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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 247 282
Rank change year-on-year +22 +35 +24
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 453 242 289
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 1.00% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.10% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 163 214
10th Percentile £348 £358 £380
25th Percentile £480 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £539 £550 £539
% change year-on-year -2.05% +2.09% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 1 0
10th Percentile £51.63 - -
25th Percentile £55.75 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £74.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.70% - -
75th Percentile £84.00 £63.25 -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £54.50 -
% change year-on-year +49.54% - -

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 34,138 22,003 31,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.23% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,766 14,379 20,694
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 924 2,243
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.42 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -11 170 £550 -2.65% 92
North of England +20 113 £540 -1.82% 60
South East -33 84 £525 -4.55% 82
Yorkshire +10 67 £525 - 17
North West +2 46 £545 +28.24% 29
South West -14 30 £554 +34.30% 48
Midlands -36 30 £500 -20.00% 32
West Midlands -44 24 £438 -33.96% 28
East of England -28 6 £480 -35.57% 37
East Midlands -24 5 £638 +112.50% 4
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 13 (2.87%) Confluence
2 7 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) nginx
5 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 153 (33.77%) Azure
2 112 (24.72%) AWS
3 51 (11.26%) Entra ID
4 48 (10.60%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (9.71%) GCP
6 30 (6.62%) SaaS
7 18 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
8 13 (2.87%) GitHub
9 12 (2.65%) OpenShift
10 11 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.21%) Power Platform
11 10 (2.21%) Serverless
12 9 (1.99%) IaaS
12 9 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (1.99%) PaaS
13 8 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.49%) Firewall
2 42 (9.27%) Network Security
3 22 (4.86%) DNS
4 13 (2.87%) DHCP
5 11 (2.43%) VPN
6 8 (1.77%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.32%) HTTPS
7 6 (1.32%) Wireless
8 5 (1.10%) WAN
9 4 (0.88%) LAN
9 4 (0.88%) SSL
10 3 (0.66%) Internet
10 3 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.66%) MPLS
10 3 (0.66%) NGFW
10 3 (0.66%) SAN
11 2 (0.44%) BGP
11 2 (0.44%) IPsec
12 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.99%) Power BI
2 4 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.88%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.66%) Big Data
3 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.44%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (4.86%) JIRA
2 9 (1.99%) Snyk
3 8 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.55%) GitLab
5 3 (0.66%) AdminStudio
5 3 (0.66%) Git
5 3 (0.66%) InstallShield
5 3 (0.66%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.22%) git-flow
7 1 (0.22%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 132 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 91 (20.09%) Finance
3 73 (16.11%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.74%) Banking
6 25 (5.52%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (4.86%) Legal
8 19 (4.19%) Aerospace
9 15 (3.31%) Publishing
10 11 (2.43%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.32%) Local Government
13 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.66%) Military
15 3 (0.66%) Retail
16 2 (0.44%) Arabic Language
16 2 (0.44%) Health Technology
16 2 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (13.25%) Security Engineer
2 59 (13.02%) Analyst
3 52 (11.48%) Architect
4 46 (10.15%) Lead
5 38 (8.39%) Senior
6 35 (7.73%) Security Architect
7 30 (6.62%) Consultant
8 21 (4.64%) Security Analyst
9 20 (4.42%) Security Manager
10 19 (4.19%) Security Specialist
11 17 (3.75%) Business Analyst
11 17 (3.75%) Security Consultant
12 15 (3.31%) Administrator
13 14 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 14 (3.09%) Senior Security Engineer
14 13 (2.87%) AWS Engineer
14 13 (2.87%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
15 12 (2.65%) Project Manager
15 12 (2.65%) Vulnerability Analyst
16 11 (2.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.53%) SAP Basis
2 9 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.32%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.32%) LDAP
4 4 (0.88%) .NET
4 4 (0.88%) ADO
4 4 (0.88%) Kafka
4 4 (0.88%) LangChain
4 4 (0.88%) PyTorch
4 4 (0.88%) scikit-learn
5 3 (0.66%) REST
5 3 (0.66%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.66%) SLSA
6 2 (0.44%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.44%) Middleware
6 2 (0.44%) Node.js
6 2 (0.44%) OAuth
6 2 (0.44%) OpenID
6 2 (0.44%) SOAP
6 2 (0.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (13.47%) Security Posture
2 40 (8.83%) Operational Technology
3 34 (7.51%) Cloud Native
4 27 (5.96%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.74%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.19%) Virtual Team
7 17 (3.75%) Cyber Defence
7 17 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
7 17 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 17 (3.75%) Taxonomies
8 15 (3.31%) PKI
9 13 (2.87%) Cloud Security Posture
10 12 (2.65%) Product Ownership
11 11 (2.43%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.99%) SCADA
13 8 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.77%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.55%) IoT
15 6 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
15 6 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.14%) Linux
2 50 (11.04%) Windows
3 18 (3.97%) Unix
4 17 (3.75%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.10%) AIX
7 4 (0.88%) HPUX
7 4 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
7 4 (0.88%) Solaris
7 4 (0.88%) SUSE
7 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.44%) Rocky
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Android
9 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.22%) CentOS
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (41.94%) Cybersecurity
2 105 (23.18%) Incident Response
3 88 (19.43%) SIEM
4 87 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (18.98%) CI/CD
6 85 (18.76%) Cloud Security
7 81 (17.88%) Threat Modelling
8 77 (17.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 73 (16.11%) Security Architecture
10 71 (15.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 68 (15.01%) Risk Management
12 67 (14.79%) Security Operations
13 61 (13.47%) Roadmaps
14 55 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 53 (11.70%) DevSecOps
16 44 (9.71%) DevOps
16 44 (9.71%) Threat Intelligence
17 40 (8.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 40 (8.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 39 (8.61%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.70%) Python
2 30 (6.62%) PowerShell
3 19 (4.19%) Bash
4 10 (2.21%) SQL
5 7 (1.55%) Java
6 4 (0.88%) Bicep
6 4 (0.88%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.88%) Korn
7 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.66%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.44%) Go
9 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.22%) C#
9 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.22%) Rust
9 1 (0.22%) Scala
9 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (29.36%) Security Cleared
2 90 (19.87%) SC Cleared
3 89 (19.65%) CISSP
4 58 (12.80%) Degree
5 55 (12.14%) CISM
6 27 (5.96%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (5.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 25 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 24 (5.30%) DV Cleared
10 20 (4.42%) CCSP
11 17 (3.75%) GIAC
12 16 (3.53%) CRISC
13 11 (2.43%) AWS Certification
14 10 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (2.21%) PMP
15 9 (1.99%) Azure Certification
15 9 (1.99%) CESG Certified Professional
15 9 (1.99%) CISA
15 9 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.77%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (18.98%) NIST
2 74 (16.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (6.40%) GRC
4 21 (4.64%) GDPR
5 20 (4.42%) NCSC
6 19 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (3.75%) SLA
8 13 (2.87%) NIST 800
9 11 (2.43%) SOC 2
10 10 (2.21%) ISO 31000
11 9 (1.99%) QA
12 8 (1.77%) PCI DSS
13 5 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (1.10%) COBIT
13 5 (1.10%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.66%) IFRS
15 3 (0.66%) IFRS 9
15 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 39 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.86%) Docker
3 19 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.44%) GPFS
5 2 (0.44%) Lustre
5 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.30%) Single Sign-On
2 24 (5.30%) Terraform
3 18 (3.97%) Nessus
4 13 (2.87%) Ansible
5 10 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.32%) SCCM
7 5 (1.10%) CASB
7 5 (1.10%) Grafana
7 5 (1.10%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.88%) Puppet
9 3 (0.66%) OpenVAS
9 3 (0.66%) SELinux
10 2 (0.44%) Podman
10 2 (0.44%) QRadar
10 2 (0.44%) SCOM
10 2 (0.44%) WSUS
11 1 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.22%) systemd
Vendors
1 75 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.60%) Tenable
3 41 (9.05%) Splunk
4 36 (7.95%) Qualys
5 25 (5.52%) ServiceNow
6 23 (5.08%) SAP
7 22 (4.86%) Okta
8 13 (2.87%) CrowdStrike
9 12 (2.65%) CyberArk
9 12 (2.65%) Rapid7
9 12 (2.65%) Remedy
10 11 (2.43%) VMware
11 10 (2.21%) Oracle
12 8 (1.77%) Databricks
12 8 (1.77%) Google
13 7 (1.55%) IBM
13 7 (1.55%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.32%) Cisco
14 6 (1.32%) ForeScout
14 6 (1.32%) Trend Micro