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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 250 257
Rank change year-on-year +53 +7 +19
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 664 293 294
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.44% 1.06% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.17% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 207 208
10th Percentile £365 £313 £389
25th Percentile £467 £453 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -7.29%
75th Percentile £635 £625 £675
90th Percentile £736 £743 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 7 3
10th Percentile £58.75 £28.72 £51.25
25th Percentile £69.90 £30.06 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83.00 £81.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £95.75 £102.20 -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +46.79% -5.22% -11.54%

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 38,985 25,002 28,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.76% 85.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,023 15,883 17,863
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £636 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,626 1,462 1,386
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.47
25th Percentile £18.28 £17.61 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.69
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.09% +2.13%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 6 September 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 +28 278 £568 +6.37% 252
South East +10 153 £550 +5.77% 96
North of England +23 128 £530 -1.49% 67
Yorkshire +24 66 £581 +8.14% 16
North West -22 52 £503 -3.29% 40
South West -18 40 £588 +46.88% 38
Midlands -36 28 £525 - 33
East of England -18 26 £513 +10.81% 21
West Midlands -26 25 £525 -20.75% 14
North East - 10 £375 - 11
East Midlands -17 2 £638 +37.84% 19
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 22 (3.31%) Confluence
2 20 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.56%) Apache
3 17 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.81%) Jupyter
5 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.75%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.60%) Apache Superset
8 2 (0.30%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 217 (32.68%) Azure
2 177 (26.66%) AWS
3 72 (10.84%) Entra ID
4 68 (10.24%) GCP
5 66 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
6 59 (8.89%) GitHub
7 35 (5.27%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
10 23 (3.46%) SaaS
11 20 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (2.86%) OCI
13 17 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
14 16 (2.41%) Power Platform
15 14 (2.11%) Amazon S3
15 14 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
16 11 (1.66%) Datadog
17 10 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
18 9 (1.36%) OpenShift
18 9 (1.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 71 (10.69%) Network Security
2 39 (5.87%) Firewall
3 15 (2.26%) WAN
4 14 (2.11%) DNS
5 13 (1.96%) MPLS
6 12 (1.81%) BGP
6 12 (1.81%) IPsec
6 12 (1.81%) LAN
7 10 (1.51%) VPN
8 9 (1.36%) Broadband
9 8 (1.20%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.75%) Intranet
11 4 (0.60%) DHCP
11 4 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.60%) MQTT
12 3 (0.45%) HTTP
12 3 (0.45%) Internet
12 3 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.45%) NGFW
12 3 (0.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.81%) Power BI
1 12 (1.81%) Relational Database
2 10 (1.51%) Big Data
3 8 (1.20%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.75%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.45%) Power Query
7 3 (0.45%) Trino
8 2 (0.30%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.30%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.15%) Redis
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (6.63%) GitLab
2 30 (4.52%) Jenkins
3 27 (4.07%) JIRA
4 20 (3.01%) Git
5 11 (1.66%) Selenium
5 11 (1.66%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.05%) Snyk
7 4 (0.60%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.45%) AdminStudio
8 3 (0.45%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.30%) Flyway
9 2 (0.30%) git-flow
9 2 (0.30%) JUnit
9 2 (0.30%) Liquibase
9 2 (0.30%) Mockito
9 2 (0.30%) MSI
9 2 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 233 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 137 (20.63%) Finance
3 87 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 42 (6.33%) Banking
6 30 (4.52%) Aerospace
7 26 (3.92%) Legal
8 21 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.56%) Financial Institution
11 15 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (2.26%) Military
12 11 (1.66%) Local Government
12 11 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.51%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.90%) Law
16 5 (0.75%) Publishing
17 4 (0.60%) Retail
18 3 (0.45%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 108 (16.27%) Analyst
2 79 (11.90%) Lead
3 67 (10.09%) Consultant
4 62 (9.34%) Senior
5 57 (8.58%) Architect
6 54 (8.13%) Security Engineer
7 50 (7.53%) Security Analyst
8 42 (6.33%) Security Consultant
9 39 (5.87%) Security Architect
10 28 (4.22%) Cloud Engineer
10 28 (4.22%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 26 (3.92%) Security Manager
11 26 (3.92%) Security Specialist
12 24 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 24 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (3.46%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 21 (3.16%) Developer
14 21 (3.16%) Vulnerability Analyst
15 20 (3.01%) DevSecOps Consultant
16 18 (2.71%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (14.16%) Terraform
2 15 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (2.11%) REST
4 13 (1.96%) Loki
5 12 (1.81%) Kafka
6 8 (1.20%) ARM Templates
7 7 (1.05%) RESTful
8 6 (0.90%) ModSecurity
9 5 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (0.75%) SLSA
10 4 (0.60%) .NET
10 4 (0.60%) Azure Blueprints
10 4 (0.60%) gRPC
10 4 (0.60%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.60%) Protocol Buffers
10 4 (0.60%) SAP Basis
11 3 (0.45%) JDBC
11 3 (0.45%) JSON
11 3 (0.45%) OAuth
11 3 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 108 (16.27%) Security Posture
2 58 (8.73%) Onboarding
3 55 (8.28%) Cyber Threat
4 49 (7.38%) Operational Technology
5 40 (6.02%) Cloud Native
6 36 (5.42%) Management Information System
6 36 (5.42%) Security Operations Centre
7 21 (3.16%) Cloud Security Posture
8 20 (3.01%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.86%) Product Ownership
10 15 (2.26%) SCADA
11 14 (2.11%) CMDB
11 14 (2.11%) Data Centre
11 14 (2.11%) Virtual Team
12 11 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.36%) Social Media
14 8 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 92 (13.86%) Windows
2 78 (11.75%) Linux
3 28 (4.22%) Windows Server
4 21 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.41%) Unix
6 15 (2.26%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.90%) AIX
8 5 (0.75%) HPUX
8 5 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (0.75%) Solaris
8 5 (0.75%) SUSE
8 5 (0.75%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.60%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.60%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.30%) Android
11 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.15%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (53.61%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (28.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 179 (26.96%) Incident Response
4 170 (25.60%) CI/CD
5 167 (25.15%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 142 (21.39%) Cloud Security
6 142 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 140 (21.08%) Risk Management
8 134 (20.18%) Security Operations
9 118 (17.77%) SIEM
10 112 (16.87%) DevSecOps
11 108 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
12 104 (15.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 93 (14.01%) DevOps
14 90 (13.55%) Security Architecture
15 85 (12.80%) Application Security
16 84 (12.65%) Identity Access Management
16 84 (12.65%) Threat Modelling
17 82 (12.35%) Information Security
18 72 (10.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 115 (17.32%) Python
2 84 (12.65%) PowerShell
3 40 (6.02%) Bash
4 27 (4.07%) SQL
5 26 (3.92%) Bicep
6 12 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (1.66%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.05%) Java
9 6 (0.90%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.60%) C#
10 4 (0.60%) Go
10 4 (0.60%) Rust
11 3 (0.45%) Perl
11 3 (0.45%) Search Processing Language
12 2 (0.30%) PromQL
13 1 (0.15%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 242 (36.45%) Security Cleared
2 169 (25.45%) SC Cleared
3 124 (18.67%) CISSP
4 87 (13.10%) CISM
5 62 (9.34%) DV Cleared
6 61 (9.19%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (7.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 51 (7.68%) Degree
9 31 (4.67%) CCSP
10 30 (4.52%) CompTIA Security+
11 20 (3.01%) AWS Certification
12 18 (2.71%) Azure Certification
13 17 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (2.41%) CEH
15 15 (2.26%) CISA
15 15 (2.26%) CRISC
16 14 (2.11%) GIAC
17 13 (1.96%) PMP
18 12 (1.81%) PMI Certification
19 11 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (20.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 130 (19.58%) NIST
3 59 (8.89%) NCSC
4 54 (8.13%) GDPR
5 49 (7.38%) GRC
6 47 (7.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 25 (3.77%) SLA
8 20 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (2.86%) NIST 800
10 17 (2.56%) PCI DSS
11 15 (2.26%) QA
12 11 (1.66%) ISO 31000
12 11 (1.66%) SOC 2
13 9 (1.36%) COBIT
13 9 (1.36%) Data Quality
14 7 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (0.90%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.75%) Def Stans
17 4 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
17 4 (0.60%) HIPAA
System Software
1 59 (8.89%) Docker
2 55 (8.28%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.45%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.30%) Firmware
7 2 (0.30%) HDFS
7 2 (0.30%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 92 (13.86%) Kubernetes
2 40 (6.02%) Ansible
3 31 (4.67%) Grafana
4 29 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (2.56%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.41%) SCCM
7 15 (2.26%) Argo
8 11 (1.66%) Nessus
9 10 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.36%) Puppet
11 5 (0.75%) vRealize
12 4 (0.60%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.60%) OPNET
12 4 (0.60%) Podman
12 4 (0.60%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.60%) QRadar
13 2 (0.30%) CASB
13 2 (0.30%) Cilium
13 2 (0.30%) Control-M
13 2 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 162 (24.40%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.28%) Qualys
3 50 (7.53%) Tenable
4 39 (5.87%) Splunk
5 35 (5.27%) ServiceNow
6 32 (4.82%) Oracle
7 27 (4.07%) CrowdStrike
8 22 (3.31%) VMware
9 20 (3.01%) Google
9 20 (3.01%) Trend Micro
10 17 (2.56%) Rapid7
11 13 (1.96%) Tanium
12 12 (1.81%) Red Hat
13 11 (1.66%) Databricks
14 9 (1.36%) Okta
15 8 (1.20%) Clearswift
15 8 (1.20%) Remedy
16 7 (1.05%) Apple
16 7 (1.05%) F5
16 7 (1.05%) Fortinet