Vulnerability Management Contracts in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 100 137
Rank change year-on-year -4 +37 +36
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 14 19 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.83% 0.92% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.06% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 18
10th Percentile £244 £508 £413
25th Percentile £264 £509 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £525 £459
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +14.50% -8.30%
75th Percentile £456 £597 £550
90th Percentile £477 £788 £579
UK median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.36% - -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,559 1,794 2,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.25% 86.92% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 880 1,100 1,700
10th Percentile £254 £213 £260
25th Percentile £368 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £452 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.95% -
75th Percentile £538 £557 £550
90th Percentile £600 £646 £627
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 90 61
10th Percentile £16.37 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.13 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.55 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +22.23% -57.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £46.24 £35.00
90th Percentile £52.82 £60.93 £60.55
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -32.93% +3.45% +39.42%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Edinburgh +2 8 £450 -14.29% 11
Glasgow -18 5 £270 -55.30% 7
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Retail Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Information Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Engineering Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Information Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) CMDB
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 3 (21.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (21.43%) Unix
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (42.86%) Information Security
1 6 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (14.29%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Static Application Security Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CISM
2 4 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (14.29%) CISA
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (7.14%) CEH
4 1 (7.14%) GCIH
4 1 (7.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Qualys
2 2 (14.29%) Tenable
3 1 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (7.14%) Rapid7
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) VMware