Vulnerability Specialist Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Vulnerability Specialist
North West > Manchester

The median Vulnerability Specialist daily rate in Manchester is £531, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
25 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.064% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 - -
75th Percentile £532 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £531 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,422 890 1,508
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.68% 94.08% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 893 631 1,073
10th Percentile £313 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -8.63% -1.50%
75th Percentile £575 £561 £575
90th Percentile £649 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £456 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -2.77% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 40 86
10th Percentile £18.57 £13.00 £12.12
25th Percentile £22.68 £16.20 £13.36
Median hourly rate £52.94 £32.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.88% +14.04% -28.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £62.19
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.63 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year +42.86% +19.36% -14.17%

Vulnerability Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Vulnerability Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Vulnerability Specialist job vacancy trend in Manchester

Vulnerability Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 25 March 2026, Vulnerability Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Vulnerability Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) vMotion
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Vulnerability Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deadline-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) vMotion
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware