Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 96 120
Rank change year-on-year +4 +24 +53
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 24 29 28
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.38% 1.34% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.55% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 18
10th Percentile £365 £456 £493
25th Percentile £413 £478 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £541 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.93% -16.73% +8.33%
75th Percentile £536 £659 £675
90th Percentile £698 £700 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £503 £610
% change year-on-year -0.50% -17.62% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,572 1,874 2,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.45% 86.52% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 979 1,070 1,626
10th Percentile £268 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 73 97
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.54 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.05 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +11.41% +170.65%
75th Percentile £44.68 £63.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.17 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.43 £53.50
% change year-on-year -64.56% +9.22% +51.95%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Vulnerability Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Vulnerability Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 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
Berkshire +6 17 £500 -11.31% 9
Buckinghamshire - 6 £350 - 8
Oxfordshire -12 1 £488 +2.63% 2
Vulnerability Management
South East

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (4.17%) IaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (4.17%) PaaS
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
1 3 (12.50%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) IPsec
2 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.17%) Internet
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Risk Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Security Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Testing Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Auditor
5 1 (4.17%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (8.33%) Insider Threat
4 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.33%) SCADA
4 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.17%) Mainframe
5 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 5 (20.83%) Architectural Design
4 5 (20.83%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
4 5 (20.83%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (20.83%) Project Management
4 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
4 5 (20.83%) SIEM
4 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (20.83%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (16.67%) Information Security
5 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 4 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 4 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) CISSP
2 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) CISM
3 5 (20.83%) Degree
4 4 (16.67%) PMI Certification
4 4 (16.67%) PMP
4 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (12.50%) AWS Certification
5 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 3 (12.50%) CCSP
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.17%) CISMP
6 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.17%) GCED
6 1 (4.17%) GCIA
6 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (41.67%) NIST
2 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
2 4 (16.67%) PMO
3 3 (12.50%) GDPR
3 3 (12.50%) PSD2
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.17%) GRC
4 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Intel
2 1 (4.17%) Qualys
2 1 (4.17%) Splunk