Vulnerability Research Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Research
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Vulnerability Research skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Research 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.047% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £413 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £400 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Vulnerability Research 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 1,804 1,608 2,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.62% 90.85% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,200 936 1,425
10th Percentile £267 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £666 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £506 £513
% change year-on-year -1.23% -1.27% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 47 114
10th Percentile £15.62 £23.31 £18.97
25th Percentile £18.87 £39.63 £25.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +17.19% +80.06%
75th Percentile £58.00 £64.73 £63.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.44 £72.23
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £43.94 £54.44
% change year-on-year -46.35% -19.29% +20.98%

Vulnerability Research
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Vulnerability Research job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Vulnerability Research
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Vulnerability Research
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 Research within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 January 2026. 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 - 1 £400 - 2
Vulnerability Research
South East

Vulnerability Research
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Gamification
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7