Vulnerability Remediation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Remediation 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 313 375 419
Rank change year-on-year +62 +44 +48
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 26 24 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 23 18
10th Percentile £208 £375 £392
25th Percentile £285 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £515 £494
Median % change year-on-year -20.39% +4.30% +3.95%
75th Percentile £592 £552 £575
90th Percentile £633 £681 £641
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £540
% change year-on-year +1.94% -4.63% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation 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 Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Remediation in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation 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
North of England +31 10 £279 -66.53% 9
North West +20 7 £215 -62.08% 4
South East +43 6 £584 +37.29% 19
South West - 6 £400 - 3
Scotland +8 4 £475 -7.77% 10
North East - 2 - - 2
Yorkshire +7 1 £343 -68.82% 3
Vulnerability Remediation
UK

Vulnerability Remediation
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (3.85%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.54%) AWS
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) Internet
1 3 (11.54%) iSCSI
1 3 (11.54%) LAN
1 3 (11.54%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (11.54%) WAN
1 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (11.54%) Wireless
2 2 (7.69%) NAS
2 2 (7.69%) Network Security
2 2 (7.69%) SAN
3 1 (3.85%) IMAP
3 1 (3.85%) POP3
3 1 (3.85%) SMTP
3 1 (3.85%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle Database
2 2 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Banking
2 3 (11.54%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (11.54%) Retail Banking
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Back Office
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Lead
1 6 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Security Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Security Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Senior
2 3 (11.54%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Support Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Technical Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Technical Support
3 2 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Unix Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Data Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) ModSecurity
2 1 (3.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Security Posture
2 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.54%) IVR
3 2 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Windows
2 9 (34.62%) Linux
3 6 (23.08%) Unix
3 6 (23.08%) Windows Server
4 3 (11.54%) Android
4 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (7.69%) AIX
5 2 (7.69%) CentOS
5 2 (7.69%) HPUX
5 2 (7.69%) Solaris
5 2 (7.69%) Ubuntu
5 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (34.62%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (30.77%) Patch Management
4 6 (23.08%) Incident Response
4 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (23.08%) Security Operations
4 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
6 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
6 4 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (15.38%) Information Security
6 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) ITIL
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
7 3 (11.54%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Python
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) Bash
2 2 (7.69%) Perl
2 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) CISM
3 2 (7.69%) CISSP
4 1 (3.85%) CISA
4 1 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (3.85%) PgMP
4 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) PMP
4 1 (3.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) SLA
2 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.85%) GDPR
4 1 (3.85%) NIST
4 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (7.69%) Docker
3 2 (7.69%) KVM
3 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) SCCM
2 3 (11.54%) Kubernetes
3 2 (7.69%) Ansible
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (7.69%) Nessus
3 2 (7.69%) Progress Chef
3 2 (7.69%) Puppet
3 2 (7.69%) WSUS
4 1 (3.85%) Argo
4 1 (3.85%) CASB
4 1 (3.85%) Istio
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Qualys
3 3 (11.54%) Apple
4 2 (7.69%) Oracle
4 2 (7.69%) Red Hat
4 2 (7.69%) VMware
5 1 (3.85%) BMC
5 1 (3.85%) Forcepoint
5 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.85%) Splunk
5 1 (3.85%) Tenable