Nessus Contract Job Trends in the South East

Tenable Nessus
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Nessus skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 163 206
Rank change year-on-year +2 +43 +52
Contract jobs citing Nessus 4 21 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.45% 0.18%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.78% 3.14% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 5
10th Percentile £460 £230 £315
25th Percentile £475 £252 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £266 £475
Median % change year-on-year +88.24% -44.08% +80.95%
75th Percentile - £445 £525
90th Percentile - £513 £563
England median daily rate £494 £515 £510
% change year-on-year -4.13% +0.93% +7.42%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

Nessus falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 510 669 716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.62% 14.42% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 505 502
10th Percentile £262 £303 £213
25th Percentile £404 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £655
90th Percentile £636 £675 £738
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 23
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £21.39
25th Percentile £18.97 £30.00 £41.70
Median hourly rate £30.39 £36.17 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% -34.25% +62.96%
75th Percentile £62.00 £40.25 £68.95
90th Percentile £84.99 £53.90 £76.22
England median hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.50% -23.81% +119.57%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Nessus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Nessus in the South East

Nessus
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nessus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nessus

Nessus
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nessus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Nessus

Nessus
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Nessus within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Surrey +3 3 £500 +93.05%
Thames Valley +11 1 £450 +9.09%
Berkshire +4 1 £450 +9.09%
Nessus
England

Nessus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (25.00%) Tenable