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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 241 284
Rank change year-on-year +15 +43 +25
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 457 248 288
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.11% 1.02% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.12% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 169 214
10th Percentile £350 £351 £380
25th Percentile £481 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.04% -2.95%
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 34,754 22,136 31,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 91.24% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,164 14,481 20,585
10th Percentile £320 £306 £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 £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,141 934 2,241
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.41 £12.87
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.41 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.06 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.41 £36.02
% change year-on-year +49.60% -21.13% +0.06%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -9 175 £550 -0.50% 92
North of England +25 111 £540 -10.00% 64
South East -47 84 £525 -4.55% 88
Yorkshire +5 65 £525 - 21
North West +2 46 £545 +9.00% 27
South West -21 30 £554 +34.30% 54
Midlands -50 30 £500 -20.00% 26
West Midlands -50 24 £438 -33.96% 23
East of England -31 6 £480 -31.18% 37
East Midlands -21 5 £638 +112.50% 3
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 (2.84%) Confluence
2 7 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.09%) 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 (4.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 152 (33.26%) Azure
2 112 (24.51%) AWS
3 52 (11.38%) Entra ID
4 47 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (9.41%) GCP
6 30 (6.56%) SaaS
7 18 (3.94%) Azure Sentinel
8 13 (2.84%) GitHub
9 12 (2.63%) OpenShift
10 10 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.19%) Power Platform
10 10 (2.19%) Serverless
11 9 (1.97%) IaaS
11 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (1.97%) PaaS
12 8 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 6 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 44 (9.63%) Firewall
2 43 (9.41%) Network Security
3 23 (5.03%) DNS
4 14 (3.06%) DHCP
5 12 (2.63%) VPN
6 8 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.31%) HTTPS
7 6 (1.31%) WAN
7 6 (1.31%) Wireless
8 5 (1.09%) LAN
9 4 (0.88%) MPLS
9 4 (0.88%) NGFW
9 4 (0.88%) SSL
10 3 (0.66%) BGP
10 3 (0.66%) Internet
10 3 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.66%) IPsec
10 3 (0.66%) SAN
11 1 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.97%) 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%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.03%) JIRA
2 9 (1.97%) Snyk
3 8 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.53%) 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
1 136 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 90 (19.69%) Finance
3 75 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.88%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.47%) Banking
5 25 (5.47%) Documentation Skills
6 23 (5.03%) Legal
7 19 (4.16%) Aerospace
8 15 (3.28%) Publishing
9 12 (2.63%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.31%) Local Government
12 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.66%) Military
14 3 (0.66%) Retail
15 2 (0.44%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.44%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (13.57%) Security Engineer
2 58 (12.69%) Analyst
3 51 (11.16%) Architect
4 45 (9.85%) Lead
5 38 (8.32%) Senior
6 35 (7.66%) Security Architect
7 30 (6.56%) Consultant
8 20 (4.38%) Security Analyst
9 19 (4.16%) Security Manager
9 19 (4.16%) Security Specialist
10 17 (3.72%) Business Analyst
10 17 (3.72%) Security Consultant
11 15 (3.28%) Administrator
12 14 (3.06%) Senior Security Engineer
13 13 (2.84%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (2.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 13 (2.84%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
14 12 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (2.63%) Project Manager
14 12 (2.63%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.50%) SAP Basis
2 9 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.31%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.31%) 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%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.66%) REST
5 3 (0.66%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.66%) SLSA
6 2 (0.44%) Middleware
6 2 (0.44%) OpenID
6 2 (0.44%) SOAP
6 2 (0.44%) YAML
7 1 (0.22%) EDI
7 1 (0.22%) JAAS
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.13%) Security Posture
2 40 (8.75%) Operational Technology
3 32 (7.00%) Cloud Native
4 27 (5.91%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.69%) Onboarding
6 19 (4.16%) Virtual Team
7 17 (3.72%) Cyber Threat
7 17 (3.72%) Security Operations Centre
7 17 (3.72%) Taxonomies
8 16 (3.50%) Cyber Defence
9 15 (3.28%) PKI
10 13 (2.84%) Cloud Security Posture
11 12 (2.63%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.63%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.97%) SCADA
13 8 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.75%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.53%) IoT
15 6 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 56 (12.25%) Linux
2 51 (11.16%) Windows
3 18 (3.94%) Unix
3 18 (3.94%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.09%) AIX
6 4 (0.88%) HPUX
6 4 (0.88%) Oracle Linux
6 4 (0.88%) Solaris
6 4 (0.88%) SUSE
6 4 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.44%) Rocky
7 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.22%) Android
8 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.22%) CentOS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (41.36%) Cybersecurity
2 105 (22.98%) Incident Response
3 88 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 88 (19.26%) SIEM
4 87 (19.04%) CI/CD
5 86 (18.82%) Cloud Security
6 81 (17.72%) Threat Modelling
7 78 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 75 (16.41%) Security Architecture
8 75 (16.41%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 70 (15.32%) Risk Management
10 66 (14.44%) Security Operations
11 61 (13.35%) Roadmaps
12 55 (12.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 53 (11.60%) DevSecOps
14 46 (10.07%) DevOps
15 43 (9.41%) Threat Intelligence
16 41 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
17 40 (8.75%) SDLC
17 40 (8.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.60%) Python
2 31 (6.78%) PowerShell
3 19 (4.16%) Bash
4 10 (2.19%) SQL
5 7 (1.53%) Java
6 5 (1.09%) Bicep
6 5 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.88%) Korn
8 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.66%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.44%) Go
10 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.22%) C#
10 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.22%) Rust
10 1 (0.22%) Scala
10 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 134 (29.32%) Security Cleared
2 90 (19.69%) SC Cleared
3 86 (18.82%) CISSP
4 57 (12.47%) Degree
5 54 (11.82%) CISM
6 27 (5.91%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (5.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 26 (5.69%) DV Cleared
8 24 (5.25%) CompTIA Security+
9 20 (4.38%) CCSP
10 16 (3.50%) CRISC
10 16 (3.50%) GIAC
11 11 (2.41%) AWS Certification
12 10 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.19%) PMP
13 9 (1.97%) CESG Certified Professional
13 9 (1.97%) CISA
13 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.75%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (18.60%) NIST
2 73 (15.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (6.56%) GRC
4 21 (4.60%) GDPR
5 20 (4.38%) NCSC
6 19 (4.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (3.94%) SLA
8 13 (2.84%) NIST 800
9 11 (2.41%) SOC 2
10 10 (2.19%) ISO 31000
11 9 (1.97%) QA
12 8 (1.75%) PCI DSS
13 5 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (1.09%) COBIT
13 5 (1.09%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.66%) IFRS
15 3 (0.66%) IFRS 9
15 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 40 (8.75%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.81%) Docker
3 20 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.53%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.44%) GPFS
5 2 (0.44%) Lustre
5 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (8.53%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.47%) Terraform
3 24 (5.25%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (3.94%) Nessus
5 14 (3.06%) Ansible
6 10 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.31%) SCCM
8 5 (1.09%) CASB
8 5 (1.09%) Grafana
8 5 (1.09%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.88%) Puppet
10 3 (0.66%) OpenVAS
10 3 (0.66%) SELinux
11 2 (0.44%) Podman
11 2 (0.44%) QRadar
11 2 (0.44%) SCOM
11 2 (0.44%) vRealize
11 2 (0.44%) WSUS
12 1 (0.22%) Istio
12 1 (0.22%) systemd
Vendors
1 75 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.72%) Tenable
3 41 (8.97%) Splunk
4 37 (8.10%) Qualys
5 26 (5.69%) ServiceNow
6 23 (5.03%) SAP
7 22 (4.81%) Okta
8 13 (2.84%) CrowdStrike
8 13 (2.84%) VMware
9 12 (2.63%) Rapid7
9 12 (2.63%) Remedy
10 11 (2.41%) CyberArk
11 10 (2.19%) Oracle
12 8 (1.75%) Databricks
12 8 (1.75%) Google
13 7 (1.53%) IBM
13 7 (1.53%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.31%) Cisco
14 6 (1.31%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.31%) Trend Micro