Vulnerability Assessment Contracts in the North of England

Vulnerability Assessment
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 180 214
Rank change year-on-year +31 +34 +3
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 17 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.52% 0.10% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £508 £485 -
25th Percentile £528 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +55.56% -37.93%
75th Percentile £673 £869 £581
90th Percentile £685 £1,038 £631
England median daily rate £588 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.82% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.88 - -
Median hourly rate £28.75 - -
75th Percentile £30.63 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £70.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year -12.15% -3.31% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the North of England

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +26 13 £606 -6.73% 10
Yorkshire +11 4 £700 -36.36% 10
Vulnerability Assessment
England

Vulnerability Assessment
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (17.65%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Ethernet
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
1 4 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) Network Security
2 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (5.88%) DHCP
3 1 (5.88%) DWDM
3 1 (5.88%) LAN
3 1 (5.88%) VLAN
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
3 1 (5.88%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Automotive
5 2 (11.76%) Aviation
5 2 (11.76%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (11.76%) Police
5 2 (11.76%) Swedish Language
6 1 (5.88%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Administrator
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
1 5 (29.41%) Security Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Security Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Security Solutions Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Security Posture
2 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (11.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (52.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (35.29%) Migration
5 5 (29.41%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (29.41%) Budget Management
5 5 (29.41%) Performance Metrics
5 5 (29.41%) Process Improvement
6 4 (23.53%) Key Management
6 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
6 4 (23.53%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (23.53%) Security Architecture
6 4 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (17.65%) Data Ingestion
7 3 (17.65%) Data Privacy
7 3 (17.65%) Generative AI
7 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
7 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
7 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) CCNA
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) CCNP
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) JNCIA
2 1 (5.88%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) GDPR
2 3 (17.65%) AUTOSAR
2 3 (17.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) FortiGate
1 2 (11.76%) Grafana
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
2 2 (11.76%) Ribbon
2 2 (11.76%) Tenable
3 1 (5.88%) Arista
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba