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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 236 259
Rank change year-on-year +42 +23 +29
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 648 304 295
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.42% 1.10% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.21% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 210 211
10th Percentile £363 £325 £380
25th Percentile £463 £456 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £675
90th Percentile £735 £752 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 7 3
10th Percentile £66.25 £28.72 £51.25
25th Percentile £71.00 £30.06 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +109.09%
75th Percentile £83.25 £81.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £102.20 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% +109.09%

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 38,841 25,050 28,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.82% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,525
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,450 1,590
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.12
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.87 £18.14
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.45 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +18 266 £550 +3.09% 234
South East +2 148 £550 +4.76% 131
North of England +21 129 £537 +1.08% 86
Yorkshire +18 65 £550 +2.33% 30
North West -18 54 £525 +0.94% 41
South West -22 39 £588 +46.88% 56
Midlands -20 29 £525 - 50
East of England -22 24 £510 +10.27% 41
West Midlands -40 22 £500 -31.03% 35
North East - 10 £375 - 17
East Midlands -11 6 £638 +67.21% 15
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 24 (3.70%) Confluence
2 20 (3.09%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.47%) Apache
5 12 (1.85%) Jupyter
6 10 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.77%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.46%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 216 (33.33%) Azure
2 168 (25.93%) AWS
3 72 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 64 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (9.41%) GCP
6 53 (8.18%) GitHub
7 32 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (4.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 25 (3.86%) SaaS
11 20 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (2.78%) OCI
13 17 (2.62%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (2.16%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.16%) Power Platform
15 13 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (2.01%) OpenShift
16 12 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (1.70%) Serverless
18 10 (1.54%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 72 (11.11%) Network Security
2 37 (5.71%) Firewall
3 18 (2.78%) DNS
4 14 (2.16%) WAN
5 13 (2.01%) MPLS
6 12 (1.85%) BGP
6 12 (1.85%) IPsec
6 12 (1.85%) LAN
7 11 (1.70%) VPN
8 9 (1.39%) Broadband
9 8 (1.23%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.77%) DHCP
10 5 (0.77%) Internet
10 5 (0.77%) Intranet
11 4 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.62%) MQTT
12 3 (0.46%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.46%) NGFW
12 3 (0.46%) VLAN
13 2 (0.31%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.70%) Power BI
2 10 (1.54%) Big Data
3 8 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.46%) Trino
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.31%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.31%) Power Query
8 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.15%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.15%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (6.48%) GitLab
2 29 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 29 (4.48%) JIRA
3 12 (1.85%) SonarQube
4 9 (1.39%) Git
4 9 (1.39%) Snyk
5 4 (0.62%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.46%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.46%) git-flow
6 3 (0.46%) InstallShield
6 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.46%) Tricentis qTest
7 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.31%) Flyway
7 2 (0.31%) JUnit
7 2 (0.31%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.31%) Mockito
7 2 (0.31%) MSI
7 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 203 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 134 (20.68%) Finance
3 82 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (12.04%) Public Sector
5 36 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 36 (5.56%) Banking
6 23 (3.55%) Legal
7 20 (3.09%) Financial Institution
8 19 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.85%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.70%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.23%) Local Government
13 8 (1.23%) Military
14 7 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.93%) Law
16 5 (0.77%) Publishing
17 4 (0.62%) Retail
18 3 (0.46%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 101 (15.59%) Analyst
2 78 (12.04%) Lead
3 61 (9.41%) Security Engineer
4 60 (9.26%) Consultant
5 59 (9.10%) Architect
6 54 (8.33%) Senior
7 44 (6.79%) Security Analyst
8 39 (6.02%) Security Architect
9 37 (5.71%) Security Consultant
10 29 (4.48%) Security Manager
11 26 (4.01%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 24 (3.70%) Security Specialist
13 23 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 23 (3.55%) Vulnerability Analyst
14 22 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
15 21 (3.24%) Developer
16 19 (2.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 17 (2.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 17 (2.62%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 17 (2.62%) DevSecOps Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (2.01%) REST
3 12 (1.85%) Loki
4 8 (1.23%) ARM Templates
4 8 (1.23%) Kafka
5 7 (1.08%) RESTful
6 6 (0.93%) LangChain
6 6 (0.93%) PyTorch
6 6 (0.93%) scikit-learn
7 5 (0.77%) ModSecurity
7 5 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (0.77%) SAP Basis
8 4 (0.62%) .NET
8 4 (0.62%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.62%) gRPC
8 4 (0.62%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.62%) OAuth
8 4 (0.62%) Protocol Buffers
8 4 (0.62%) SLSA
9 3 (0.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 110 (16.98%) Security Posture
2 52 (8.02%) Operational Technology
3 51 (7.87%) Cloud Native
3 51 (7.87%) Cyber Threat
4 48 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 38 (5.86%) Management Information System
6 35 (5.40%) Security Operations Centre
7 21 (3.24%) Cloud Security Posture
8 20 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.93%) Virtual Team
10 17 (2.62%) Product Ownership
11 14 (2.16%) CMDB
11 14 (2.16%) SCADA
12 12 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.70%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.39%) NHS
14 9 (1.39%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.39%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 83 (12.81%) Windows
2 80 (12.35%) Linux
3 23 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 21 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.31%) Unix
6 13 (2.01%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.93%) AIX
8 5 (0.77%) HPUX
8 5 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.77%) Solaris
8 5 (0.77%) SUSE
8 5 (0.77%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.62%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.62%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.31%) Android
10 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.15%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (50.93%) Cybersecurity
2 182 (28.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 168 (25.93%) Incident Response
4 155 (23.92%) CI/CD
5 149 (22.99%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 141 (21.76%) Cloud Security
7 132 (20.37%) Security Operations
8 129 (19.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 128 (19.75%) Risk Management
10 124 (19.14%) SIEM
11 109 (16.82%) DevSecOps
12 98 (15.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 96 (14.81%) Security Architecture
14 93 (14.35%) Threat Modelling
15 92 (14.20%) DevOps
16 88 (13.58%) Infrastructure as Code
17 79 (12.19%) Roadmaps
18 72 (11.11%) Information Security
19 71 (10.96%) Identity Access Management
20 67 (10.34%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 111 (17.13%) Python
2 79 (12.19%) PowerShell
3 41 (6.33%) Bash
4 25 (3.86%) Bicep
5 22 (3.40%) SQL
6 11 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.23%) Java
8 8 (1.23%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.77%) Go
10 4 (0.62%) C#
10 4 (0.62%) Korn
10 4 (0.62%) Rust
11 3 (0.46%) Perl
12 2 (0.31%) PromQL
12 2 (0.31%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.15%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 224 (34.57%) Security Cleared
2 155 (23.92%) SC Cleared
3 115 (17.75%) CISSP
4 79 (12.19%) CISM
5 57 (8.80%) Cisco Certification
6 56 (8.64%) Degree
7 50 (7.72%) DV Cleared
8 49 (7.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 28 (4.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 27 (4.17%) CCSP
11 20 (3.09%) AWS Certification
12 17 (2.62%) Azure Certification
13 16 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (2.16%) CEH
15 13 (2.01%) CRISC
15 13 (2.01%) GIAC
16 12 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (1.85%) PMP
17 11 (1.70%) CISA
18 10 (1.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (19.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (19.29%) NIST
3 54 (8.33%) GDPR
4 53 (8.18%) NCSC
5 47 (7.25%) GRC
6 44 (6.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (3.86%) SLA
8 22 (3.40%) NIST 800
9 20 (3.09%) QA
10 18 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (2.16%) PCI DSS
12 9 (1.39%) ISO 31000
12 9 (1.39%) SOC 2
13 8 (1.23%) HIPAA
14 6 (0.93%) Data Quality
15 5 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.77%) COBIT
15 5 (0.77%) Def Stans
15 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 5 (0.77%) JSP 440
System Software
1 61 (9.41%) Docker
2 57 (8.80%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.93%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.46%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.31%) HDFS
8 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 90 (13.89%) Terraform
2 86 (13.27%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.17%) Ansible
4 29 (4.48%) Grafana
4 29 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (2.62%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.16%) Argo
6 14 (2.16%) SCCM
6 14 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.70%) Nessus
8 9 (1.39%) Puppet
9 5 (0.77%) vRealize
10 4 (0.62%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.62%) OPNET
10 4 (0.62%) Podman
10 4 (0.62%) Proxmox
10 4 (0.62%) QRadar
11 2 (0.31%) Cilium
11 2 (0.31%) SCOM
11 2 (0.31%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 156 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.64%) Tenable
3 55 (8.49%) Qualys
4 40 (6.17%) ServiceNow
5 38 (5.86%) Splunk
6 31 (4.78%) Oracle
7 24 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
8 22 (3.40%) Google
9 20 (3.09%) Trend Micro
10 19 (2.93%) Rapid7
11 18 (2.78%) VMware
12 13 (2.01%) Okta
12 13 (2.01%) Tanium
13 11 (1.70%) Databricks
13 11 (1.70%) Red Hat
13 11 (1.70%) SAP
14 9 (1.39%) IBM
15 8 (1.23%) Clearswift
15 8 (1.23%) Fortinet
16 7 (1.08%) Apple