Vulnerability Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Vulnerability Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 346 400
Rank change year-on-year -38 +54 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 5 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.054% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.058% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 6
10th Percentile £342 £400 £463
25th Percentile £366 £444 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £475 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 16,378 13,796 18,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.40% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,232 11,988
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,657 784 1,199
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.48 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.29 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Vulnerability Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Vulnerability Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Analyst job vacancies 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 20 December 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
South East -20 3 £365 -23.16%
East of England - 2 £450 -
Vulnerability Analyst
UK

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Vulnerability Analyst 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 UK excluding London region featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Qualys
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Categorisation
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM
4 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 10

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Categorisation
3 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (20.00%) Security Hardening
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Qualys