Vulnerability Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Vulnerability Manager
England > South East

The median Vulnerability Manager daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 180 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Manager 2 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.058% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £688 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - -
England median daily rate £501 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -19.81% +5.93% +18.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,107 4,215 5,327
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.98% 92.39% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,004 2,517 3,613
10th Percentile £204 £243 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 304 251
10th Percentile £13.20 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.00 £21.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +11.68% +114.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £72.10 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Vulnerability Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Manager in the South East

Vulnerability Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Manager job vacancies in the South East

Vulnerability Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Berkshire +16 1 £500 -28.57%
Hampshire +11 1 - -
Thames Valley +9 1 £500 -28.57% 1
Vulnerability Manager
England

Vulnerability Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Vulnerability Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Vulnerability Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Vulnerability Manager Skill Set
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 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS