Vulnerability Management Contracts

Vulnerability Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 287 324
Rank change year-on-year +29 +37 +137
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 295 338 464
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 0.78% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.90% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 250 335
10th Percentile £327 £400 £413
25th Percentile £450 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.13%
75th Percentile £645 £675 £686
90th Percentile £780 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £511 £550
% change year-on-year -1.22% -7.05% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £63.25 - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £25.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Management 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management 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
England +25 246 £543 -1.27% 434
UK excluding London +44 131 £505 -1.22% 277
Work from Home +17 114 £550 +7.84% 196
London +1 110 £580 -1.28% 223
South East +48 68 £550 +22.22% 86
South West +40 18 £425 -22.73% 35
North of England +24 16 £500 -10.47% 65
Midlands +17 13 £575 +31.43% 33
Scotland +2 13 £450 -12.62% 20
West Midlands +10 12 £625 +42.86% 17
North West +23 10 £500 -11.82% 39
East of England +19 5 £745 +8.36% 35
Yorkshire +5 4 - - 20
North East - 2 £688 - 7
East Midlands +9 1 £300 -49.66% 15

Vulnerability Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.37%) Apache
2 4 (1.36%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
3 1 (0.34%) nginx
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 82 (27.80%) Azure
2 50 (16.95%) AWS
3 23 (7.80%) GCP
4 21 (7.12%) Azure Sentinel
5 19 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.39%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.37%) IaaS
9 6 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.03%) AWS CloudTrail
9 6 (2.03%) AWS KMS
9 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.03%) Serverless
10 5 (1.69%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.69%) SaaS
11 4 (1.36%) Akamai
11 4 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (15.93%) Firewall
2 41 (13.90%) Network Security
3 12 (4.07%) DNS
4 11 (3.73%) VPN
5 9 (3.05%) DHCP
6 7 (2.37%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (2.37%) SMTP
6 7 (2.37%) WAN
7 6 (2.03%) FTP
7 6 (2.03%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.03%) Telnet
8 5 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.36%) tcpdump
10 3 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (1.02%) HTTP
11 2 (0.68%) Modbus
11 2 (0.68%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.71%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.36%) Power BI
3 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.68%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.34%) MySQL
4 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.69%) GitLab
1 5 (1.69%) Jenkins
1 5 (1.69%) JIRA
2 3 (1.02%) Snyk
3 2 (0.68%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.68%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 79 (26.78%) Social Skills
2 64 (21.69%) Finance
3 42 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (13.90%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.46%) Banking
6 19 (6.44%) Legal
7 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.69%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.36%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.36%) Law
9 4 (1.36%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Electronics
10 3 (1.02%) French Language
10 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.02%) Marketing
10 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (12.20%) Analyst
2 35 (11.86%) Architect
3 34 (11.53%) Security Engineer
4 32 (10.85%) Security Architect
5 21 (7.12%) Security Manager
6 20 (6.78%) Senior
7 19 (6.44%) Consultant
8 18 (6.10%) Lead
9 17 (5.76%) Security Analyst
9 17 (5.76%) Security Consultant
10 15 (5.08%) Project Manager
11 13 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 13 (4.41%) Vulnerability Analyst
12 12 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) Administrator
14 9 (3.05%) Information Security Consultant
14 9 (3.05%) Security Project Manager
15 8 (2.71%) Security Specialist
15 8 (2.71%) Senior Architect
15 8 (2.71%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.03%) JSON
1 6 (2.03%) REST
2 3 (1.02%) LDAP
3 2 (0.68%) .NET
3 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.68%) Kafka
3 2 (0.68%) Node.js
3 2 (0.68%) React
4 1 (0.34%) ADO
4 1 (0.34%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.34%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.34%) OAuth
4 1 (0.34%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.34%) RESTful
4 1 (0.34%) SAML
4 1 (0.34%) Swagger
4 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (19.66%) Security Posture
2 31 (10.51%) Management Information System
3 25 (8.47%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (5.42%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.75%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (4.07%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.05%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.05%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.37%) CSOC
8 7 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.69%) SCADA
10 4 (1.36%) PKI
10 4 (1.36%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.02%) Insider Threat
11 3 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.02%) PMI
12 2 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.56%) Windows
2 30 (10.17%) Linux
3 24 (8.14%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.03%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.36%) Unix
7 2 (0.68%) Android
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.34%) Solaris
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (40.68%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (31.53%) Incident Response
3 81 (27.46%) SIEM
4 68 (23.05%) Security Operations
5 65 (22.03%) Cloud Security
6 57 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (18.64%) Information Security
8 51 (17.29%) Risk Management
9 49 (16.61%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 46 (15.59%) Threat Intelligence
11 39 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (12.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 35 (11.86%) Penetration Testing
14 34 (11.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 33 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (10.85%) Data Loss Prevention
16 32 (10.85%) Security Architecture
17 28 (9.49%) DevOps
18 26 (8.81%) CI/CD
19 25 (8.47%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.53%) Python
2 30 (10.17%) PowerShell
3 19 (6.44%) Bash
4 5 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
4 5 (1.69%) SQL
5 3 (1.02%) Java
5 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.68%) Perl
6 2 (0.68%) PHP
6 2 (0.68%) Ruby
7 1 (0.34%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 77 (26.10%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.39%) SC Cleared
3 67 (22.71%) CISSP
4 38 (12.88%) CISM
5 30 (10.17%) Degree
6 16 (5.42%) GIAC
7 15 (5.08%) CEH
8 13 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (4.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (4.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 11 (3.73%) GCIH
11 10 (3.39%) CISA
12 9 (3.05%) CCSP
12 9 (3.05%) DV Cleared
13 8 (2.71%) AWS Certification
13 8 (2.71%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (2.71%) Master's Degree
14 7 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (2.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (19.66%) NIST
2 56 (18.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (9.49%) GDPR
4 17 (5.76%) PCI DSS
5 13 (4.41%) HIPAA
5 13 (4.41%) SLA
6 9 (3.05%) NCSC
7 7 (2.37%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.03%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.69%) GRC
10 4 (1.36%) COBIT
10 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (1.36%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 2 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.68%) QA
13 1 (0.34%) FedRAMP
System Software
1 17 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.05%) Docker
3 7 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.03%) NFS
4 6 (2.03%) Samba
5 5 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (1.36%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.34%) Firmware
8 1 (0.34%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (7.46%) Terraform
2 17 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 16 (5.42%) Ansible
4 15 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.75%) SCCM
6 10 (3.39%) Nessus
7 9 (3.05%) yum
8 8 (2.71%) Grafana
9 7 (2.37%) QRadar
10 5 (1.69%) FortiGate
10 5 (1.69%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.36%) CASB
11 4 (1.36%) McAfee ePO
11 4 (1.36%) Puppet
12 3 (1.02%) Norton AntiVirus
12 3 (1.02%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 2 (0.68%) Argo
13 2 (0.68%) CSIRT
14 1 (0.34%) Istio
Vendors
1 69 (23.39%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.20%) Qualys
3 28 (9.49%) Tenable
4 18 (6.10%) Google
5 16 (5.42%) Cisco
6 15 (5.08%) Splunk
7 14 (4.75%) ServiceNow
7 14 (4.75%) VMware
8 13 (4.41%) Palo Alto
8 13 (4.41%) Rapid7
9 10 (3.39%) Red Hat
10 6 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (2.03%) CyberArk
10 6 (2.03%) LogRhythm
10 6 (2.03%) SAP
11 5 (1.69%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.69%) IBM
11 5 (1.69%) McAfee
12 4 (1.36%) Citrix
12 4 (1.36%) HP