Vulnerability Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Vulnerability Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Vulnerability Manager daily rate in Reading is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 88 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Manager 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.36% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £700 -
% change year-on-year -28.57% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 535 985 1,065
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 88.58% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 540 705
10th Percentile £342 £331 £307
25th Percentile £423 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £545
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +6.42% +9.00%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 37 18
10th Percentile - £48.67 £38.80
25th Percentile £14.75 £57.50 £54.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £69.38 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.36% +5.11% +89.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £87.50 £74.59
90th Percentile £69.00 £100.00 £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.18 £61.71 £56.47
% change year-on-year -47.85% +9.27% +61.86%

Vulnerability Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Manager in Reading

Vulnerability Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Manager job vacancies in Reading

Vulnerability Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Vulnerability Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Vulnerability Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Vulnerability Manager Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS