Vulnerability Management Consultant Contract Job Trends in Preston

Vulnerability Management Consultant
Lancashire > Preston

The median Vulnerability Management Consultant daily rate in Preston is £581, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Management Consultant 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £536 - -
25th Percentile £565 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - -
75th Percentile £582 - -
90th Percentile £584 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £581 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 134 71 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.90% 92.21% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 47 28
10th Percentile £386 £310 £200
25th Percentile £503 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £455 £575
Median % change year-on-year +31.87% -20.87% +33.54%
75th Percentile £675 £618 £646
90th Percentile £950 £671 £835
Lancashire median daily rate £593 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +24.74% -3.65% -1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 5
10th Percentile £27.09 £26.88 £24.31
25th Percentile £42.13 £32.34 £25.30
Median hourly rate £69.50 £47.12 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.50% +68.29% -38.97%
75th Percentile £77.88 £70.16 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.79 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.56 £41.06 £40.33
% change year-on-year +10.95% +1.82% -12.39%

Vulnerability Management Consultant Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 20 August 2026, Vulnerability Management Consultant 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 Preston region featuring Vulnerability Management Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) SIAM
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Dashboard Development
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) NCSC
4 1 (25.00%) NIST

Vulnerability Management Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIAM
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Dashboard Development
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
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