Nessus Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Tenable Nessus
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Nessus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 56 100
Rank change year-on-year -34 +44 +1
Contract jobs citing Nessus 5 13 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.33% 1.82% 0.065%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.35% 9.42% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 £538 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +36.84% -34.48%
75th Percentile £508 £675 £488
90th Percentile £563 - -
South East median daily rate £475 £613 £800
% change year-on-year -22.45% -23.44% +109.84%

All Systems Management Skills
Hampshire

Nessus falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 213 138 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.85% 19.27% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 107 118
10th Percentile £362 £401 £200
25th Percentile £458 £463 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +22.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £543
90th Percentile £725 £675 £614
South East median daily rate £488 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -4.41% +7.37% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile £22.60 - -
25th Percentile £32.50 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.97 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +100.30% -36.10% +64.47%
75th Percentile £50.67 - £48.75
90th Percentile £76.95 - £52.58
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £15.99 £47.50
% change year-on-year +244.07% -66.35% -13.64%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Nessus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Nessus job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Nessus
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Nessus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Nessus

Nessus
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nessus in Hampshire over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Nessus in Hampshire

Nessus
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Farnborough -5 5 £488 -15.22% 2
Nessus
South East

Nessus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) CentOS
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
1 4 (80.00%) Use Case
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (40.00%) Proactive Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Tenable
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) VMware