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 £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 363 419
Rank change year-on-year +7 +56 +94
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 6 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.022% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.024% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £236 £410 -
25th Percentile £265 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -5.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £475 £475 -
90th Percentile £483 £490 -
UK median daily rate £450 £455 £550
% change year-on-year -1.10% -17.27% -6.38%

All DemandTrendContract 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 13,849 16,651 20,422
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.35% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,449 9,968 13,748
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £681 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,260 1,568 1,148
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.33 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.78% +9.88% +86.05%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

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
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
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 29 August 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 +10 3 £428 -5.00%
Scotland +1 2 £249 -
East of England +6 1 £450 -10.00% 1
Vulnerability Analyst
UK

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, 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 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (50.00%) Qualys
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Data Categorisation
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (33.33%) Power BI
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service

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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Categorisation
3 2 (33.33%) Information Security
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (16.67%) Rapid7