7 23 (3.84%) CrowdStrike
8 21 (3.51%) Trend Micro
9 20 (3.34%) Rapid7
10 16 (2.67%) Okta
11 15 (2.50%) Google
12 13 (2.17%) SAP
12 13 (2.17%) VMware
13 12 (2.00%) Databricks
13 12 (2.00%) Red Hat
13 12 (2.00%) Remedy
14 10 (1.67%) IBM
14 10 (1.67%) Tanium
15 9 (1.50%) CyberArk
16 8 (1.34%) Cisco