Vulnerability Management Contract Job Trends in Wales

Vulnerability Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.66% - 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% - 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £341
25th Percentile £459 - £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - £406
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.75%
75th Percentile £479 - £455
90th Percentile £484 - £467
UK median daily rate £540 £527 £550
% change year-on-year +2.47% -4.18% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 455 279 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 75.46% 88.57% 72.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 181 196
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £293 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £405 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -14.74% -3.80%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £551
90th Percentile £680 £625 £631
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 36 44
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.65 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.75 £14.81 £15.48
Median hourly rate £22.00 £21.01 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +3.83% +3.82%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £50.44
90th Percentile £53.88 £28.74 £81.63
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.45%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Vulnerability Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Vulnerability Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Vulnerability Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 3 July 2026. 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
South Wales - 3 £468 - 13
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Kerberos
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Administrator
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (100.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) HND
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat