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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 280 306
Rank change year-on-year +29 +26 +141
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 317 353 450
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 0.81% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.96% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 246 347
10th Percentile £305 £400 £413
25th Percentile £442 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £783 £765 £772
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £28.12 - £22.88
25th Percentile £29.02 £56.25 £23.44
Median hourly rate £43.00 £57.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +119.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72.44 £58.75 £28.44
90th Percentile £88.98 - £28.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.49 £57.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year -45.23% +119.05% -

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 27,664 36,951 49,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.07% 85.22% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,463 23,545 34,312
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,330 2,544 1,686
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.71 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%
75th Percentile £53.95 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

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 27 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 27 June 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 +35 266 £525 -4.55% 401
London +19 136 £550 -4.35% 194
Work from Home +38 129 £525 +2.94% 221
UK excluding London +16 125 £500 -2.91% 235
South East +26 55 £525 +10.53% 77
South West +45 19 £400 -27.27% 21
North of England +7 16 £638 +13.13% 58
Scotland +1 14 £300 -42.86% 19
East of England +27 13 £475 -29.63% 30
North West +15 12 £588 +4.26% 28
Midlands -2 10 £625 +19.05% 30
West Midlands +5 9 £663 +51.43% 14
Yorkshire -6 2 - - 22
North East - 2 £688 - 8
East Midlands -3 1 £300 -52.00% 14

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 5 (1.58%) CMS
2 4 (1.26%) Confluence
2 4 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.32%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.63%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.32%) 1Password
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.32%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 100 (31.55%) Azure
2 55 (17.35%) AWS
3 26 (8.20%) GCP
4 20 (6.31%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (2.84%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.21%) GitHub
7 7 (2.21%) SaaS
7 7 (2.21%) Serverless
8 6 (1.89%) Akamai
8 6 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.89%) IaaS
8 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.58%) AWS CloudTrail
9 5 (1.58%) AWS KMS
9 5 (1.58%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (19.56%) Firewall
2 51 (16.09%) Network Security
3 13 (4.10%) VPN
4 8 (2.52%) WAN
5 7 (2.21%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.58%) HTTP
6 5 (1.58%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (1.26%) DNS
7 4 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (0.95%) SSL
9 2 (0.63%) LAN
9 2 (0.63%) Modbus
9 2 (0.63%) SMTP
9 2 (0.63%) tcpdump
9 2 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.63%) Wireless
10 1 (0.32%) BGP
10 1 (0.32%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.21%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.58%) Power BI
3 3 (0.95%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.32%) MySQL
5 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (2.84%) GitLab
1 9 (2.84%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.21%) JIRA
3 5 (1.58%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.95%) Snyk
5 2 (0.63%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
General
1 82 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.82%) Finance
3 41 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.41%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.31%) Banking
6 19 (5.99%) Legal
7 7 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.89%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.26%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.26%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.26%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.95%) Marketing
11 2 (0.63%) French Language
11 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Law
11 2 (0.63%) Military
11 2 (0.63%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (15.14%) Architect
2 45 (14.20%) Analyst
3 44 (13.88%) Security Architect
4 35 (11.04%) Security Engineer
5 27 (8.52%) Consultant
6 25 (7.89%) Security Analyst
7 22 (6.94%) Lead
7 22 (6.94%) Security Consultant
7 22 (6.94%) Senior
8 18 (5.68%) Security Manager
9 17 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 14 (4.42%) Project Manager
11 13 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.79%) Security Specialist
13 11 (3.47%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 11 (3.47%) Senior Architect
13 11 (3.47%) Senior Security Architect
14 10 (3.15%) Information Security Consultant
14 10 (3.15%) Vulnerability Analyst
15 9 (2.84%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.58%) JSON
1 5 (1.58%) REST
2 4 (1.26%) .NET
2 4 (1.26%) React
3 3 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.63%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.63%) Kafka
4 2 (0.63%) Node.js
5 1 (0.32%) ADO
5 1 (0.32%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.32%) LDAP
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.32%) OAuth
5 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.32%) RESTful
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.32%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.32%) Swagger
5 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (20.82%) Security Posture
2 32 (10.09%) Management Information System
3 22 (6.94%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (5.05%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (4.10%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.15%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.52%) Operational Technology
7 8 (2.52%) PKI
8 7 (2.21%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.89%) SCADA
9 6 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.58%) CSOC
10 5 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.95%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.56%) Windows
2 30 (9.46%) Linux
3 27 (8.52%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.21%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.26%) Unix
7 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.32%) Android
8 1 (0.32%) Solaris
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (41.32%) Cybersecurity
2 101 (31.86%) Incident Response
3 87 (27.44%) SIEM
4 76 (23.97%) Security Operations
5 74 (23.34%) Information Security
6 67 (21.14%) Cloud Security
7 52 (16.40%) Risk Management
8 51 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (15.46%) Threat Intelligence
10 48 (15.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 48 (15.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 42 (13.25%) Penetration Testing
12 41 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 40 (12.62%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 38 (11.99%) Agile
15 35 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (11.04%) DevOps
15 35 (11.04%) Security Architecture
16 32 (10.09%) CI/CD
16 32 (10.09%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 45 (14.20%) Python
2 35 (11.04%) PowerShell
3 27 (8.52%) Bash
4 9 (2.84%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (2.21%) Java
6 6 (1.89%) SQL
7 5 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.26%) PHP
9 3 (0.95%) Perl
10 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.63%) Ruby
11 1 (0.32%) Bicep
11 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (21.77%) CISSP
2 67 (21.14%) Security Cleared
3 63 (19.87%) SC Cleared
4 46 (14.51%) CISM
5 32 (10.09%) Degree
6 20 (6.31%) GIAC
7 18 (5.68%) CEH
8 17 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (5.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 14 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (3.47%) CCSP
12 11 (3.47%) GCIH
13 10 (3.15%) CISA
14 9 (2.84%) SANS
15 8 (2.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 8 (2.52%) PMP
16 7 (2.21%) AWS Certification
16 7 (2.21%) CRISC
16 7 (2.21%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (23.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (22.08%) NIST
3 40 (12.62%) GDPR
4 29 (9.15%) PCI DSS
5 22 (6.94%) HIPAA
6 16 (5.05%) SLA
7 13 (4.10%) NCSC
8 12 (3.79%) GRC
9 9 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (2.84%) SOC 2
10 8 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.89%) Data Quality
11 6 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (1.58%) COBIT
13 4 (1.26%) QA
14 3 (0.95%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
15 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
15 2 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 16 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.79%) Docker
3 7 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.95%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.32%) NFS
7 1 (0.32%) Samba
7 1 (0.32%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 26 (8.20%) Terraform
2 20 (6.31%) Nessus
3 18 (5.68%) Kubernetes
4 15 (4.73%) Ansible
5 14 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.42%) SCCM
6 9 (2.84%) Grafana
7 6 (1.89%) QRadar
7 6 (1.89%) WSUS
8 5 (1.58%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.58%) HP Fortify
8 5 (1.58%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.26%) Puppet
9 4 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.95%) yum
11 2 (0.63%) Argo
11 2 (0.63%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.63%) SELinux
12 1 (0.32%) Cilium
12 1 (0.32%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (24.61%) Microsoft
2 48 (15.14%) Qualys
3 32 (10.09%) Tenable
4 20 (6.31%) ServiceNow
5 19 (5.99%) Cisco
6 18 (5.68%) Google
7 17 (5.36%) Splunk
8 16 (5.05%) Rapid7
9 12 (3.79%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.84%) Red Hat
10 9 (2.84%) VMware
11 8 (2.52%) SAP
12 7 (2.21%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (1.89%) Imperva
14 5 (1.58%) CheckPoint
15 4 (1.26%) Ariba
15 4 (1.26%) Zscaler
16 3 (0.95%) Citrix
16 3 (0.95%) Salesforce