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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 258 264
Rank change year-on-year +65 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 704 295 294
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 1.06% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.16% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 202 198
10th Percentile £387 £325 £425
25th Percentile £492 £450 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -7.29%
75th Percentile £638 £636 £675
90th Percentile £735 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 3
10th Percentile £50.78 £28.92 £51.25
25th Percentile £71.00 £30.34 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £48.22 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.91% -16.14% +22.99%
75th Percentile £82.25 £72.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £104.00 £101.65 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £48.22 £57.50
% change year-on-year +65.91% -16.14% +22.99%

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 39,431 25,424 27,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.70% 90.99% 86.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,955 16,149 17,033
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,897 1,546 1,199
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £46.55 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +55.07% -40.82% -

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +26 293 £568 - 307
South East +38 166 £550 +10.00% 131
North of England +29 136 £558 +7.21% 108
Yorkshire +19 69 £600 +11.73% 20
North West -14 55 £558 +9.70% 80
Midlands -22 35 £568 +0.98% 49
South West -24 35 £575 +27.78% 48
West Midlands -11 33 £577 -12.98% 35
East of England -19 30 £511 +13.61% 22
North East - 12 £375 - 8
East Midlands -16 1 - - 14
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 23 (3.27%) Confluence
2 21 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.56%) Apache
5 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (1.70%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.99%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.85%) IIS
9 5 (0.71%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.14%) JBoss
11 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 233 (33.10%) Azure
2 194 (27.56%) AWS
3 81 (11.51%) GCP
4 76 (10.80%) Entra ID
5 68 (9.66%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (8.24%) GitHub
7 33 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
8 31 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
9 26 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.98%) OCI
11 20 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (2.84%) Power Platform
11 20 (2.84%) SaaS
12 19 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
13 15 (2.13%) Amazon S3
14 13 (1.85%) Datadog
15 12 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.28%) OpenShift
16 9 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 81 (11.51%) Network Security
2 54 (7.67%) Firewall
3 16 (2.27%) WAN
4 14 (1.99%) DNS
5 13 (1.85%) MPLS
6 12 (1.70%) BGP
6 12 (1.70%) IPsec
6 12 (1.70%) LAN
6 12 (1.70%) VPN
7 10 (1.42%) Broadband
8 9 (1.28%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.99%) HTTP
10 6 (0.85%) Internet
11 5 (0.71%) Intranet
12 4 (0.57%) DHCP
12 4 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.57%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.57%) MQTT
13 3 (0.43%) BIG-IP
13 3 (0.43%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.13%) Relational Database
2 14 (1.99%) Power BI
3 11 (1.56%) Big Data
4 9 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.71%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.57%) Trino
7 3 (0.43%) Apache Hive
7 3 (0.43%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.43%) Power Query
8 2 (0.28%) Flink
8 2 (0.28%) Metadata
8 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.14%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.14%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 43 (6.11%) GitLab
2 28 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.84%) JIRA
4 22 (3.13%) Git
5 14 (1.99%) Selenium
6 11 (1.56%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.42%) Snyk
8 5 (0.71%) Claude Code
8 5 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.43%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.28%) Flyway
10 2 (0.28%) git-flow
10 2 (0.28%) JUnit
10 2 (0.28%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.28%) Mockito
10 2 (0.28%) MSI
10 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.28%) Tricentis qTest
10 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 235 (33.38%) Social Skills
2 127 (18.04%) Finance
3 87 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (10.65%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.68%) Banking
6 29 (4.12%) Legal
7 28 (3.98%) Aerospace
8 20 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.41%) Military
10 16 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.13%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.42%) Local Government
14 7 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.85%) Law
16 3 (0.43%) Digital Health
16 3 (0.43%) Digital Healthcare
16 3 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 105 (14.91%) Analyst
2 82 (11.65%) Consultant
3 79 (11.22%) Lead
4 72 (10.23%) Architect
5 63 (8.95%) Security Engineer
6 62 (8.81%) Senior
7 55 (7.81%) Security Analyst
8 52 (7.39%) Security Consultant
9 48 (6.82%) Security Architect
10 36 (5.11%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 32 (4.55%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 30 (4.26%) Security Manager
14 29 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 25 (3.55%) Security Specialist
16 24 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
17 21 (2.98%) Developer
18 20 (2.84%) DevSecOps Consultant
19 19 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 19 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (14.49%) Terraform
2 17 (2.41%) Kafka
2 17 (2.41%) REST
3 15 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (1.85%) Loki
5 7 (0.99%) ARM Templates
5 7 (0.99%) JSON
5 7 (0.99%) ModSecurity
6 6 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
6 6 (0.85%) RESTful
7 5 (0.71%) SLSA
8 4 (0.57%) Azure Blueprints
8 4 (0.57%) gRPC
8 4 (0.57%) JDBC
8 4 (0.57%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.57%) Protocol Buffers
9 3 (0.43%) .NET
9 3 (0.43%) OAuth
9 3 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 3 (0.43%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 114 (16.19%) Security Posture
2 74 (10.51%) Onboarding
3 61 (8.66%) Cyber Threat
4 56 (7.95%) Operational Technology
5 44 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 40 (5.68%) Cloud Native
7 36 (5.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 24 (3.41%) SCADA
9 22 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
10 21 (2.98%) Cloud Security Posture
11 20 (2.84%) Data Centre
11 20 (2.84%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.99%) CMDB
13 13 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (1.70%) Private Cloud
15 10 (1.42%) Social Media
16 9 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
16 9 (1.28%) PKI
16 9 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 108 (15.34%) Windows
2 93 (13.21%) Linux
3 36 (5.11%) Windows Server
4 23 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.41%) Unix
6 16 (2.27%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.14%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.99%) AIX
9 6 (0.85%) Solaris
10 5 (0.71%) HPUX
10 5 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
10 5 (0.71%) SUSE
10 5 (0.71%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.57%) Alpine Linux
12 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.28%) Android
13 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.14%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (56.39%) Cybersecurity
2 198 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 185 (26.28%) Incident Response
4 180 (25.57%) CI/CD
5 178 (25.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 156 (22.16%) Cloud Security
7 155 (22.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 149 (21.16%) Risk Management
8 149 (21.16%) Security Operations
9 128 (18.18%) SIEM
10 124 (17.61%) Infrastructure as Code
11 117 (16.62%) DevSecOps
12 106 (15.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 99 (14.06%) DevOps
14 95 (13.49%) Security Architecture
15 93 (13.21%) Application Security
15 93 (13.21%) Information Security
16 90 (12.78%) Identity Access Management
17 85 (12.07%) Threat Modelling
18 82 (11.65%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 124 (17.61%) Python
2 91 (12.93%) PowerShell
3 42 (5.97%) Bash
4 38 (5.40%) SQL
5 25 (3.55%) Bicep
6 13 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (1.56%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.85%) Java
8 6 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.71%) Go
10 4 (0.57%) C#
10 4 (0.57%) Perl
10 4 (0.57%) Rust
10 4 (0.57%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.28%) PromQL
12 1 (0.14%) CodeQL
12 1 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 264 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 191 (27.13%) SC Cleared
3 135 (19.18%) CISSP
4 95 (13.49%) CISM
5 70 (9.94%) Cisco Certification
6 66 (9.38%) DV Cleared
7 60 (8.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 53 (7.53%) Degree
9 38 (5.40%) CCSP
10 31 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 21 (2.98%) AWS Certification
11 21 (2.98%) CISA
12 20 (2.84%) CRISC
13 18 (2.56%) GIAC
14 17 (2.41%) Azure Certification
14 17 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 14 (1.99%) CEH
16 13 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
16 13 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (21.59%) NIST
2 151 (21.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (10.37%) NCSC
4 63 (8.95%) GRC
5 57 (8.10%) GDPR
6 51 (7.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (3.41%) PCI DSS
7 24 (3.41%) SLA
8 21 (2.98%) NIST 800
9 20 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (2.13%) ISO 31000
11 13 (1.85%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.85%) QA
12 12 (1.70%) COBIT
13 11 (1.56%) SOC 2
14 8 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 7 (0.99%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.85%) ISO 9001
17 5 (0.71%) HIPAA
17 5 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 59 (8.38%) Docker
3 25 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.85%) BitLocker
6 6 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.71%) ISA Server
8 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.43%) Firmware
9 3 (0.43%) HDFS
9 3 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.28%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.28%) IAG
10 2 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (14.35%) Kubernetes
2 42 (5.97%) Ansible
3 35 (4.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (4.26%) Grafana
5 16 (2.27%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.27%) SCCM
6 15 (2.13%) Argo
7 12 (1.70%) Nessus
8 9 (1.28%) Puppet
9 6 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.71%) CASB
10 5 (0.71%) vRealize
10 5 (0.71%) VxRail
11 4 (0.57%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.57%) OPNET
11 4 (0.57%) Podman
11 4 (0.57%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.43%) QRadar
12 3 (0.43%) systemd
Vendors
1 185 (26.28%) Microsoft
2 62 (8.81%) Qualys
3 49 (6.96%) Tenable
4 41 (5.82%) Splunk
5 38 (5.40%) ServiceNow
6 35 (4.97%) VMware
7 32 (4.55%) Oracle
8 30 (4.26%) CrowdStrike
9 24 (3.41%) Google
9 24 (3.41%) Rapid7
10 18 (2.56%) Trend Micro
11 15 (2.13%) Cisco
11 15 (2.13%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.70%) Tanium
13 11 (1.56%) Fortinet
14 10 (1.42%) F5
15 9 (1.28%) Databricks
15 9 (1.28%) Palo Alto
16 8 (1.14%) Tripwire
17 7 (0.99%) SolarWinds