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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 369 400
Rank change year-on-year +62 +31 +63
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 23 26 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 25 26
10th Percentile £208 £349 £409
25th Percentile £265 £413 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -6.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £600 £567 £626
90th Percentile £640 £673 £644
UK median daily rate £543 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.33% -4.55% +6.80%

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 11,596 17,041 20,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.69% 84.15% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,235 10,189 14,096
10th Percentile £231 £250 £259
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,063 1,256
10th Percentile £14.16 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.34 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.73
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.81% +0.76% +40.19%

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 22 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 22 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 +25 9 £215 -74.21% 59
North West +18 7 £215 -62.08% 30
South West +39 6 £400 -33.33% 24
South East +42 5 £600 +45.45% 61
Scotland +2 3 - - 20
North East - 2 - - 8
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 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (4.35%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
1 3 (13.04%) Internet
1 3 (13.04%) iSCSI
1 3 (13.04%) LAN
1 3 (13.04%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (13.04%) WAN
1 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (13.04%) Wireless
2 2 (8.70%) NAS
2 2 (8.70%) SAN
3 1 (4.35%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle Database
2 2 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Banking
2 3 (13.04%) Retail Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Back Office
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Lead
2 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Support
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Unix Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) ModSecurity
2 1 (4.35%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Security Posture
2 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) IVR
3 2 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (8.70%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.35%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Linux
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (21.74%) Unix
5 3 (13.04%) Android
5 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (8.70%) AIX
6 2 (8.70%) CentOS
6 2 (8.70%) HPUX
6 2 (8.70%) Solaris
6 2 (8.70%) Ubuntu
7 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (39.13%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (34.78%) Patch Management
4 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
4 6 (26.09%) Service Delivery
5 5 (21.74%) Security Operations
6 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (13.04%) BCP
7 3 (13.04%) Information Security
7 3 (13.04%) ITIL
7 3 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Remediation Plan
7 3 (13.04%) SIEM
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.04%) Task Automation
7 3 (13.04%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) Bash
2 2 (8.70%) Perl
2 2 (8.70%) Shell Script
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) CISA
4 1 (4.35%) CISM
4 1 (4.35%) CISSP
4 1 (4.35%) PgMP
4 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (13.04%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (8.70%) Docker
3 2 (8.70%) KVM
3 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
1 3 (13.04%) SCCM
2 2 (8.70%) Ansible
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) Nessus
2 2 (8.70%) Progress Chef
2 2 (8.70%) Puppet
2 2 (8.70%) WSUS
3 1 (4.35%) Argo
3 1 (4.35%) Istio
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Qualys
3 3 (13.04%) Apple
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle
4 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
4 2 (8.70%) VMware
5 1 (4.35%) BMC
5 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.35%) Tenable