Vulnerability Management Contracts

Vulnerability Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 314 464
Rank change year-on-year +31 +150 -35
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 339 460 443
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 0.79% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.88% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 335 343
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £459 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £659 £675
90th Percentile £750 £749 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £517
% change year-on-year -6.36% +6.38% +14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -5.74%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £32.50
90th Percentile - - £37.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +13 287 £550 -4.35% 133
UK excluding London +31 152 £515 -6.36% 71
London +64 150 £581 +3.33% 62
Work from Home +91 139 £510 -8.31% 60
South East +45 65 £450 -22.58% 28
Scotland +44 26 £515 +12.94% 3
South West -2 23 £550 +10.00% 12
Midlands +10 18 £438 -27.81% 12
West Midlands +14 16 £438 -27.08% 9
East of England +9 15 £700 +55.56% 4
North of England -2 11 £559 -7.84% 11
Yorkshire +16 7 £550 -12.00% 6
North West +3 4 £567 -6.44% 5
Wales +18 2 £406 -14.47% 1
East Midlands +14 2 £596 -1.65% 3

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 12 (3.54%) Confluence
2 2 (0.59%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 60 (17.70%) Azure
2 43 (12.68%) AWS
3 24 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.72%) GCP
5 15 (4.42%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.65%) GitHub
7 9 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.36%) SaaS
9 7 (2.06%) IaaS
9 7 (2.06%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.06%) PaaS
9 7 (2.06%) Rubrik
10 6 (1.77%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.47%) Slack
11 5 (1.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.88%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.40%) Firewall
2 32 (9.44%) DNS
3 19 (5.60%) DHCP
3 19 (5.60%) Network Security
4 16 (4.72%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (2.36%) VLAN
6 7 (2.06%) Kerberos
6 7 (2.06%) NAS
6 7 (2.06%) SAN
7 6 (1.77%) VPN
8 5 (1.47%) Internet
8 5 (1.47%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.18%) LAN
9 4 (1.18%) tcpdump
9 4 (1.18%) WAN
10 3 (0.88%) OSPF
10 3 (0.88%) SCCP
11 2 (0.59%) BGP
11 2 (0.59%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.65%) Power BI
3 6 (1.77%) Apache Hive
3 6 (1.77%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.18%) Metadata
4 4 (1.18%) Tableau
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.59%) Big Data
5 2 (0.59%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.59%) Bigtable
5 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.59%) HBase
5 2 (0.59%) IBM BigInsights
5 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.59%) Parquet
5 2 (0.59%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 20 (5.90%) JIRA
2 12 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.06%) Git
3 7 (2.06%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.47%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (1.18%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (0.59%) GitLab
6 2 (0.59%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 78 (23.01%) Finance
2 47 (13.86%) Social Skills
3 37 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.31%) Banking
5 15 (4.42%) Telecoms
6 14 (4.13%) Legal
7 13 (3.83%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.77%) Electronics
9 6 (1.77%) Marketing
10 5 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.88%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.59%) Retail
14 1 (0.29%) Advertising
14 1 (0.29%) Automotive
14 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (24.19%) Analyst
2 40 (11.80%) Security Engineer
3 35 (10.32%) SOC Analyst
4 34 (10.03%) Consultant
5 27 (7.96%) Security Analyst
6 24 (7.08%) Security Manager
7 23 (6.78%) Security Consultant
8 22 (6.49%) Lead
8 22 (6.49%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 21 (6.19%) Architect
9 21 (6.19%) Senior
10 18 (5.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 18 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.31%) Security Architect
11 17 (5.01%) Project Manager
12 16 (4.72%) Vulnerability Specialist
13 15 (4.42%) Security Specialist
14 13 (3.83%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 13 (3.83%) Security Project Manager
15 12 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.06%) LDAP
2 5 (1.47%) Kafka
3 4 (1.18%) OLE
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Avro
4 2 (0.59%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.59%) EDI
4 2 (0.59%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.04%) Management Information System
2 30 (8.85%) Security Posture
3 23 (6.78%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (5.60%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (4.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 12 (3.54%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.95%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (2.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.65%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.36%) Clustering
9 8 (2.36%) Replication
10 6 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.47%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.47%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.18%) IoT
12 4 (1.18%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.18%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 71 (20.94%) Windows
2 51 (15.04%) Linux
3 41 (12.09%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.72%) Unix
5 13 (3.83%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.95%) Mac OS X
8 9 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (2.06%) Oracle Linux
9 7 (2.06%) Solaris
9 7 (2.06%) VMS
10 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.88%) zOS
11 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.29%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (38.64%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (32.45%) SIEM
3 88 (25.96%) Security Operations
4 87 (25.66%) Information Security
5 86 (25.37%) Incident Response
6 48 (14.16%) Risk Management
7 41 (12.09%) Incident Management
8 40 (11.80%) Data Security
9 39 (11.50%) Application Security
10 36 (10.62%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 35 (10.32%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 34 (10.03%) Data Loss Prevention
13 33 (9.73%) Static Application Security Testing
14 32 (9.44%) Penetration Testing
15 30 (8.85%) Cloud Security
16 29 (8.55%) Threat Intelligence
17 27 (7.96%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
17 27 (7.96%) Security Monitoring
18 26 (7.67%) DevOps
18 26 (7.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.19%) PowerShell
2 11 (3.24%) Python
3 7 (2.06%) Bash
4 4 (1.18%) Go
4 4 (1.18%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.18%) SQL
5 2 (0.59%) U-SQL
6 1 (0.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 56 (16.52%) Security Cleared
2 33 (9.73%) CISSP
3 31 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.37%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.31%) Degree
6 17 (5.01%) CISM
7 8 (2.36%) ISACA
8 6 (1.77%) GIAC
9 5 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.88%) CEH
10 3 (0.88%) CISA
10 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (0.88%) CRISC
11 2 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.59%) CCSP
11 2 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.59%) GCIH
11 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (16.52%) NIST
2 50 (14.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (10.32%) GDPR
4 13 (3.83%) PCI DSS
5 11 (3.24%) HIPAA
6 10 (2.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (2.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.65%) COBIT
7 9 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (2.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.77%) NIST 800
9 6 (1.77%) SLA
10 4 (1.18%) QA
11 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.88%) NCSC
12 2 (0.59%) GRC
13 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 43 (12.68%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.54%) XenApp
4 11 (3.24%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.06%) Docker
6 4 (1.18%) Firmware
6 4 (1.18%) Snort
7 3 (0.88%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (6.19%) SCCM
2 18 (5.31%) Ansible
3 13 (3.83%) Terraform
4 12 (3.54%) Nessus
5 10 (2.95%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (2.06%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (2.06%) Netcool
7 7 (2.06%) Tivoli
7 7 (2.06%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (1.77%) Kibana
9 4 (1.18%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.18%) Puppet
10 3 (0.88%) CASB
10 3 (0.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.59%) logstash
11 2 (0.59%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.59%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.59%) Packer
11 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (28.02%) Microsoft
2 76 (22.42%) Qualys
3 46 (13.57%) VMware
4 27 (7.96%) Splunk
5 21 (6.19%) Varonis
6 16 (4.72%) Cisco
6 16 (4.72%) Forcepoint
6 16 (4.72%) LogRhythm
7 13 (3.83%) Citrix
8 11 (3.24%) Rapid7
8 11 (3.24%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.65%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.65%) Google
9 9 (2.65%) IBM
10 8 (2.36%) Dell
10 8 (2.36%) Oracle
10 8 (2.36%) SAP
10 8 (2.36%) Veeam
11 7 (2.06%) CA
11 7 (2.06%) EMC