Threat and Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Threat and Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 140 151
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 +20
Contract jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management 9 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.46% 0.039% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.047% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile - - £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £850
Median % change year-on-year - - +325.00%
75th Percentile £713 - £875
90th Percentile £819 - -
England median daily rate £618 £545 £606
% change year-on-year +13.30% -10.07% +21.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Threat and 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,788 2,125 2,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.76% 83.83% 87.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,229 1,930
10th Percentile £213 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £724 £725
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 204 258
10th Percentile £15.10 £22.50 £21.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £48.00 £47.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the South West

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Threat and Vulnerability Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Threat and Vulnerability Management

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management in the South West over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Threat and Vulnerability Management in the South West

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Threat and Vulnerability Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Gloucestershire - 5 £450 - 1
Devon +9 2 - -
Wiltshire - 2 £813 -
Threat and Vulnerability Management
England

Threat and Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Head of Information
2 2 (22.22%) Head of Information Security
2 2 (22.22%) Head of Security
2 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Information Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (77.78%) Security Operations
3 5 (55.56%) Application Security
3 5 (55.56%) Cloud Security
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
4 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (22.22%) Information Security
6 2 (22.22%) SIEM
6 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CISA
3 2 (22.22%) CISM
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) COBIT
1 2 (22.22%) GDPR
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Norton AntiVirus
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) McAfee
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
1 5 (55.56%) Symantec