Vulnerability Remediation Contracts in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Remediation 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 112 120 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 4 9 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.46% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £508 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% - -
75th Percentile £488 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation 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 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Remediation in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Remediation in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 2 - - 2
Glasgow - 1 £475 - 2
Vulnerability Remediation
UK

Vulnerability Remediation
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Unix
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) ISMS
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (25.00%) Security Management
4 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft