Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Vulnerability Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 16 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 8.70% 1.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.53% 1.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £527 - -
25th Percentile £568 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £598 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £585 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.94 -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £41.94 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 152 68 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 82.61% 93.15% 79.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 47 21
10th Percentile £310 £352 £200
25th Percentile £453 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £575
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -20.87% +31.84%
75th Percentile £626 £635 £627
90th Percentile £671 £679 £975
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £493
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.42% -10.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 5
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.31
25th Percentile £60.00 £34.35 £25.30
Median hourly rate £70.00 £44.53 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.20% +20.35% -19.62%
75th Percentile £78.17 £50.17 £51.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £62.56 £61.25
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.00 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year -4.50% +16.85% -12.68%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in Preston

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Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Preston over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in Preston

Vulnerability Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Vulnerability Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) SAN
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Consultant
2 9 (56.25%) Security Consultant
3 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 6 (37.50%) Management Consultant
4 6 (37.50%) Vulnerability Consultant
4 6 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
5 2 (12.50%) Lead
5 2 (12.50%) Security Incident Consultant
5 2 (12.50%) Security Management Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (6.25%) Process Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) SIAM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) SIAM
2 11 (68.75%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (62.50%) Service Management
4 9 (56.25%) Incident Management
5 7 (43.75%) ITSM
6 6 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 6 (37.50%) Security Management
6 6 (37.50%) Service Delivery
6 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (37.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 5 (31.25%) Validation
8 4 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (25.00%) Information Security
8 4 (25.00%) ITIL
8 4 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
8 4 (25.00%) Security Testing
8 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 3 (18.75%) ISMS
9 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
10 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) NCSC
1 9 (56.25%) NIST
2 6 (37.50%) GRC
2 6 (37.50%) SLA
3 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Citrix
1 1 (6.25%) Tanium
1 1 (6.25%) VMware