Vulnerability Scanning Contracts in the South East

Vulnerability Scanning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Vulnerability Scanning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Scanning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 202 211
Rank change year-on-year +50 +9 +37
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 7 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.054% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.064% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 10
10th Percentile £480 £420 £387
25th Percentile £525 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £581
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -13.98% +10.71%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £630
90th Percentile - £900 £655
England median daily rate £516 £560 £568
% change year-on-year -7.81% -1.32% +13.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 - £80.00
% change year-on-year - - +190.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Vulnerability Scanning 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 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £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 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Vulnerability Scanning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the South East

Vulnerability Scanning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the South East

Vulnerability Scanning
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Scanning in the South East

Vulnerability Scanning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Scanning in the South East

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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 Vulnerability Scanning within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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 +43 2 £550 -21.43%
Berkshire +32 2 £550 -45.00%
Hampshire +27 2 £650 +30.00% 15
Surrey - 2 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £550 - 1
Vulnerability Scanning
England

Vulnerability Scanning
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 2 (28.57%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) SonarQube
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Information Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) PMI
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Communications Security
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) OWASP
5 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISM
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) CISA
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) PgMP
4 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (14.29%) PMP
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) NCSC
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) Tenable