Vulnerability Assessment Contract Job Trends in the South West

Vulnerability Assessment
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 115 143
Rank change year-on-year -13 +28 +35
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 5 11 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.21% 0.52% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.60% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 5
10th Percentile £371 £450 -
25th Percentile £403 £625 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £750 £525
Median % change year-on-year -36.67% +42.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £503 £788 £650
90th Percentile £513 £815 £710
England median daily rate £500 £563 £580
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.02% -5.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
England median hourly rate £36.00 £61.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -41.46% -12.15% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Vulnerability Assessment 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 1,949 1,835 2,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.65% 86.88% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,124 1,725
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £733 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 126 270
10th Percentile £15.25 £21.16 £20.48
25th Percentile £19.70 £48.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.75 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.62% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Vulnerability Assessment job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Vulnerability Assessment

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Vulnerability Assessment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Vulnerability Assessment

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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 Vulnerability Assessment within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Bristol -6 2 £475 -36.67% 4
Gloucestershire -11 1 - - 4
Wiltshire -17 1 £488 -32.76% 3
Somerset - 1 £350 - 2
Vulnerability Assessment
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & 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 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Auditor
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Auditor
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft