Vulnerability Management Specialist Contract Job Trends

Vulnerability Management Specialist
UK

The median Vulnerability Management Specialist daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Management Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £413 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 34,093 29,528 40,309
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 92.82% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,578 18,084 26,785
10th Percentile £300 £288 £279
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £500
% change year-on-year -0.42% -4.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,999 895 1,806
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.68 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.22 £18.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £41.37
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -21.43% +18.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £64.52
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £75.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.20
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.47% +52.41%

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Vulnerability Management Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Vulnerability Management Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Management Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Vulnerability Management Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Vulnerability Management Specialist
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 17 January 2026. 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 - 1 £400 - 2
England - 1 £400 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £400 - 2

Vulnerability Management Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, Vulnerability Management Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Vulnerability Management Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Gamification
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research

Vulnerability Management Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Gamification
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7