Vulnerability Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Vulnerability Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 442 502
Rank change year-on-year +53 +60 -60
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Analyst 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.018% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.019% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £410 £500 £433
25th Percentile £425 £538 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +26.32% +18.75%
75th Percentile £475 - £494
90th Percentile £490 - £498
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +21.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,126 21,496 29,151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 94.27% 95.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,597 14,946 20,454
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,384 1,087 1,426
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.02 £14.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Vulnerability Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Vulnerability Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Analyst in the UK excluding London

Vulnerability Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +19 1 £425 -29.17%
West Midlands +14 1 £425 -29.17%
East of England +8 1 £500 -
South East +6 1 £450 -5.26% 1
Vulnerability Analyst
UK

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Vulnerability Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Qualys
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Rapid7
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Nessus
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Nagios
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills

Vulnerability Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
2 1 (33.33%) Nagios
2 1 (33.33%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Qualys
2 2 (66.67%) Rapid7
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk