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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 208 307
Rank change year-on-year +22 +99 +123
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 115 141 168
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.16% 0.92% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.05% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 108 126
10th Percentile £360 £420 £413
25th Percentile £456 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -7.27% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £650
90th Percentile £756 £725 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.06%
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 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
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% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

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 3 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 (1.74%) Apache
1 2 (1.74%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.83%) Azure
2 21 (18.26%) AWS
3 9 (7.83%) GCP
4 5 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.48%) Cloudflare
6 3 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (2.61%) GitHub
6 3 (2.61%) IaaS
6 3 (2.61%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.61%) SonarCloud
7 2 (1.74%) Akamai
7 2 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.74%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.74%) Azure AKS
7 2 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.87%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (20.87%) Firewall
2 17 (14.78%) Network Security
3 7 (6.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (4.35%) DNS
5 3 (2.61%) SMTP
5 3 (2.61%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.61%) VPN
5 3 (2.61%) WAN
6 2 (1.74%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.74%) DHCP
6 2 (1.74%) FTP
6 2 (1.74%) HTTP
6 2 (1.74%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.74%) tcpdump
6 2 (1.74%) Telnet
7 1 (0.87%) BGP
7 1 (0.87%) LAN
7 1 (0.87%) Modbus
7 1 (0.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) Power BI
2 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.61%) GitLab
1 3 (2.61%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.61%) Snyk
2 2 (1.74%) SonarQube
General
1 36 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 30 (26.09%) Finance
3 17 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.43%) Banking
5 6 (5.22%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.61%) Legal
7 3 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Aviation
8 2 (1.74%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.74%) French Language
8 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.74%) Police
8 2 (1.74%) Swedish Language
9 1 (0.87%) Back Office
9 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (13.91%) Analyst
2 14 (12.17%) Architect
2 14 (12.17%) Security Architect
3 12 (10.43%) Security Engineer
4 11 (9.57%) Security Manager
4 11 (9.57%) Senior
5 10 (8.70%) Security Analyst
6 7 (6.09%) Consultant
6 7 (6.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (6.09%) Project Manager
6 7 (6.09%) Vulnerability Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) Security Consultant
7 5 (4.35%) Security Project Manager
7 5 (4.35%) Senior Architect
7 5 (4.35%) Senior Security Architect
8 4 (3.48%) Operational Security Manager
8 4 (3.48%) Operations Manager
8 4 (3.48%) Security Operations Manager
8 4 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.48%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.74%) LDAP
2 1 (0.87%) .NET
2 1 (0.87%) ADO
2 1 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.87%) React
2 1 (0.87%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.52%) Security Posture
2 12 (10.43%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.22%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.22%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.48%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.48%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.74%) Life Science
6 2 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.74%) PMI
6 2 (1.74%) Robotics
7 1 (0.87%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.87%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.87%) PKI
7 1 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.91%) Windows
2 14 (12.17%) Linux
3 12 (10.43%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.87%) Solaris
5 1 (0.87%) Unix
5 1 (0.87%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (37.39%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (30.43%) Incident Response
3 28 (24.35%) SIEM
4 24 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (20.00%) Information Security
6 22 (19.13%) Cloud Security
6 22 (19.13%) Security Operations
7 20 (17.39%) Threat Modelling
8 19 (16.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 18 (15.65%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 17 (14.78%) Security Monitoring
11 16 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (13.91%) DevOps
12 15 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (12.17%) Data Loss Prevention
13 14 (12.17%) Penetration Testing
14 13 (11.30%) CI/CD
14 13 (11.30%) Risk Management
14 13 (11.30%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 12 (10.43%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.91%) Python
2 11 (9.57%) Bash
2 11 (9.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (1.74%) Ruby
4 1 (0.87%) Bicep
4 1 (0.87%) Java
4 1 (0.87%) PHP
4 1 (0.87%) SQL
4 1 (0.87%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (22.61%) CISSP
2 18 (15.65%) Security Cleared
3 17 (14.78%) SC Cleared
4 13 (11.30%) Degree
5 12 (10.43%) CISM
6 11 (9.57%) CEH
7 7 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (5.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (5.22%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.35%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.48%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.48%) CCSP
11 3 (2.61%) CCNA
11 3 (2.61%) CISA
11 3 (2.61%) GCIH
11 3 (2.61%) GIAC
12 2 (1.74%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (1.74%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.00%) NIST
2 18 (15.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (6.96%) GDPR
4 6 (5.22%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.22%) SLA
5 4 (3.48%) HIPAA
5 4 (3.48%) NCSC
6 2 (1.74%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (1.74%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.87%) COBIT
7 1 (0.87%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.87%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (2.61%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.74%) Docker
2 2 (1.74%) NFS
2 2 (1.74%) Samba
3 1 (0.87%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.83%) Ansible
1 9 (7.83%) Terraform
2 7 (6.09%) SCCM
3 5 (4.35%) Grafana
3 5 (4.35%) QRadar
4 4 (3.48%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.48%) Nessus
5 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.61%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.61%) Puppet
5 3 (2.61%) yum
6 2 (1.74%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.74%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.74%) WSUS
7 1 (0.87%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.87%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (16.52%) Qualys
2 18 (15.65%) Microsoft
3 12 (10.43%) Tenable
4 8 (6.96%) Splunk
4 8 (6.96%) VMware
5 7 (6.09%) Cisco
5 7 (6.09%) Palo Alto
5 7 (6.09%) ServiceNow
6 6 (5.22%) Rapid7
6 6 (5.22%) Red Hat
7 4 (3.48%) Google
7 4 (3.48%) Imperva
8 3 (2.61%) SAP
9 2 (1.74%) Ariba
9 2 (1.74%) Aruba
9 2 (1.74%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.74%) F5
9 2 (1.74%) HP
9 2 (1.74%) IBM
9 2 (1.74%) Ribbon