Vulnerability Analyst Contracts

Vulnerability Analyst
UK

The median Vulnerability Analyst daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 559 712
Rank change year-on-year +52 +153 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 13 23 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.053% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.057% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 5
10th Percentile £263 £418 -
25th Percentile £265 £463 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £488 £566 £600
90th Percentile £587 £588 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +64 8 £400 -20.00% 7
England +51 8 £475 -17.39% 10
Work from Home +38 7 £475 - 9
Scotland +10 3 £265 -47.00% 2
South West - 3 £425 -
London +31 2 £488 -15.22% 8
South East - 2 £475 - 5

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) CISSP
3 5 (38.46%) Qualys
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) CISM
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) Python
4 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 4 (30.77%) Information Security
4 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
4 4 (30.77%) Power BI
5 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
5 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 3 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (23.08%) Change Management
6 2 (15.38%) Azure
6 2 (15.38%) AWS
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Power BI
General
1 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Information Security
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) Change Management
5 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
5 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
5 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (7.69%) Patch Management
7 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CISM
1 5 (38.46%) CISSP
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CREST Certified
2 1 (7.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Qualys
2 2 (15.38%) Tenable
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Rapid7