Vulnerability Remediation Contracts in England

Vulnerability Remediation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Remediation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 422 484 573
Rank change year-on-year +62 +89 +95
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 63 58 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 49 52
10th Percentile £265 £375 £450
25th Percentile £395 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile £606 £645 £581
90th Percentile £800 £728 £661
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Vulnerability Remediation 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Remediation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Remediation in England

Vulnerability Remediation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in England.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Remediation in England

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in England

Vulnerability Remediation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Remediation in England

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +34 35 £525 -10.64% 73
North of England +27 10 £279 -66.53% 23
North West +23 7 £215 -62.08% 10
South West - 7 £388 - 13
South East +41 6 £584 +38.93% 36
North East - 2 - - 3
Yorkshire +8 1 £343 -68.82% 10
Vulnerability Remediation
UK

Vulnerability Remediation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (1.59%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Azure
2 14 (22.22%) AWS
3 10 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (15.87%) SaaS
4 9 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 8 (12.70%) IaaS
5 8 (12.70%) PaaS
6 5 (7.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (7.94%) Mimecast
6 5 (7.94%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.76%) GCP
8 2 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.17%) GitHub
8 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.59%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.59%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.59%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.22%) Firewall
2 6 (9.52%) WAN
3 5 (7.94%) Network Security
4 3 (4.76%) DHCP
4 3 (4.76%) DNS
4 3 (4.76%) Internet
4 3 (4.76%) iSCSI
4 3 (4.76%) LAN
4 3 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (4.76%) SD-WAN
4 3 (4.76%) VLAN
4 3 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.76%) Wireless
5 2 (3.17%) IMAP
5 2 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.17%) NAS
5 2 (3.17%) POP3
5 2 (3.17%) SAN
5 2 (3.17%) SMTP
6 1 (1.59%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.76%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.59%) Power BI
4 1 (1.59%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Snyk
2 1 (1.59%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.59%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) SonarQube
General
1 18 (28.57%) Finance
2 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
4 7 (11.11%) Legal
5 6 (9.52%) Banking
6 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Back Office
9 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Senior
2 12 (19.05%) Lead
3 8 (12.70%) Support Engineer
4 7 (11.11%) Architect
4 7 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 6 (9.52%) Security Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Consultant
6 5 (7.94%) Senior Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Senior Security Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Senior Tester
6 5 (7.94%) Tester
7 4 (6.35%) Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) IT Architect
8 3 (4.76%) IT Security Architect
8 3 (4.76%) Lead Consultant
8 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
8 3 (4.76%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) CSS
1 5 (7.94%) HTML
2 2 (3.17%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.59%) Kafka
3 1 (1.59%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 5 (7.94%) Cyber Defence
2 5 (7.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (7.94%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.76%) IVR
3 3 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.17%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Clustering
5 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.59%) PKI
5 1 (1.59%) PMI
5 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.59%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (33.33%) Windows
2 12 (19.05%) Linux
3 11 (17.46%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.94%) Unix
5 3 (4.76%) Android
5 3 (4.76%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.17%) AIX
6 2 (3.17%) CentOS
6 2 (3.17%) HPUX
6 2 (3.17%) Solaris
6 2 (3.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.27%) Vulnerability Management
2 15 (23.81%) Cloud Security
2 15 (23.81%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (22.22%) Incident Response
3 14 (22.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 12 (19.05%) Patch Management
5 11 (17.46%) Agile
5 11 (17.46%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (15.87%) Information Security
6 10 (15.87%) SIEM
7 9 (14.29%) ITIL
7 9 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
8 8 (12.70%) Computer Science
8 8 (12.70%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (11.11%) Ethical Hacking
9 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 7 (11.11%) Secure Coding
9 7 (11.11%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.87%) Python
2 8 (12.70%) PowerShell
2 8 (12.70%) SQL
3 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.94%) PHP
3 5 (7.94%) Ruby
4 3 (4.76%) Bash
5 2 (3.17%) Perl
5 2 (3.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 9 (14.29%) Degree
4 6 (9.52%) CEH
4 6 (9.52%) CISSP
4 6 (9.52%) CREST Certified
4 6 (9.52%) GIAC
4 6 (9.52%) OSCP
5 5 (7.94%) CCSAS
5 5 (7.94%) GPEN
5 5 (7.94%) GWAPT
6 3 (4.76%) CISM
7 2 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.17%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.17%) PMP
8 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.59%) CISA
8 1 (1.59%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (7.94%) NIST
3 4 (6.35%) SLA
4 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.17%) GDPR
4 2 (3.17%) GRC
4 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (3.17%) NCSC
4 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.59%) QA
5 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.35%) Docker
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.17%) KVM
4 2 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (17.46%) SCCM
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (7.94%) Kubernetes
3 5 (7.94%) Nessus
4 2 (3.17%) Ansible
4 2 (3.17%) Progress Chef
4 2 (3.17%) Puppet
4 2 (3.17%) Terraform
4 2 (3.17%) WSUS
5 1 (1.59%) Argo
5 1 (1.59%) Istio
Vendors
1 23 (36.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (17.46%) Qualys
3 8 (12.70%) Tenable
4 3 (4.76%) Apple
4 3 (4.76%) Oracle
4 3 (4.76%) Splunk
5 2 (3.17%) Rapid7
5 2 (3.17%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.17%) Tripwire
5 2 (3.17%) VMware
6 1 (1.59%) BMC
6 1 (1.59%) Cisco
6 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.59%) Google
6 1 (1.59%) New Relic
6 1 (1.59%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.59%) Sybase
6 1 (1.59%) Veracode