Vulnerability Management Specialist Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Vulnerability Management Specialist daily rate in Southampton is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Management Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.75% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 124 114 154
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 89.76% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 75 100
10th Percentile £165 £126 £200
25th Percentile £233 £329 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £597 £594 £629
90th Percentile £707 £683 £660
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.37% -2.32% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 15
10th Percentile £36.54 £70.60 -
25th Percentile £37.24 £70.75 £21.89
Median hourly rate £37.50 £72.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.92% +10.77% +306.25%
75th Percentile £59.86 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £62.23 £74.60 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £37.44 £57.35
% change year-on-year +26.86% -34.71% +6.70%

Vulnerability Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 13 September 2026, Vulnerability Management Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region featuring Vulnerability Management Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Management Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable