Vulnerability Management Contracts in Reading

Vulnerability Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management 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 49 80 85
Rank change year-on-year +31 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 11 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.84% 0.92% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.02% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £556 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.71%
75th Percentile £600 - £506
90th Percentile £604 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £393 £550
% change year-on-year +40.13% -28.64% +17.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (18.18%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 2 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Snyk
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Compliance Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Compliance Project Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Data Compliance Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Head of Architecture
1 2 (18.18%) Head of Security
1 2 (18.18%) Head of Strategy
1 2 (18.18%) Lead
1 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Security Compliance Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Security Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Information Security Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
1 3 (27.27%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) OWASP
2 5 (45.45%) Security Operations
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
4 3 (27.27%) Application Security
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
4 3 (27.27%) Information Security
4 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (27.27%) SIEM
4 3 (27.27%) Threat Detection
4 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (18.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) NIST
2 3 (27.27%) COBIT
2 3 (27.27%) GDPR
3 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Rapid7
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Kenna
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk