Vulnerability Management Contracts in the South East

Vulnerability Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 133 188
Rank change year-on-year +48 +55 +39
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 67 65 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.22% 1.17% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 1.38% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 48 28
10th Percentile £414 £375 £465
25th Percentile £463 £425 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £589
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -23.63% +17.84%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £641
90th Percentile £644 £680 £709
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the South East

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the South East

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in the South East

Vulnerability Management
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 Vulnerability Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Thames Valley +52 37 £527 -4.18% 5
Berkshire +43 35 £550 +40.13% 3
Hampshire +30 14 £600 -7.69% 14
Surrey +21 7 £475 +25.00% 4
Kent - 4 £425 - 4
East Sussex - 3 £700 -
Buckinghamshire +17 2 £500 -9.09% 1
West Sussex -15 1 £550 +22.22% 1
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.46%) Apache
2 1 (1.49%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (1.49%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (17.91%) Azure
2 5 (7.46%) AWS
3 4 (5.97%) GCP
4 3 (4.48%) Akamai
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.99%) SonarCloud
6 1 (1.49%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.93%) Network Security
2 9 (13.43%) DNS
3 8 (11.94%) DHCP
4 5 (7.46%) FTP
4 5 (7.46%) SMTP
4 5 (7.46%) Telnet
5 4 (5.97%) Firewall
6 2 (2.99%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (2.99%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.99%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.99%) VPN
6 2 (2.99%) WAN
7 1 (1.49%) BGP
7 1 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.49%) LAN
7 1 (1.49%) Modbus
7 1 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Snyk
2 1 (1.49%) GitLab
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.96%) Finance
5 4 (5.97%) Legal
6 3 (4.48%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.99%) Electronics
7 2 (2.99%) Marketing
7 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (13.43%) Analyst
2 7 (10.45%) Project Manager
2 7 (10.45%) Security Manager
3 6 (8.96%) Security Project Manager
3 6 (8.96%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (7.46%) Lead
4 5 (7.46%) Security Analyst
5 4 (5.97%) Administrator
5 4 (5.97%) Architect
5 4 (5.97%) Auditor
5 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (5.97%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Consultant
6 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (4.48%) Linux Administrator
6 3 (4.48%) Security Consultant
6 3 (4.48%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (2.99%) Compliance Project Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) JSON
1 6 (8.96%) REST
2 2 (2.99%) LDAP
3 1 (1.49%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Security Posture
2 8 (11.94%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (10.45%) Management Information System
3 7 (10.45%) Onboarding
4 6 (8.96%) CSOC
5 5 (7.46%) Data Centre
6 3 (4.48%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (4.48%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.99%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.49%) PMI
8 1 (1.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.45%) Linux
2 4 (5.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (5.97%) Windows
3 1 (1.49%) Android
3 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (52.24%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (40.30%) Incident Response
3 18 (26.87%) SIEM
4 17 (25.37%) Security Operations
5 16 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (16.42%) Information Security
6 11 (16.42%) Risk Management
6 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (13.43%) Incident Management
7 9 (13.43%) Process Improvement
7 9 (13.43%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 9 (13.43%) Threat Intelligence
8 8 (11.94%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 8 (11.94%) ITIL
8 8 (11.94%) Roadmaps
9 7 (10.45%) OWASP
9 7 (10.45%) Security Monitoring
10 6 (8.96%) Budget Management
10 6 (8.96%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.49%) Bash
1 1 (1.49%) Python
1 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (31.34%) Security Cleared
2 15 (22.39%) CISSP
2 15 (22.39%) SC Cleared
3 11 (16.42%) CISM
3 11 (16.42%) Degree
4 7 (10.45%) DV Cleared
5 6 (8.96%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (8.96%) GIAC
5 6 (8.96%) Master's Degree
6 5 (7.46%) CEH
7 4 (5.97%) CISA
7 4 (5.97%) SSCP
8 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.48%) CISMP
8 3 (4.48%) ISSEP
8 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (2.99%) PMP
10 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.39%) NIST
2 8 (11.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (10.45%) GDPR
4 6 (8.96%) Data Quality
5 4 (5.97%) COBIT
6 3 (4.48%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (2.99%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.49%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (1.49%) GRC
8 1 (1.49%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.49%) NCSC
8 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.46%) NFS
1 5 (7.46%) Samba
2 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.49%) Docker
3 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) yum
2 4 (5.97%) Ansible
3 3 (4.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.99%) Nessus
4 2 (2.99%) QRadar
4 2 (2.99%) Terraform
5 1 (1.49%) Argo
5 1 (1.49%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.49%) Istio
5 1 (1.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) VMware
3 5 (7.46%) Qualys
3 5 (7.46%) Splunk
4 4 (5.97%) Rapid7
4 4 (5.97%) Red Hat
5 3 (4.48%) Cisco
5 3 (4.48%) HP
5 3 (4.48%) LogRhythm
5 3 (4.48%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.48%) Tenable
6 2 (2.99%) Imperva
6 2 (2.99%) SAP
7 1 (1.49%) Apple
7 1 (1.49%) Dell KACE
7 1 (1.49%) Google
7 1 (1.49%) Meraki
7 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.49%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.49%) Ubiquiti