Vulnerability Remediation Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Remediation
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 126 144
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 +35
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.24% 0.14% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.16% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £371 £420 -
25th Percentile £477 £431 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £450 £850
Median % change year-on-year +19.11% -47.06% +116.56%
75th Percentile £552 £563 £875
90th Percentile £581 £630 -
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £675
% change year-on-year +11.11% -33.33% +18.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,532 1,891 2,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.97% 85.64% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 1,056 1,659
10th Percentile £260 £300 £270
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 79 86
10th Percentile £14.32 £18.66 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.21 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.46 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -58.40% +18.42% +158.48%
75th Percentile £46.70 £67.50 £66.33
90th Percentile £79.75 £86.08 £75.13
South East median hourly rate £22.19 £58.30 £52.50
% change year-on-year -61.94% +11.05% +68.54%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Vulnerability Remediation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Remediation in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 September 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 +15 3 £536 +22.51% 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 £300 - 3
Vulnerability Remediation
South East

Vulnerability Remediation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) IPsec
1 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (50.00%) Data Lineage
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft