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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 247 272
Rank change year-on-year +40 +25 +21
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 537 261 305
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.25% 1.06% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.16% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 177 213
10th Percentile £360 £320 £382
25th Percentile £477 £457 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £527 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -4.18% -2.22%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £775 £773
UK median daily rate £538 £534 £540
% change year-on-year +0.75% -1.20% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 4 1
10th Percentile £45.05 £28.12 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £29.02 £56.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £43.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.56% -25.23% +130.00%
75th Percentile £84.00 £72.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.20 £88.98 -
UK median hourly rate £81.50 £43.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +89.56% -25.23% +130.00%

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 36,481 22,561 31,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.35% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,067 14,578 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £302 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,283 1,053 2,381
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.32 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.02% -29.21% +6.23%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -1 217 £550 -0.50% 106
North of England +39 135 £525 -12.50% 76
South East -21 99 £525 -0.19% 100
Yorkshire +12 71 £543 - 20
North West +5 57 £540 +8.00% 34
Midlands -34 33 £525 -16.00% 35
South West -16 30 £550 +37.50% 97
West Midlands -40 27 £438 -33.96% 22
North East -28 7 £375 -45.45% 22
East Midlands -19 5 £638 +112.50% 13
East of England -37 5 £513 +7.89% 35
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 16 (2.98%) Confluence
2 14 (2.61%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.23%) Apache
4 11 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.05%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.12%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.19%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 163 (30.35%) Azure
2 135 (25.14%) AWS
3 60 (11.17%) Entra ID
4 51 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (9.12%) GCP
6 29 (5.40%) SaaS
7 26 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 21 (3.91%) GitHub
9 16 (2.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.42%) OpenShift
10 13 (2.42%) Power Platform
11 11 (2.05%) Serverless
12 10 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (1.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (1.49%) IaaS
14 8 (1.49%) PaaS
15 7 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 58 (10.80%) Network Security
2 49 (9.12%) Firewall
3 22 (4.10%) DNS
4 13 (2.42%) DHCP
5 11 (2.05%) VPN
6 10 (1.86%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.49%) WAN
8 7 (1.30%) BGP
8 7 (1.30%) IPsec
8 7 (1.30%) LAN
8 7 (1.30%) MPLS
9 6 (1.12%) HTTPS
9 6 (1.12%) Wireless
10 5 (0.93%) Internet
10 5 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.74%) MQTT
11 4 (0.74%) NGFW
11 4 (0.74%) SSL
12 2 (0.37%) DKIM
12 2 (0.37%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.05%) Power BI
2 6 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.56%) Big Data
4 3 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.56%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.37%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.19%) Redis
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (5.03%) JIRA
2 26 (4.84%) GitLab
3 16 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.86%) SonarQube
5 8 (1.49%) Git
5 8 (1.49%) Snyk
6 3 (0.56%) AdminStudio
6 3 (0.56%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.56%) git-flow
6 3 (0.56%) InstallShield
6 3 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.37%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.37%) Flyway
7 2 (0.37%) JUnit
7 2 (0.37%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.37%) Mockito
8 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 157 (29.24%) Social Skills
2 113 (21.04%) Finance
3 83 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 30 (5.59%) Banking
6 26 (4.84%) Legal
7 23 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
8 20 (3.72%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.98%) Financial Institution
10 13 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.42%) Publishing
11 7 (1.30%) Local Government
11 7 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.93%) Law
14 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.37%) Arabic Language
15 2 (0.37%) Military
16 1 (0.19%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (13.22%) Analyst
2 61 (11.36%) Security Engineer
3 54 (10.06%) Architect
4 51 (9.50%) Consultant
5 49 (9.12%) Lead
6 43 (8.01%) Senior
7 36 (6.70%) Security Architect
8 31 (5.77%) Security Consultant
9 26 (4.84%) Security Analyst
10 24 (4.47%) Security Manager
11 22 (4.10%) Security Specialist
12 19 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.35%) Business Analyst
14 16 (2.98%) Vulnerability Analyst
15 15 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 15 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 15 (2.79%) Developer
15 15 (2.79%) Senior Security Engineer
16 14 (2.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 14 (2.61%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (2.42%) SAP Basis
3 7 (1.30%) RESTful
4 6 (1.12%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.12%) Kafka
4 6 (1.12%) LDAP
5 5 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
5 5 (0.93%) REST
6 4 (0.74%) ADO
6 4 (0.74%) gRPC
6 4 (0.74%) Keycloak
6 4 (0.74%) LangChain
6 4 (0.74%) Protocol Buffers
6 4 (0.74%) PyTorch
6 4 (0.74%) scikit-learn
7 3 (0.56%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.56%) OpenAPI
7 3 (0.56%) SLSA
7 3 (0.56%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 80 (14.90%) Security Posture
2 45 (8.38%) Operational Technology
3 38 (7.08%) Cloud Native
4 37 (6.89%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.59%) Management Information System
6 22 (4.10%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.54%) Virtual Team
8 17 (3.17%) Cyber Defence
8 17 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (2.79%) Product Ownership
10 13 (2.42%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.42%) Taxonomies
11 12 (2.23%) Cloud Security Posture
12 11 (2.05%) PKI
13 10 (1.86%) SCADA
14 8 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.49%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.30%) CMDB
15 7 (1.30%) IoT
15 7 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 76 (14.15%) Linux
2 74 (13.78%) Windows
3 26 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (3.72%) Unix
5 7 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.12%) AIX
7 5 (0.93%) HPUX
7 5 (0.93%) Oracle Linux
7 5 (0.93%) Solaris
7 5 (0.93%) SUSE
8 4 (0.74%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (44.51%) Cybersecurity
2 121 (22.53%) Incident Response
3 116 (21.60%) CI/CD
4 104 (19.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 104 (19.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 103 (19.18%) Cloud Security
5 103 (19.18%) SIEM
6 101 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 97 (18.06%) Risk Management
8 87 (16.20%) Threat Modelling
9 86 (16.01%) Security Architecture
9 86 (16.01%) Security Operations
10 75 (13.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 73 (13.59%) DevOps
12 68 (12.66%) Roadmaps
13 63 (11.73%) DevSecOps
14 53 (9.87%) Application Security
14 53 (9.87%) Infrastructure as Code
15 50 (9.31%) Problem-Solving
16 48 (8.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 79 (14.71%) Python
2 47 (8.75%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.10%) Bash
4 12 (2.23%) SQL
5 10 (1.86%) Bicep
6 8 (1.49%) Java
6 8 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.49%) Shell Script
7 7 (1.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.74%) Korn
8 4 (0.74%) Rust
9 2 (0.37%) Go
9 2 (0.37%) Perl
9 2 (0.37%) PromQL
9 2 (0.37%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.19%) C#
10 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 170 (31.66%) Security Cleared
2 111 (20.67%) SC Cleared
3 107 (19.93%) CISSP
4 67 (12.48%) CISM
5 66 (12.29%) Degree
6 37 (6.89%) DV Cleared
7 33 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (5.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 29 (5.40%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (4.66%) CCSP
11 19 (3.54%) GIAC
12 17 (3.17%) CRISC
13 15 (2.79%) AWS Certification
14 12 (2.23%) CISA
14 12 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (1.86%) CEH
16 10 (1.86%) PMP
17 9 (1.68%) Azure Certification
17 9 (1.68%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (18.81%) NIST
2 96 (17.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (7.64%) GRC
4 34 (6.33%) NCSC
5 32 (5.96%) GDPR
6 28 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (3.72%) SLA
8 14 (2.61%) NIST 800
8 14 (2.61%) PCI DSS
8 14 (2.61%) SOC 2
9 11 (2.05%) ISO 31000
9 11 (2.05%) QA
10 8 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.30%) HIPAA
12 6 (1.12%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.93%) COBIT
14 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 3 (0.56%) IFRS
15 3 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (8.38%) Active Directory
2 40 (7.45%) Docker
3 23 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.37%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.19%) GPFS
7 1 (0.19%) Lustre
7 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (10.24%) Kubernetes
2 53 (9.87%) Terraform
3 27 (5.03%) Ansible
4 22 (4.10%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (3.91%) Nessus
6 19 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (2.79%) Grafana
7 15 (2.79%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.05%) SCCM
9 7 (1.30%) Puppet
10 5 (0.93%) CASB
10 5 (0.93%) vRealize
11 4 (0.74%) Podman
12 3 (0.56%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.56%) OpenVAS
13 2 (0.37%) Consul
13 2 (0.37%) Nexpose
13 2 (0.37%) QRadar
13 2 (0.37%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.37%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 97 (18.06%) Microsoft
2 56 (10.43%) Tenable
3 51 (9.50%) Qualys
4 42 (7.82%) Splunk
5 32 (5.96%) ServiceNow
6 22 (4.10%) Okta
7 20 (3.72%) Rapid7
8 19 (3.54%) SAP
8 19 (3.54%) Trend Micro
9 18 (3.35%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (2.61%) VMware
11 13 (2.42%) Oracle
12 12 (2.23%) Google
12 12 (2.23%) Red Hat
12 12 (2.23%) Remedy
13 10 (1.86%) CyberArk
14 8 (1.49%) Cisco
14 8 (1.49%) Databricks
14 8 (1.49%) Tanium
15 7 (1.30%) IBM