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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 247 278
Rank change year-on-year +28 +31 +30
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 502 261 291
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.08% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.18% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 179 210
10th Percentile £360 £323 £380
25th Percentile £480 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -3.30%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £536 £540
% change year-on-year -0.26% -0.74% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 4 0
10th Percentile £48.15 £28.12 -
25th Percentile £55.75 £29.02 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £43.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +56.99% - -
75th Percentile £84.00 £72.44 -
90th Percentile £84.60 £88.98 -
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £43.00 -
% change year-on-year +89.56% - -

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 35,555 22,136 31,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.01% 91.31% 85.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 14,385 20,625
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,223 969 2,319
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.05 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -0.11%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -10 200 £550 -0.90% 97
North of England +31 124 £525 -12.50% 68
South East -32 90 £525 - 85
Yorkshire +8 69 £535 - 22
North West -3 51 £533 +6.50% 26
South West -8 34 £554 +38.50% 49
Midlands -35 29 £500 -13.04% 32
West Midlands -42 23 £438 -30.00% 25
East Midlands -23 5 £638 +112.50% 7
East of England -39 5 £513 +7.89% 37
North East -24 4 £375 -45.45% 20
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 (2.99%) Confluence
2 7 (1.39%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) Apache
4 4 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.80%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.20%) nginx
5 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 165 (32.87%) Azure
2 125 (24.90%) AWS
3 58 (11.55%) Entra ID
4 50 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (9.36%) GCP
6 30 (5.98%) SaaS
7 24 (4.78%) Azure Sentinel
8 20 (3.98%) GitHub
9 15 (2.99%) OpenShift
10 13 (2.59%) Power Platform
11 12 (2.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.99%) Serverless
14 9 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.79%) IaaS
14 9 (1.79%) PaaS
14 9 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 7 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 47 (9.36%) Firewall
1 47 (9.36%) Network Security
2 23 (4.58%) DNS
3 14 (2.79%) DHCP
4 12 (2.39%) VPN
5 9 (1.79%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.79%) WAN
6 8 (1.59%) LAN
7 7 (1.39%) BGP
7 7 (1.39%) IPsec
7 7 (1.39%) MPLS
8 6 (1.20%) HTTPS
8 6 (1.20%) Wireless
9 5 (1.00%) Internet
10 4 (0.80%) NGFW
10 4 (0.80%) SSL
11 3 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.40%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.40%) SAN
12 2 (0.40%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.19%) Power BI
2 6 (1.20%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.60%) Big Data
5 3 (0.60%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.40%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.20%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (4.98%) JIRA
2 15 (2.99%) GitLab
2 15 (2.99%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.79%) Snyk
4 8 (1.59%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.00%) Git
6 3 (0.60%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.60%) git-flow
6 3 (0.60%) InstallShield
6 3 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.40%) Flyway
7 2 (0.40%) JUnit
7 2 (0.40%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.40%) Mockito
8 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 147 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 102 (20.32%) Finance
3 79 (15.74%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.78%) Banking
6 26 (5.18%) Legal
7 24 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (3.98%) Aerospace
9 15 (2.99%) Publishing
10 13 (2.59%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.59%) Local Government
13 6 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.00%) Law
15 3 (0.60%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.40%) Arabic Language
16 2 (0.40%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 66 (13.15%) Analyst
2 60 (11.95%) Security Engineer
3 53 (10.56%) Architect
4 47 (9.36%) Lead
5 40 (7.97%) Senior
6 39 (7.77%) Consultant
7 36 (7.17%) Security Architect
8 24 (4.78%) Security Analyst
9 23 (4.58%) Security Consultant
9 23 (4.58%) Security Manager
10 22 (4.38%) Security Specialist
11 18 (3.59%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.19%) Administrator
13 15 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 15 (2.99%) Vulnerability Analyst
14 14 (2.79%) Senior Security Engineer
15 13 (2.59%) AWS Engineer
15 13 (2.59%) Developer
15 13 (2.59%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
16 12 (2.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.19%) SAP Basis
2 14 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.20%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.20%) LDAP
4 5 (1.00%) Azure Blueprints
4 5 (1.00%) Kafka
4 5 (1.00%) RESTful
5 4 (0.80%) ADO
5 4 (0.80%) LangChain
5 4 (0.80%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.80%) REST
5 4 (0.80%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.60%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.60%) OAuth
6 3 (0.60%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.60%) SLSA
6 3 (0.60%) Spring
6 3 (0.60%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.40%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.34%) Security Posture
2 43 (8.57%) Operational Technology
3 36 (7.17%) Cloud Native
4 31 (6.18%) Onboarding
5 29 (5.78%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.78%) Virtual Team
8 17 (3.39%) Taxonomies
9 15 (2.99%) PKI
10 14 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (2.59%) Cloud Security Posture
11 13 (2.59%) Product Ownership
12 12 (2.39%) Data Centre
12 12 (2.39%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (1.99%) SCADA
14 8 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.59%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.39%) CMDB
15 7 (1.39%) IoT
16 6 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 69 (13.75%) Linux
2 65 (12.95%) Windows
3 26 (5.18%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (3.59%) Unix
6 7 (1.39%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.00%) AIX
8 4 (0.80%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.80%) HPUX
8 4 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.80%) Solaris
8 4 (0.80%) SUSE
9 3 (0.60%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Android
11 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) Rocky
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (43.63%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (21.91%) Incident Response
3 103 (20.52%) CI/CD
4 98 (19.52%) SIEM
5 95 (18.92%) Cloud Security
6 94 (18.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 93 (18.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 92 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (18.13%) Risk Management
10 83 (16.53%) Security Architecture
10 83 (16.53%) Threat Modelling
11 75 (14.94%) Security Operations
12 66 (13.15%) Roadmaps
13 65 (12.95%) DevOps
13 65 (12.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (11.75%) DevSecOps
15 48 (9.56%) Validation
16 46 (9.16%) Application Security
16 46 (9.16%) Problem-Solving
17 45 (8.96%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 66 (13.15%) Python
2 41 (8.17%) PowerShell
3 21 (4.18%) Bash
4 12 (2.39%) SQL
5 10 (1.99%) Bicep
6 9 (1.79%) Java
7 7 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.20%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.00%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.80%) Korn
11 2 (0.40%) Go
11 2 (0.40%) PromQL
11 2 (0.40%) Rust
12 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.20%) C#
12 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 151 (30.08%) Security Cleared
2 99 (19.72%) CISSP
3 97 (19.32%) SC Cleared
4 65 (12.95%) Degree
5 63 (12.55%) CISM
6 30 (5.98%) DV Cleared
7 29 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (5.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 28 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
9 22 (4.38%) CCSP
10 17 (3.39%) CRISC
10 17 (3.39%) GIAC
11 14 (2.79%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (2.19%) CISA
14 10 (1.99%) CEH
14 10 (1.99%) PMP
15 8 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
15 8 (1.59%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (18.92%) NIST
2 87 (17.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (6.97%) GRC
4 28 (5.58%) GDPR
5 27 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (4.98%) NCSC
7 18 (3.59%) SLA
8 14 (2.79%) NIST 800
8 14 (2.79%) SOC 2
9 12 (2.39%) PCI DSS
10 11 (2.19%) ISO 31000
10 11 (2.19%) QA
11 7 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.39%) HIPAA
12 5 (1.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (1.00%) COBIT
13 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.60%) IFRS
14 3 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (8.17%) Active Directory
2 31 (6.18%) Docker
3 21 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.20%) GPFS
6 1 (0.20%) Lustre
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.77%) Terraform
3 24 (4.78%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (4.58%) Ansible
5 21 (4.18%) Nessus
6 13 (2.59%) Grafana
6 13 (2.59%) Prometheus
7 12 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.20%) SCCM
9 5 (1.00%) CASB
9 5 (1.00%) Puppet
10 3 (0.60%) OpenVAS
10 3 (0.60%) vRealize
11 2 (0.40%) Consul
11 2 (0.40%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.40%) Podman
11 2 (0.40%) QRadar
11 2 (0.40%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.40%) SELinux
11 2 (0.40%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 90 (17.93%) Microsoft
2 55 (10.96%) Tenable
3 47 (9.36%) Qualys
4 44 (8.76%) Splunk
5 27 (5.38%) ServiceNow
6 26 (5.18%) Okta
7 23 (4.58%) SAP
8 16 (3.19%) CrowdStrike
8 16 (3.19%) Rapid7
9 13 (2.59%) VMware
10 12 (2.39%) Google
10 12 (2.39%) Red Hat
10 12 (2.39%) Remedy
11 10 (1.99%) CyberArk
11 10 (1.99%) Trend Micro
12 8 (1.59%) Databricks
12 8 (1.59%) Oracle
13 7 (1.39%) IBM
14 6 (1.20%) Cisco
14 6 (1.20%) Fortinet