Vulnerability Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Vulnerability Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Vulnerability Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 470 622
Rank change year-on-year +134 +152 -149
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 10 2 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.065% 0.008% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.008% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £398 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £497 - -
90th Percentile £509 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +18.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,287 24,650 42,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.33% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,551 17,415 30,835
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +2.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £748 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 564 611
10th Percentile £14.27 £18.50 £13.12
25th Percentile £22.84 £26.19 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

Vulnerability Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Vulnerability Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Vulnerability Analyst.

Vulnerability Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Vulnerability Analyst over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Vulnerability Analyst daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Vulnerability Analyst 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 8 (80.00%) Qualys
3 6 (60.00%) Information Security
4 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (50.00%) Power BI
5 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (40.00%) Finance
5 4 (40.00%) CISM
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) CISSP
5 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (30.00%) Rapid7
6 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (30.00%) Patch Management
6 3 (30.00%) Security Patching
7 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 1 (10.00%) Workflow
8 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
8 1 (10.00%) Sophos
8 1 (10.00%) Nmap

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (60.00%) Information Security
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (30.00%) Patch Management
4 3 (30.00%) Security Patching
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CISM
1 4 (40.00%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Samba
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Nessus
1 1 (10.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Qualys
2 3 (30.00%) Rapid7
3 1 (10.00%) Sophos
3 1 (10.00%) Veeam