Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Vulnerability Management
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 36 50
Rank change year-on-year -34 +14 -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 27 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 3.21% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 0.43% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £335 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £600
75th Percentile £537 - -
90th Percentile £560 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - £600

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 796 232 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 94.76% 95.47% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 144 216
10th Percentile £355 £220 £358
25th Percentile £413 £407 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £708
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £14.44 - -
25th Percentile £15.34 £15.22 £10.90
Median hourly rate £19.34 £16.19 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.46% -28.04% +60.71%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - £25.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.01 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +11.21% +22.37% +24.46%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Vulnerability Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Sheffield over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in Sheffield

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 12 (44.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Kerberos
2 1 (3.70%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 12 (44.44%) JIRA
General
1 9 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Arabic Language
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Architect
2 8 (29.63%) Security Architect
2 8 (29.63%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (25.93%) Business Analyst
3 7 (25.93%) Lead
3 7 (25.93%) Lead Architect
3 7 (25.93%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 6 (22.22%) Security Solutions Architect
5 5 (18.52%) Lead Security Architect
6 4 (14.81%) Design Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) CyberArk Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Audit Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Consultant
8 1 (3.70%) Coordinator
8 1 (3.70%) Penetration Tester
8 1 (3.70%) Risk Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Test Coordinator
8 1 (3.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) OAuth
1 6 (22.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (59.26%) Identity Access Management
2 16 (59.26%) Security Operations
3 15 (55.56%) Cryptography
3 15 (55.56%) Incident Response
3 15 (55.56%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 13 (48.15%) SABSA
4 13 (48.15%) Secrets Management
4 13 (48.15%) TOGAF
5 12 (44.44%) Privileged Access Management
6 11 (40.74%) Computer Science
6 11 (40.74%) Decision-Making
6 11 (40.74%) Technical Debt
6 11 (40.74%) Thought Leadership
7 10 (37.04%) Architectural Patterns
7 10 (37.04%) Project Governance
7 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
7 10 (37.04%) Software Engineering
7 10 (37.04%) UML
7 10 (37.04%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) CISM
2 13 (48.15%) CISSP
2 13 (48.15%) TOGAF Certification
3 11 (40.74%) Degree
4 10 (37.04%) Master's Degree
4 10 (37.04%) PhD
5 1 (3.70%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) GRC
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) BiZZdesign
1 10 (37.04%) CyberArk
2 9 (33.33%) Centrify
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Tenable