Vulnerability Scanning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Vulnerability Scanning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Vulnerability Scanning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Vulnerability Scanning 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 269 318 430
Rank change year-on-year +49 +112 +105
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Scanning 35 27 47
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 24 27
10th Percentile £350 £286 £517
25th Percentile £452 £419 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £556 £667
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% -16.60% +27.05%
75th Percentile £540 £609 £713
90th Percentile £645 £675 £784
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +15.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Vulnerability Scanning 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 Scanning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Vulnerability Scanning
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 Scanning.

Vulnerability Scanning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Scanning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Vulnerability Scanning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Scanning
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 Scanning.

Vulnerability Scanning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Vulnerability Scanning
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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Azure
2 8 (22.86%) AWS
3 6 (17.14%) Entra ID
4 5 (14.29%) IaaS
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (11.43%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (8.57%) GitHub
7 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (5.71%) GCP
7 2 (5.71%) OCI
7 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (2.86%) Amazon S3
8 1 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.86%) Serverless
8 1 (2.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (40.00%) Firewall
2 12 (34.29%) Network Security
3 6 (17.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (8.57%) HTTP
4 3 (8.57%) VPN
5 2 (5.71%) IPsec
6 1 (2.86%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) GitLab
2 4 (11.43%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.71%) SonarQube
4 1 (2.86%) CircleCI
4 1 (2.86%) Git
4 1 (2.86%) Snyk
General
1 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Finance
4 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.71%) Aviation
5 2 (5.71%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Police
5 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Security Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Security Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (11.43%) Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) ForgeRock Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Security Architect
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Security Technical Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Senior DevOps
6 2 (5.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (11.43%) PKI
2 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.71%) Robotics
3 1 (2.86%) NHS
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.29%) Linux
4 2 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (37.14%) Vulnerability Management
2 10 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 9 (25.71%) Cloud Security
3 9 (25.71%) Risk Assessment
4 8 (22.86%) CI/CD
4 8 (22.86%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (20.00%) Change Management
6 6 (17.14%) Business Continuity
6 6 (17.14%) DevOps
6 6 (17.14%) DevSecOps
6 6 (17.14%) Information Security
6 6 (17.14%) SIEM
6 6 (17.14%) Threat Modelling
7 5 (14.29%) Forensic Analysis
8 4 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (11.43%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (11.43%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) Python
2 10 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 4 (11.43%) Bash
4 3 (8.57%) Java
4 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) SC Cleared
1 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) CISSP
3 5 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 5 (14.29%) CISM
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (11.43%) CEH
5 3 (8.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) NIST
2 3 (8.57%) GDPR
2 3 (8.57%) HIPAA
2 3 (8.57%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.71%) SLA
4 1 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.86%) NCSC
4 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.43%) vSphere
3 3 (8.57%) Docker
3 3 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.43%) Grafana
2 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (11.43%) Terraform
3 3 (8.57%) Nessus
3 3 (8.57%) Progress Chef
4 2 (5.71%) Ansible
4 2 (5.71%) FortiGate
4 2 (5.71%) Prometheus
4 2 (5.71%) SCCM
5 1 (2.86%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
1 9 (25.71%) Tenable
2 6 (17.14%) Qualys
3 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.43%) VMware
4 3 (8.57%) ForgeRock
5 2 (5.71%) Oracle
5 2 (5.71%) Rapid7
5 2 (5.71%) Ribbon
6 1 (2.86%) CyberArk