Vulnerability Management Contracts

Vulnerability Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 313 459
Rank change year-on-year +46 +146 -5
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 342 449 439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.79% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.88% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 328 338
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £425 £456 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -4.06% +12.13%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £517
% change year-on-year -6.36% +6.38% +7.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -5.74%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £32.50
90th Percentile - - £37.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £25.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Vulnerability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management.

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Management in the UK

Vulnerability Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Vulnerability Management within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +35 291 £550 -4.35% 146
London +66 153 £575 +2.22% 60
UK excluding London +24 153 £515 -6.36% 96
Work from Home +81 137 £500 -9.09% 64
South East +70 66 £450 -21.74% 37
Scotland +43 26 £515 +12.94% 4
South West -15 23 £550 +10.00% 14
Midlands -1 18 £438 -27.08% 12
West Midlands +7 16 £438 -23.91% 9
East of England +7 14 £688 +52.78% 6
North of England +6 12 £567 -1.39% 21
Yorkshire +6 7 £550 -8.33% 14
North West +3 5 £659 +19.08% 7
Wales +16 2 £406 -18.75% 2
East Midlands +9 2 £596 -1.65% 3

Vulnerability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (3.22%) Confluence
2 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.58%) IIS
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 61 (17.84%) Azure
2 41 (11.99%) AWS
3 26 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.09%) GCP
6 11 (3.22%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (2.92%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.63%) GitHub
9 7 (2.05%) SaaS
10 6 (1.75%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.75%) IaaS
10 6 (1.75%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.75%) PaaS
10 6 (1.75%) Rubrik
11 5 (1.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.46%) Slack
11 5 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 63 (18.42%) Firewall
2 33 (9.65%) DNS
3 20 (5.85%) Network Security
4 18 (5.26%) DHCP
5 15 (4.39%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.34%) Internet
6 8 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (2.05%) VLAN
7 7 (2.05%) VPN
8 6 (1.75%) Kerberos
8 6 (1.75%) NAS
8 6 (1.75%) SAN
8 6 (1.75%) WAN
9 5 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.46%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.17%) LAN
10 4 (1.17%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.88%) OSPF
11 3 (0.88%) SCCP
11 3 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.09%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.92%) Power BI
3 6 (1.75%) Apache Hive
3 6 (1.75%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.17%) Metadata
4 4 (1.17%) Tableau
5 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.58%) Big Data
5 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.58%) Bigtable
5 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.58%) HBase
5 2 (0.58%) IBM BigInsights
5 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.58%) Parquet
5 2 (0.58%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 21 (6.14%) JIRA
2 11 (3.22%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.75%) Git
3 6 (1.75%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.46%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.17%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (1.17%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (0.58%) GitLab
6 2 (0.58%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 81 (23.68%) Finance
2 49 (14.33%) Social Skills
3 38 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.26%) Banking
6 15 (4.39%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.09%) Legal
8 13 (3.80%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.75%) Electronics
10 6 (1.75%) Marketing
11 5 (1.46%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Retail
12 3 (0.88%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Advertising
13 1 (0.29%) Automotive
13 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (24.27%) Analyst
2 42 (12.28%) Security Engineer
3 35 (10.23%) SOC Analyst
4 34 (9.94%) Consultant
5 28 (8.19%) Security Analyst
6 23 (6.73%) Lead
6 23 (6.73%) Security Consultant
6 23 (6.73%) Security Manager
7 22 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (6.43%) Senior
7 22 (6.43%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 21 (6.14%) Architect
9 19 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 18 (5.26%) Security Architect
11 16 (4.68%) Vulnerability Specialist
12 15 (4.39%) Project Manager
12 15 (4.39%) Security Specialist
13 13 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 12 (3.51%) Security Project Manager
14 12 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.75%) LDAP
2 5 (1.46%) Kafka
3 4 (1.17%) OLE
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Avro
4 2 (0.58%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.58%) EDI
4 2 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.08%) Management Information System
2 32 (9.36%) Security Posture
3 24 (7.02%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 16 (4.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 14 (4.09%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.92%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (2.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.63%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.05%) Clustering
9 7 (2.05%) Replication
10 6 (1.75%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.46%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.46%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.17%) IoT
12 4 (1.17%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.17%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 74 (21.64%) Windows
2 52 (15.20%) Linux
3 45 (13.16%) Windows Server
4 16 (4.68%) Unix
5 14 (4.09%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.92%) Mac OS X
6 10 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (2.05%) VMS
8 6 (1.75%) Oracle Linux
8 6 (1.75%) Solaris
9 3 (0.88%) zOS
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.47%) Cybersecurity
2 111 (32.46%) SIEM
3 92 (26.90%) Information Security
4 91 (26.61%) Security Operations
5 86 (25.15%) Incident Response
6 50 (14.62%) Risk Management
7 44 (12.87%) Incident Management
8 42 (12.28%) Data Security
9 38 (11.11%) Application Security
10 36 (10.53%) Data Loss Prevention
10 36 (10.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 35 (10.23%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 33 (9.65%) Cloud Security
12 33 (9.65%) Penetration Testing
13 31 (9.06%) Static Application Security Testing
14 30 (8.77%) Threat Intelligence
15 29 (8.48%) Security Monitoring
16 27 (7.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 26 (7.60%) DevOps
17 26 (7.60%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.43%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.92%) Python
3 6 (1.75%) Bash
4 4 (1.17%) Go
4 4 (1.17%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.17%) SQL
5 2 (0.58%) U-SQL
6 1 (0.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 56 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 32 (9.36%) CISSP
3 31 (9.06%) SC Cleared
4 26 (7.60%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.26%) Degree
6 17 (4.97%) CISM
7 8 (2.34%) ISACA
8 6 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.75%) GIAC
9 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.88%) CEH
9 3 (0.88%) CISA
9 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.88%) CRISC
10 2 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.58%) CCSP
10 2 (0.58%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.58%) GCIH
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (16.37%) NIST
2 51 (14.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (10.53%) GDPR
4 15 (4.39%) PCI DSS
5 11 (3.22%) COBIT
5 11 (3.22%) HIPAA
6 10 (2.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (2.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (2.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (1.75%) NIST 800
10 6 (1.75%) SLA
11 5 (1.46%) NCSC
12 4 (1.17%) QA
13 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.58%) GRC
15 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 46 (13.45%) Active Directory
2 33 (9.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (3.80%) XenApp
4 6 (1.75%) Docker
5 5 (1.46%) Firmware
6 4 (1.17%) Snort
7 3 (0.88%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (7.31%) SCCM
2 17 (4.97%) Ansible
3 12 (3.51%) Terraform
4 11 (3.22%) Nessus
5 9 (2.63%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.75%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (1.75%) Kibana
7 6 (1.75%) Netcool
7 6 (1.75%) Tivoli
7 6 (1.75%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (1.46%) CASB
9 4 (1.17%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.17%) Puppet
9 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (0.58%) logstash
11 2 (0.58%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.58%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.58%) Salt
Vendors
1 97 (28.36%) Microsoft
2 76 (22.22%) Qualys
3 48 (14.04%) VMware
4 26 (7.60%) Splunk
5 21 (6.14%) Varonis
6 16 (4.68%) Forcepoint
6 16 (4.68%) LogRhythm
7 15 (4.39%) Cisco
8 14 (4.09%) Citrix
9 10 (2.92%) Rapid7
9 10 (2.92%) ServiceNow
10 9 (2.63%) Google
11 8 (2.34%) CA
11 8 (2.34%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (2.34%) IBM
11 8 (2.34%) Ivanti
11 8 (2.34%) SAP
11 8 (2.34%) Veeam
12 7 (2.05%) CyberArk
12 7 (2.05%) Veracode