Vulnerability Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Vulnerability Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Vulnerability Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 207 310
Rank change year-on-year +17 +103 +128
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 114 140 171
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 0.91% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.04% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 107 126
10th Percentile £383 £423 £413
25th Percentile £457 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £569
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -10.33% +0.66%
75th Percentile £639 £634 £685
90th Percentile £759 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £63.25 - £27.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Vulnerability Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Vulnerability Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Vulnerability Management.

Vulnerability Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Vulnerability Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Vulnerability Management.

Vulnerability Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.75%) Apache
2 1 (0.88%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 31 (27.19%) Azure
2 21 (18.42%) AWS
3 9 (7.89%) GCP
4 6 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.51%) Cloudflare
6 3 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (2.63%) GitHub
6 3 (2.63%) IaaS
6 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.63%) SonarCloud
7 2 (1.75%) Akamai
7 2 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.75%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.75%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (20.18%) Firewall
2 18 (15.79%) Network Security
3 7 (6.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (4.39%) DNS
5 3 (2.63%) SMTP
5 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.63%) WAN
6 2 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.75%) DHCP
6 2 (1.75%) FTP
6 2 (1.75%) HTTP
6 2 (1.75%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.75%) tcpdump
6 2 (1.75%) Telnet
6 2 (1.75%) VPN
7 1 (0.88%) BGP
7 1 (0.88%) LAN
7 1 (0.88%) Modbus
7 1 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.63%) GitLab
1 3 (2.63%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.63%) Snyk
2 2 (1.75%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 30 (26.32%) Finance
3 18 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.53%) Banking
5 7 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.63%) Legal
6 3 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.75%) Aviation
7 2 (1.75%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (1.75%) French Language
7 2 (1.75%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.75%) Police
7 2 (1.75%) Swedish Language
8 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (14.04%) Analyst
2 14 (12.28%) Architect
2 14 (12.28%) Security Architect
3 12 (10.53%) Security Engineer
4 11 (9.65%) Security Manager
4 11 (9.65%) Senior
5 10 (8.77%) Security Analyst
6 8 (7.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (6.14%) Consultant
7 7 (6.14%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.14%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 5 (4.39%) Security Consultant
8 5 (4.39%) Security Project Manager
8 5 (4.39%) Senior Architect
8 5 (4.39%) Senior Security Architect
9 4 (3.51%) Operational Security Manager
9 4 (3.51%) Security Operations Manager
9 4 (3.51%) Security Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.51%) Security Technical Architect
9 4 (3.51%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) LDAP
2 1 (0.88%) .NET
2 1 (0.88%) ADO
2 1 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.88%) React
2 1 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.54%) Security Posture
2 12 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (4.39%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.39%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.51%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.75%) Life Science
6 2 (1.75%) PMI
6 2 (1.75%) Robotics
7 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.88%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.88%) PKI
7 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.16%) Windows
2 13 (11.40%) Linux
3 11 (9.65%) Windows Server
4 8 (7.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Solaris
5 1 (0.88%) Unix
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (37.72%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (29.82%) Incident Response
3 28 (24.56%) SIEM
4 25 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (20.18%) Information Security
5 23 (20.18%) Security Operations
6 22 (19.30%) Cloud Security
7 20 (17.54%) Threat Modelling
8 19 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 18 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
9 18 (15.79%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 17 (14.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (14.04%) DevOps
11 16 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (13.16%) Data Loss Prevention
13 14 (12.28%) Penetration Testing
13 14 (12.28%) Risk Management
14 13 (11.40%) Identity Access Management
14 13 (11.40%) Threat Intelligence
14 13 (11.40%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.04%) Python
2 11 (9.65%) Bash
2 11 (9.65%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.75%) Ruby
4 1 (0.88%) Bicep
4 1 (0.88%) Java
4 1 (0.88%) PHP
4 1 (0.88%) SQL
4 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (23.68%) CISSP
2 18 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.91%) SC Cleared
4 13 (11.40%) CISM
4 13 (11.40%) Degree
5 11 (9.65%) CEH
6 7 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (6.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.39%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.51%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.51%) CCSP
10 3 (2.63%) CCNA
10 3 (2.63%) CISA
10 3 (2.63%) GCIH
10 3 (2.63%) GIAC
10 3 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (1.75%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.18%) NIST
2 19 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.02%) GDPR
4 6 (5.26%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.26%) SLA
5 4 (3.51%) HIPAA
5 4 (3.51%) NCSC
6 2 (1.75%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (1.75%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.88%) COBIT
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.88%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.75%) Docker
2 2 (1.75%) NFS
2 2 (1.75%) Samba
3 1 (0.88%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Ansible
1 9 (7.89%) Terraform
2 6 (5.26%) SCCM
3 5 (4.39%) Grafana
3 5 (4.39%) QRadar
4 4 (3.51%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.63%) Nessus
5 3 (2.63%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.63%) Puppet
5 3 (2.63%) yum
6 2 (1.75%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.75%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.88%) CASB
7 1 (0.88%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.79%) Qualys
3 12 (10.53%) Tenable
4 8 (7.02%) Splunk
4 8 (7.02%) VMware
5 7 (6.14%) Cisco
5 7 (6.14%) Palo Alto
5 7 (6.14%) ServiceNow
6 6 (5.26%) Rapid7
6 6 (5.26%) Red Hat
7 4 (3.51%) Google
7 4 (3.51%) Imperva
8 3 (2.63%) SAP
9 2 (1.75%) Ariba
9 2 (1.75%) Aruba
9 2 (1.75%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.75%) F5
9 2 (1.75%) HP
9 2 (1.75%) IBM
9 2 (1.75%) Ribbon