Vulnerability Assessment Contracts in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Vulnerability Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 353 402
Rank change year-on-year +65 +49 +74
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment 51 46 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.26% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 34 38
10th Percentile £438 £436 £414
25th Percentile £509 £508 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -17.24%
75th Percentile £691 £775 £734
90th Percentile £769 £926 £738
UK median daily rate £569 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile - £53.13 -
25th Percentile £26.88 £55.94 £71.20
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.25 £72.40
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% -15.39% -
75th Percentile £74.87 £65.94 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £68.38 -
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £70.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year -12.15% -3.31% +80.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Vulnerability Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Vulnerability Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Vulnerability Assessment in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Assessment
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 Assessment within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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 +60 27 £663 -17.19% 37
North of England +35 17 £650 -7.14% 25
North West +23 13 £606 -6.73% 9
South West +38 5 £400 -33.33% 22
Yorkshire +10 4 £700 -36.36% 11
Midlands +18 2 £775 +19.23% 16
West Midlands +14 2 £775 +19.23% 10
Vulnerability Assessment
UK

Vulnerability Assessment
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 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.61%) Azure
2 6 (11.76%) AWS
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (9.80%) GCP
4 3 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.53%) Firewall
2 10 (19.61%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (7.84%) Ethernet
4 2 (3.92%) DNS
4 2 (3.92%) Network Security
4 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.96%) DHCP
5 1 (1.96%) DWDM
5 1 (1.96%) LAN
5 1 (1.96%) VLAN
5 1 (1.96%) VPN
5 1 (1.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle Database
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.96%) GitLab
1 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.96%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.96%) SonarQube
1 1 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.76%) Military
5 5 (9.80%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Telecoms
6 4 (7.84%) Automotive
7 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.92%) Aviation
8 2 (3.92%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (3.92%) Police
8 2 (3.92%) Swedish Language
9 1 (1.96%) Banking
9 1 (1.96%) Electronics
9 1 (1.96%) Finance
9 1 (1.96%) Legal
9 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (50.98%) Senior
2 14 (27.45%) Security Specialist
3 13 (25.49%) Information Security Specialist
3 13 (25.49%) Information Specialist
3 13 (25.49%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 13 (25.49%) Senior Security Specialist
4 12 (23.53%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 8 (15.69%) Architect
5 8 (15.69%) Security Architect
6 6 (11.76%) Lead
6 6 (11.76%) Security Engineer
7 5 (9.80%) Administrator
7 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
7 5 (9.80%) Security Advisor
8 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Security Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Analyst
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Security Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (9.80%) JBoss Seam
3 2 (3.92%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 21 (41.18%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.73%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.92%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (3.92%) Robotics
5 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.96%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 5 (9.80%) Linux
3 4 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.92%) Unix
5 1 (1.96%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Security Architecture
2 21 (41.18%) Risk Management
3 18 (35.29%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (35.29%) Information Security
4 17 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 14 (27.45%) Decision-Making
5 14 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (23.53%) Threat Modelling
7 11 (21.57%) Information Assurance
8 10 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (15.69%) DevOps
9 8 (15.69%) Migration
10 7 (13.73%) Incident Response
10 7 (13.73%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (11.76%) Process Improvement
11 6 (11.76%) SIEM
12 5 (9.80%) Artificial Intelligence
12 5 (9.80%) Data Protection
12 5 (9.80%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) Python
1 2 (3.92%) SQL
2 1 (1.96%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (49.02%) Security Cleared
2 20 (39.22%) DV Cleared
3 13 (25.49%) CISM
4 6 (11.76%) CISSP
5 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
6 4 (7.84%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (7.84%) Degree
7 2 (3.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (3.92%) CCNA
7 2 (3.92%) CCSP
7 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.96%) CCNP
8 1 (1.96%) CEH
8 1 (1.96%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.96%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (25.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (19.61%) NCSC
3 8 (15.69%) GDPR
4 3 (5.88%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (5.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.92%) NIST
6 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.92%) CASB
2 2 (3.92%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.92%) Grafana
2 2 (3.92%) Nessus
2 2 (3.92%) SCCM
2 2 (3.92%) Terraform
2 2 (3.92%) WSUS
3 1 (1.96%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Darktrace
3 4 (7.84%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) Cisco
4 2 (3.92%) Qualys
4 2 (3.92%) Ribbon
4 2 (3.92%) Tenable
4 2 (3.92%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.96%) Arista
5 1 (1.96%) Aruba
5 1 (1.96%) SAP