Vulnerability Remediation Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 114 114
Rank change year-on-year -15 0 +37
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 7 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.31% 0.31% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.34% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £441 £323 -
25th Percentile £477 £338 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +42.00% -21.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £577 £413 £488
90th Percentile £581 £428 -
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All Process & 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 1,870 1,479 1,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.63% 91.02% 87.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,018 831 993
10th Percentile £264 £263 £211
25th Percentile £375 £370 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +3.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £550
90th Percentile £664 £588 £669
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 58
10th Percentile £13.29 £16.61 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.87 £14.63
Median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +2.09% +2.81%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £71.60 £27.96 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +67.00% -37.90% -1.22%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Vulnerability Remediation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Vulnerability Remediation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Vulnerability Remediation

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in Scotland over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram 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 21 August 2026. 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
Highlands -20 4 £573 +34.82%
Edinburgh -6 1 £488 +50.15% 1
West Lothian - 1 - -
Vulnerability Remediation
UK

Vulnerability Remediation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Kerberos
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Management Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Windows Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) PKI
1 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) AIX
3 1 (14.29%) Android
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Solaris
3 1 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Dashboard Development
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (42.86%) Security Testing
3 3 (42.86%) SIAM
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Security Hardening
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Bash
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) Okta
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Tenable
2 1 (14.29%) Zscaler