Vulnerability Manager Contracts

Vulnerability Manager
UK

The median Vulnerability Manager daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 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
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 558 652
Rank change year-on-year +10 +94 +185
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Manager 8 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.031% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.033% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 9
10th Percentile £478 £500 £511
25th Percentile £501 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £694 £638
90th Percentile £595 £700 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £650 -
% change year-on-year -21.06% - -

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 30,118 36,187 49,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.91% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,074 23,377 34,447
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,499 2,043 1,488
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.16 £14.56
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.24 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +20.00% +78.15%

Vulnerability Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Manager in the UK

Vulnerability Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Manager in the UK

Vulnerability Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Manager over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Manager in the UK

Vulnerability Manager
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 August 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 +13 6 £513 -17.90% 6
UK excluding London +9 5 £513 -21.06% 5
Work from Home +34 4 £550 -21.43% 6
North of England -7 3 £513 -17.90% 5
North West -8 3 £513 -17.90% 5
London +19 2 £513 - 1
South East +15 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 2025, Vulnerability Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Qualys
3 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
5 2 (25.00%) CISSP
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Nessus
5 2 (25.00%) Network Security
5 2 (25.00%) Tanium
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
6 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (12.50%) Tenable
6 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (12.50%) People Management
6 1 (12.50%) DBS Check

Vulnerability Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 1 (12.50%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) People Management
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (12.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Qualys
2 2 (25.00%) Tanium
3 1 (12.50%) Tenable