Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Vulnerability Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 3.76% 0.67% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 0.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
North West median daily rate £508 £510 £475
% change year-on-year -0.35% +7.37% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
75th Percentile £42.82 - -
90th Percentile £44.40 - -
North West median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 179 123 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.04% 82.55% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 58 117
10th Percentile £165 £270 £390
25th Percentile £363 £417 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £516 £623
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% -17.07% +19.71%
75th Percentile £567 £559 £717
90th Percentile £673 £624 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 20 53
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.65 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £29.36 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £64.83 £52.23 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.93 £60.75
North West median hourly rate £31.50 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +0.80% -11.97% +33.81%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Vulnerability Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Preston - 4 - - 1
Vulnerability Management
North West

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Operations Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (87.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 5 (62.50%) Cyber Intelligence
3 5 (62.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (62.50%) Data Flow Diagram
3 5 (62.50%) GAP Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) OWASP
3 5 (62.50%) Purple Team
3 5 (62.50%) Red Team
3 5 (62.50%) Remediation Plan
3 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
3 5 (62.50%) Situational Awareness
3 5 (62.50%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (62.50%) Threat Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Validation
4 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (37.50%) Line Management
6 2 (25.00%) Data Science
6 2 (25.00%) SIEM
6 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (37.50%) CISM
4 3 (37.50%) CISSP
4 3 (37.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) NIST
2 5 (62.50%) NCSC
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory