Vulnerability Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Vulnerability Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 448 508
Rank change year-on-year +62 +60 -71
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 7 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.013% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.013% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £438 £500 £389
25th Percentile £463 £538 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile - - £481
90th Percentile - - £485
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% +18.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Scotland - 6 £500 -
Midlands +28 1 £425 -29.17% 1
West Midlands +22 1 £425 -29.17%
Vulnerability Analyst
UK

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Vulnerability Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Qualys
1 7 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
3 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
3 5 (71.43%) CISSP
3 5 (71.43%) CISM
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 4 (57.14%) Power BI
4 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
4 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
5 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
5 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
7 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
7 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
7 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
7 1 (14.29%) Threat Management
7 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
3 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
4 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
5 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
7 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 1 (14.29%) Security Patching
7 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (14.29%) Threat Management
7 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISM
1 5 (71.43%) CISSP
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7