Vulnerability Analyst Contracts

Vulnerability Analyst
UK

The median Vulnerability Analyst daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 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
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 563 672
Rank change year-on-year +23 +109 +173
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 10 11 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.025% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.027% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £253 £418 £485
25th Percentile £265 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +5.77%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £625
90th Percentile £609 £659 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £270 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -40.00% -5.26% -2.56%

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 29,261 40,308 53,403
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 92.99% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,659 25,937 37,084
10th Percentile £287 £285 £313
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,318 2,814 1,558
10th Percentile £13.75 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £38.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -10.47% +70.13%
75th Percentile £55.25 £63.31 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £74.00 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -37.13% +1.14% +96.47%

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 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK

Vulnerability Analyst
Top 6 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 5 July 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
England +48 5 £488 +2.63% 29
UK excluding London +42 4 £270 -40.00% 2
Work from Home +30 4 £265 -41.11% 15
London +43 3 £475 -17.39% 28
Scotland +5 3 £265 -
South East +35 1 £475 +5.56% 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 10 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (60.00%) CISSP
4 6 (60.00%) CISM
4 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (50.00%) Information Security
6 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (40.00%) ITIL
6 4 (40.00%) Python
6 4 (40.00%) Qualys
6 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (40.00%) Power BI
6 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
7 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
7 3 (30.00%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (30.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (30.00%) Windows
7 3 (30.00%) Linux
7 3 (30.00%) Change Management
8 2 (20.00%) Finance
8 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

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 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (50.00%) Information Security
5 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) ITIL
5 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (30.00%) Change Management
6 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
6 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
7 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
7 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 1 (10.00%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISM
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CEH
3 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Qualys
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (10.00%) Tenable