Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Vulnerability Management
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.64% 0.62% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £514 - -
25th Percentile £516 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £566 - -
90th Percentile £571 - -
North West median daily rate £540 £612 £543
% change year-on-year -11.76% +12.81% -8.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 251 132 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 80.45% 81.99% 71.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 83 86
10th Percentile £140 £129 £147
25th Percentile £300 £188 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £394
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% +7.94% -17.88%
75th Percentile £538 £544 £481
90th Percentile £675 £663 £581
North West median daily rate £488 £453 £493
% change year-on-year +7.56% -8.06% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 20
10th Percentile £17.18 - £15.47
25th Percentile £23.12 £12.21 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.37 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year +46.11% -15.24% -11.29%
75th Percentile - £17.44 £34.66
90th Percentile £43.96 £19.74 £41.40
North West median hourly rate £55.72 £28.88 £29.00
% change year-on-year +92.97% -0.43% -0.51%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Liverpool -16 2 £538 - 1
Vulnerability Management
North West

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys