Vulnerability Specialist Contract Job Trends

Vulnerability Specialist
UK

The median Vulnerability Specialist daily rate in the UK is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 556 640
Rank change year-on-year 0 +84 +187
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Specialist 4 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.016% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.017% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £516 £523 -
25th Percentile £541 £543 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £641 £613 £588
90th Percentile £669 £620 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +5.00%

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 30,128 34,701 45,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 92.90% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,009 20,914 30,950
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,674 1,398 1,545
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.02 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.16 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.38% -10.75% +68.35%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.42 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.44% -9.38% +97.78%

Vulnerability Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Vulnerability Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Vulnerability Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Vulnerability Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Specialist over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Specialist in the UK

Vulnerability Specialist
Top 5 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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 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 +11 4 £588 -2.08% 1
London +21 2 £675 +20.54%
UK excluding London -17 2 £500 -16.67% 1
South East - 2 £500 -
Work from Home +11 1 £675 +12.50% 1

Vulnerability Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Vulnerability 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Rapid7
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Nessus
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Qualys
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Tenable
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) Windows

Vulnerability 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys
2 1 (25.00%) Tenable