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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 143 179
Rank change year-on-year -61 +36 +32
Contract jobs citing Nessus 12 9 21
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.30% 0.38%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.73% 2.46% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 14
10th Percentile £400 £490 £393
25th Percentile £413 £538 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £800
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -28.13% +93.94%
75th Percentile £504 £675 £881
90th Percentile £600 - £938
England median daily rate £463 £500 £590
% change year-on-year -7.50% -15.25% +24.21%

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 695 366 707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.04% 12.20% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 269 504
10th Percentile £263 £319 £206
25th Percentile £400 £425 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -12.44%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £600
90th Percentile £706 £663 £650
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.04% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 16
10th Percentile £41.70 £20.77 £14.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £21.98 £21.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.99 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.16% -44.22% -26.81%
75th Percentile £70.00 £25.99 £49.06
90th Percentile £79.20 £27.20 £66.25
England median hourly rate £56.50 £27.25 £27.00
% change year-on-year +107.34% +0.93% -52.00%

Nessus
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Nessus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Nessus job vacancy trend in the South East

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nessus in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Nessus in the South East

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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

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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 25 April 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
Thames Valley -35 7 £425 -5.56% 1
Berkshire -25 5 £400 -11.11% 1
Hampshire -36 5 £488 -25.00% 4
Buckinghamshire - 2 £463 -
Nessus
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Automation Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Compliance Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Server Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (8.33%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (25.00%) Ubuntu
2 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (8.33%) CentOS
4 1 (8.33%) Kali Linux
4 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) SIEM
3 4 (33.33%) Use Case
3 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
5 2 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (16.67%) Gamification
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (16.67%) Proactive Management
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (16.67%) Threat Detection
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) JSP 440
3 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (8.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (25.00%) OpenVAS
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (8.33%) Nmap
4 1 (8.33%) Terraform
4 1 (8.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Tenable
2 4 (33.33%) Qualys
2 4 (33.33%) Rapid7
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) Google
4 2 (16.67%) Snow
4 2 (16.67%) Sophos
5 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
5 1 (8.33%) VMware