Hybrid/Remote OpenVAS Contract Job Trends

OpenVAS
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OpenVAS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenVAS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.017% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
UK median daily rate £400 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

OpenVAS falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,707 1,578 1,675
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.36% 15.58% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 1,144 1,257
10th Percentile £363 £380 £356
25th Percentile £431 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +0.67% -7.24%
75th Percentile £606 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 24
10th Percentile £36.18 £16.10 £21.96
25th Percentile £50.31 £25.50 £39.44
Median hourly rate £69.00 £40.88 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year +68.81% -14.40% -27.65%
75th Percentile £77.13 £64.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £97.40 £71.38 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.48 £30.00
% change year-on-year +107.74% -11.75% -47.83%

OpenVAS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OpenVAS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OpenVAS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OpenVAS
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OpenVAS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OpenVAS

OpenVAS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Gamification
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Qualys
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (50.00%) Google