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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 161 160
Rank change year-on-year - -1 +39
Contract jobs citing Nessus 0 4 24
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - 0.11% 0.50%
As % of the Systems Management category - 0.81% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 17
10th Percentile - £460 £232
25th Percentile - £475 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £267
Median % change year-on-year - +87.10% -43.74%
75th Percentile - - £450
90th Percentile - - £510
England median daily rate £500 £491 £515
% change year-on-year +1.78% -4.61% +3.00%

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 759 491 714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.24% 13.78% 14.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 333 529
10th Percentile £313 £250 £278
25th Percentile £414 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £614 £588 £609
90th Percentile £725 £625 £675
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 7 9
10th Percentile £22.75 £18.87 £21.00
25th Percentile £35.22 £23.44 £30.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £32.77 £36.17
Median % change year-on-year +105.89% -9.39% -30.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.00 £40.25
90th Percentile £74.47 £85.65 £53.90
England median hourly rate £67.00 £54.50 £36.83
% change year-on-year +22.94% +47.97% -25.78%

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

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