Vulnerability Assessment Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Vulnerability Assessment
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 47 51
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.26% 0.55% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.63% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £750
Median % change year-on-year - -46.67% -
South West median daily rate £475 £750 £525
% change year-on-year -36.67% +42.86% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
South West median hourly rate - - £62.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Vulnerability Assessment 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 333 317 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 86.49% 87.09% 86.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 202 231
10th Percentile £326 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £626 £676 £688
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 42
10th Percentile £18.60 £24.70 £33.20
25th Percentile £27.28 £32.52 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -44.62% +33.42% -11.42%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.63 £78.27
90th Percentile £78.03 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Cheltenham +10 1 - -
Vulnerability Assessment
South West

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared