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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 271 276
Rank change year-on-year +23 +5 +110
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 298 289 370
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 0.90% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.04% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 195 287
10th Percentile £342 £418 £425
25th Percentile £447 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £593
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.29% +3.17%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £688
90th Percentile £741 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £586
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.18% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 21
10th Percentile £29.11 £51.25 -
25th Percentile £30.61 £53.13 £42.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £57.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +17.35% -24.90%
75th Percentile £63.25 £58.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £101.10 - -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £57.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -27.06% +17.35% -24.90%

All Process and 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 25,655 27,725 36,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.95% 86.47% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,262 16,906 24,993
10th Percentile £296 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,620 1,099 1,474
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%
75th Percentile £45.00 £66.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.55 £74.09 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +36.92%

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025. 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 +18 153 £568 +3.18% 56
South East 0 40 £500 -0.50% 57
North of England -4 39 £520 -7.14% 41
East of England +8 23 £450 +5.88% 12
South West +16 22 £450 -40.00% 14
North West -12 21 £515 -8.00% 17
Yorkshire -11 18 £529 -18.69% 17
Midlands -30 8 £463 -17.78% 20
East Midlands -11 4 £419 -48.93% 9
West Midlands -24 4 £725 +38.10% 11
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 17 (5.70%) Confluence
2 5 (1.68%) CMS
3 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.34%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) 1Password
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.34%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 99 (33.22%) Azure
2 69 (23.15%) AWS
3 35 (11.74%) GCP
4 25 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (7.38%) Entra ID
6 21 (7.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.01%) IaaS
8 6 (2.01%) SaaS
9 5 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.68%) GitHub
9 5 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.68%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.68%) Serverless
10 4 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.34%) PaaS
11 3 (1.01%) Akamai
11 3 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 70 (23.49%) Firewall
2 46 (15.44%) Network Security
3 15 (5.03%) VPN
4 14 (4.70%) DNS
5 11 (3.69%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.36%) WAN
7 9 (3.02%) SSL
8 8 (2.68%) SD-WAN
9 7 (2.35%) LAN
10 6 (2.01%) Kerberos
10 6 (2.01%) Wireless
11 4 (1.34%) DHCP
11 4 (1.34%) HTTP
11 4 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.67%) Internet
12 2 (0.67%) IPsec
12 2 (0.67%) S/MIME
12 2 (0.67%) SAN
12 2 (0.67%) SMTP
12 2 (0.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) Power BI
1 5 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.67%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.67%) Tableau
3 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.34%) DB2
3 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.34%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (7.72%) JIRA
2 4 (1.34%) GitLab
2 4 (1.34%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.34%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.67%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.67%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.34%) Snyk
General
1 74 (24.83%) Social Skills
2 72 (24.16%) Finance
3 39 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.72%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.38%) Banking
6 14 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.36%) Legal
8 6 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.34%) Retail
10 3 (1.01%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.01%) Marketing
10 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.67%) Front Office
11 2 (0.67%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.67%) Military
11 2 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 55 (18.46%) Architect
2 50 (16.78%) Analyst
2 50 (16.78%) Security Architect
3 38 (12.75%) Security Engineer
4 30 (10.07%) Senior
5 29 (9.73%) Security Analyst
6 25 (8.39%) Consultant
7 21 (7.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 17 (5.70%) Lead
9 12 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (3.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 9 (3.02%) Security Consultant
11 8 (2.68%) Business Analyst
11 8 (2.68%) Security Specialist
11 8 (2.68%) Vulnerability Analyst
12 7 (2.35%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 7 (2.35%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 7 (2.35%) Security Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.69%) OAuth
1 11 (3.69%) SAML
2 5 (1.68%) LDAP
2 5 (1.68%) OpenID
3 4 (1.34%) .NET
4 3 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.67%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.67%) React
5 2 (0.67%) Web Services
6 1 (0.34%) EDI
6 1 (0.34%) Loki
6 1 (0.34%) Lucene
6 1 (0.34%) Middleware
6 1 (0.34%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.34%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.34%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.34%) Spring
6 1 (0.34%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.44%) Security Posture
2 34 (11.41%) Management Information System
3 24 (8.05%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (5.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (4.36%) Cloud Native
6 12 (4.03%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.02%) Cloud Security Posture
7 9 (3.02%) Operational Technology
8 8 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.68%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.01%) Cyber Defence
10 6 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (2.01%) PKI
11 5 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.68%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.01%) MISP
13 3 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (19.80%) Windows
2 36 (12.08%) Linux
3 23 (7.72%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.03%) Mac OS
4 12 (4.03%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.36%) Unix
6 3 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.67%) VMS
8 1 (0.34%) Android
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (47.99%) Cybersecurity
2 103 (34.56%) Incident Response
3 81 (27.18%) Security Operations
3 81 (27.18%) SIEM
4 73 (24.50%) Cloud Security
5 52 (17.45%) Information Security
6 47 (15.77%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 47 (15.77%) Threat Intelligence
7 46 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (15.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 45 (15.10%) Identity Access Management
9 40 (13.42%) Penetration Testing
10 37 (12.42%) Threat Modelling
11 36 (12.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 35 (11.74%) CI/CD
12 35 (11.74%) Patch Management
13 34 (11.41%) Risk Management
14 33 (11.07%) DevSecOps
15 31 (10.40%) Computer Science
16 30 (10.07%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.76%) Python
2 35 (11.74%) PowerShell
3 30 (10.07%) Bash
4 8 (2.68%) Java
4 8 (2.68%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (2.68%) SQL
5 3 (1.01%) Perl
5 3 (1.01%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.67%) Bicep
6 2 (0.67%) Go
6 2 (0.67%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.67%) PHP
7 1 (0.34%) Ruby
7 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 71 (23.83%) CISSP
2 63 (21.14%) Security Cleared
3 55 (18.46%) SC Cleared
4 45 (15.10%) Degree
5 39 (13.09%) CISM
6 19 (6.38%) CEH
7 17 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (5.37%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (4.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (4.36%) Master's Degree
11 12 (4.03%) CCSP
12 11 (3.69%) GIAC
12 11 (3.69%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (3.36%) GCIH
13 10 (3.36%) OSCP
14 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (2.68%) Azure Certification
15 8 (2.68%) CISA
15 8 (2.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (26.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 77 (25.84%) NIST
3 40 (13.42%) GDPR
4 28 (9.40%) PCI DSS
5 17 (5.70%) GRC
6 16 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (4.70%) HIPAA
8 11 (3.69%) NCSC
9 10 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (3.36%) SLA
10 9 (3.02%) COBIT
11 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (1.34%) NIST 800
11 4 (1.34%) PMO
11 4 (1.34%) QA
11 4 (1.34%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
12 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (1.01%) PSD2
12 3 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (9.06%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.03%) Docker
3 4 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (9.40%) Nessus
2 24 (8.05%) SCCM
3 18 (6.04%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.36%) Terraform
5 9 (3.02%) Ansible
5 9 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.02%) WSUS
6 7 (2.35%) CASB
7 5 (1.68%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (1.68%) QRadar
8 4 (1.34%) Grafana
8 4 (1.34%) HP Fortify
9 3 (1.01%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.67%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.67%) SELinux
10 2 (0.67%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
11 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 89 (29.87%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.44%) Qualys
3 34 (11.41%) Tenable
4 26 (8.72%) Splunk
5 18 (6.04%) Google
5 18 (6.04%) ServiceNow
6 17 (5.70%) Palo Alto
7 16 (5.37%) Cisco
7 16 (5.37%) Rapid7
8 15 (5.03%) CrowdStrike
8 15 (5.03%) CyberArk
9 9 (3.02%) VMware
10 8 (2.68%) Apple
11 7 (2.35%) BiZZdesign
11 7 (2.35%) McAfee
11 7 (2.35%) Remedy
12 5 (1.68%) Centrify
12 5 (1.68%) Symantec
12 5 (1.68%) Tanium
12 5 (1.68%) Zscaler