Vulnerability Remediation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Vulnerability Remediation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Remediation 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 271 302 447
Rank change year-on-year +31 +145 +142
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 33 43 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.28% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.32% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 37 20
10th Percentile £208 £398 £348
25th Percentile £429 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £738 £619 £628
90th Percentile £800 £730 £686
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Vulnerability Remediation 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 Remediation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Remediation.

Vulnerability Remediation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Vulnerability Remediation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Remediation
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 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (21.21%) Entra ID
4 6 (18.18%) AWS
5 4 (12.12%) Cloudflare
6 3 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (6.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (6.06%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (6.06%) Mimecast
7 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (3.03%) GitHub
8 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) Internet
2 3 (9.09%) iSCSI
2 3 (9.09%) LAN
2 3 (9.09%) Network Security
2 3 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (9.09%) WAN
2 3 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (9.09%) Wireless
3 2 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.03%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Artifactory
1 1 (3.03%) Snyk
1 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 5 (15.15%) Banking
3 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Senior
2 7 (21.21%) Architect
2 7 (21.21%) Security Architect
3 6 (18.18%) Security Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Senior Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Senior Security Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) IT Architect
5 3 (9.09%) IT Security Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Support
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) IVR
2 3 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Clustering
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (42.42%) Windows
2 9 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 6 (18.18%) Linux
4 3 (9.09%) Android
4 3 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.03%) Unix
5 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Vulnerability Management
2 11 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 11 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 9 (27.27%) SIEM
4 8 (24.24%) Incident Response
5 7 (21.21%) Security Monitoring
6 6 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (18.18%) Information Security
6 6 (18.18%) ITIL
6 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (15.15%) Architectural Design
7 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (15.15%) Security Architecture
7 5 (15.15%) Security Operations
7 5 (15.15%) Security Patching
7 5 (15.15%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (12.12%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) CISSP
3 3 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (9.09%) Degree
4 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.03%) CISM
5 1 (3.03%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (3.03%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) SLA
2 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.06%) NCSC
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (21.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (6.06%) Docker
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) SCCM
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.12%) Terraform
3 2 (6.06%) Nessus
4 1 (3.03%) CASB
4 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Qualys
3 3 (9.09%) Apple
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle
4 2 (6.06%) Rapid7
4 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.06%) Tenable
5 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.03%) Forcepoint
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.03%) Splunk
5 1 (3.03%) Sybase
5 1 (3.03%) Veracode