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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 269 283
Rank change year-on-year +33 +14 +24
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 425 215 291
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.13% 0.89% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.98% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 140 224
10th Percentile £335 £400 £400
25th Percentile £420 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £618 £646 £675
90th Percentile £727 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 1 2
10th Percentile £41.94 - -
25th Percentile £55.75 £45.75 £62.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £54.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.85% -16.15% -
75th Percentile £84.00 £63.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £84.90 - -
UK median hourly rate £74.50 £54.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +36.70% -16.15% -

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 32,394 22,046 32,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.25% 90.85% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,755 14,514 21,646
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 1,983 845 2,157
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.20 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.81% -1.54% -9.72%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 26 March 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 +26 162 £568 -1.30% 46
North of England +27 115 £513 +13.89% 31
Yorkshire +10 70 £494 - 10
South East -55 64 £505 -6.22% 31
North West -3 45 £575 +43.75% 14
Midlands -40 32 £500 -24.53% 9
South West -10 29 £510 +20.00% 15
West Midlands -47 25 £438 -33.96% 8
East of England -22 10 £480 -38.06% 10
East Midlands - 7 £638 - 1
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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 8 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (4.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.24%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 145 (34.12%) Azure
2 115 (27.06%) AWS
3 45 (10.59%) Entra ID
4 43 (10.12%) GCP
5 38 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (5.41%) SaaS
7 19 (4.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 13 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (2.59%) GitHub
9 11 (2.59%) Serverless
10 10 (2.35%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.12%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.41%) IaaS
13 6 (1.41%) PaaS
14 5 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (13.18%) Firewall
2 48 (11.29%) Network Security
3 22 (5.18%) DNS
4 15 (3.53%) VPN
5 12 (2.82%) DHCP
6 10 (2.35%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.88%) Wireless
8 6 (1.41%) HTTPS
8 6 (1.41%) Kerberos
8 6 (1.41%) SSL
9 5 (1.18%) WAN
10 4 (0.94%) Internet
11 3 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.71%) LAN
11 3 (0.71%) SAN
12 2 (0.47%) NAS
12 2 (0.47%) NGFW
12 2 (0.47%) S/MIME
12 2 (0.47%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.12%) Power BI
2 4 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.71%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.47%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.24%) DB2
5 1 (0.24%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (8.00%) JIRA
2 12 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.12%) Snyk
4 7 (1.65%) GitLab
5 3 (0.71%) Git
5 3 (0.71%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.47%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.47%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.24%) git-flow
7 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.24%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 119 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.12%) Finance
3 64 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (10.59%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 14 (3.29%) Banking
7 14 (3.29%) Publishing
8 13 (3.06%) Legal
9 9 (2.12%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.18%) Local Government
11 5 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.94%) Military
12 4 (0.94%) Retail
13 3 (0.71%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.71%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (14.12%) Security Engineer
2 54 (12.71%) Architect
3 52 (12.24%) Analyst
4 45 (10.59%) Senior
5 39 (9.18%) Security Architect
6 38 (8.94%) Lead
7 22 (5.18%) Consultant
8 21 (4.94%) Security Analyst
8 21 (4.94%) Security Manager
9 18 (4.24%) Administrator
10 17 (4.00%) Business Analyst
10 17 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 14 (3.29%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
12 13 (3.06%) Security Consultant
12 13 (3.06%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (2.82%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.82%) Senior Security Engineer
14 11 (2.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 11 (2.59%) Security Officer
14 11 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.53%) OAuth
1 15 (3.53%) SAP Basis
2 14 (3.29%) SAML
3 6 (1.41%) .NET
3 6 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.41%) LDAP
4 5 (1.18%) JWT
4 5 (1.18%) OpenID
5 4 (0.94%) Kafka
5 4 (0.94%) LangChain
5 4 (0.94%) PyTorch
5 4 (0.94%) REST
5 4 (0.94%) SailPoint
5 4 (0.94%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.71%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.71%) Middleware
6 3 (0.71%) Node.js
7 2 (0.47%) ADO
7 2 (0.47%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.47%) Security Posture
2 37 (8.71%) Cloud Native
3 29 (6.82%) Onboarding
4 26 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 23 (5.41%) Operational Technology
6 19 (4.47%) Cyber Threat
7 16 (3.76%) Taxonomies
8 15 (3.53%) PKI
9 14 (3.29%) Cloud Security Posture
9 14 (3.29%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (2.59%) Public Cloud
11 11 (2.59%) Virtual Team
12 10 (2.35%) Product Ownership
13 9 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.65%) IoT
15 6 (1.41%) Data Centre
15 6 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
16 5 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.88%) Windows
2 38 (8.94%) Linux
3 18 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.12%) Unix
5 5 (1.18%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.94%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.47%) Rocky
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.24%) Android
8 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.24%) CentOS
8 1 (0.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (43.53%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (28.00%) Incident Response
3 94 (22.12%) Cloud Security
4 79 (18.59%) SIEM
5 77 (18.12%) Security Operations
6 76 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (16.94%) CI/CD
8 65 (15.29%) Risk Management
9 63 (14.82%) Threat Modelling
10 57 (13.41%) DevSecOps
10 57 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 55 (12.94%) Identity Access Management
12 53 (12.47%) Security Architecture
12 53 (12.47%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 51 (12.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 49 (11.53%) Roadmaps
15 48 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
16 47 (11.06%) Computer Science
17 46 (10.82%) Agile
18 43 (10.12%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 57 (13.41%) Python
2 31 (7.29%) PowerShell
3 24 (5.65%) Bash
4 13 (3.06%) SQL
5 7 (1.65%) Java
5 7 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.18%) Bicep
7 4 (0.94%) Korn
8 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.47%) Go
10 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.24%) C#
10 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.24%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.24%) Rust
10 1 (0.24%) Scala
10 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 132 (31.06%) Security Cleared
2 103 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 80 (18.82%) CISSP
4 61 (14.35%) Degree
5 49 (11.53%) CISM
6 25 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 19 (4.47%) Master's Degree
8 16 (3.76%) CEH
8 16 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.76%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (3.29%) GIAC
10 13 (3.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (3.06%) CCSP
10 13 (3.06%) CREST Certified
10 13 (3.06%) DV Cleared
11 12 (2.82%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.82%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (2.59%) PMP
13 10 (2.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (19.06%) NIST
2 68 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.65%) GDPR
4 23 (5.41%) NCSC
5 21 (4.94%) GRC
6 15 (3.53%) PCI DSS
7 14 (3.29%) NIST 800
8 13 (3.06%) SLA
9 10 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (2.35%) SOC 2
10 9 (2.12%) QA
11 7 (1.65%) HIPAA
12 6 (1.41%) COBIT
13 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (0.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.71%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.71%) GxP
16 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 2 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (6.35%) Docker
2 26 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.47%) GPFS
6 2 (0.47%) Lustre
6 2 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.47%) vSphere
7 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 32 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (5.88%) Terraform
4 20 (4.71%) Nessus
5 16 (3.76%) Ansible
6 15 (3.53%) SCCM
7 12 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.65%) CASB
9 5 (1.18%) Grafana
9 5 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.18%) Norton AntiVirus
9 5 (1.18%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.94%) QRadar
11 3 (0.71%) OpenVAS
11 3 (0.71%) Puppet
11 3 (0.71%) WSUS
12 2 (0.47%) Podman
12 2 (0.47%) SCOM
12 2 (0.47%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.47%) SELinux
Vendors
1 73 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.47%) Tenable
3 41 (9.65%) Splunk
4 35 (8.24%) Qualys
5 26 (6.12%) ServiceNow
6 22 (5.18%) Okta
6 22 (5.18%) SAP
7 20 (4.71%) CyberArk
8 16 (3.76%) Rapid7
9 11 (2.59%) Google
10 10 (2.35%) BiZZdesign
10 10 (2.35%) Cisco
11 9 (2.12%) Centrify
11 9 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (2.12%) Remedy
11 9 (2.12%) VMware
12 8 (1.88%) IBM
13 6 (1.41%) ForeScout
13 6 (1.41%) Oracle
14 5 (1.18%) Zscaler