Vulnerability Remediation Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Vulnerability Remediation
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.61% - 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% - 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile - - £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 - £643
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.78%
75th Percentile - - £668
90th Percentile - - £681
Wales median daily rate £240 - £643
% change year-on-year - - +42.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Vulnerability Remediation 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 354 224 267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 72.24% 89.60% 79.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 158 148
10th Percentile £300 £190 £142
25th Percentile £403 £266 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £396 £400
Median % change year-on-year +26.18% -0.94% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £483 £544
90th Percentile £730 £625 £606
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £419
% change year-on-year +18.75% -4.42% -11.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 23 42
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £16.36 £13.65 £19.20
Median hourly rate £21.25 £15.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -40.43% +5.29%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.75 £45.63
90th Percentile £55.00 - £53.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £23.66
% change year-on-year +3.66% -13.36% +1.95%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Vulnerability Remediation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Vulnerability Remediation job vacancy trend in South Wales

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Vulnerability Remediation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Vulnerability Remediation

Vulnerability Remediation
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Cardiff - 3 £240 - 6
Vulnerability Remediation
Wales

Vulnerability Remediation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft