Vulnerability Management Contracts in London

Vulnerability Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 237 316
Rank change year-on-year +22 +79 +52
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 142 162 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.09% 0.92% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.04% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 119 132
10th Percentile £313 £380 £450
25th Percentile £467 £428 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £767 £790
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.62 £57.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year -24.14% +119.05% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,977 15,594 22,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.54% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,005 11,122 16,627
10th Percentile £335 £343 £372
25th Percentile £425 £448 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 302 259
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.95 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.02 £23.18
Median hourly rate £32.25 £30.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -25.93% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.70 £68.68 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in London

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in London

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in London

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Vulnerability Management in London

Vulnerability Management
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 2 July 2025. 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
Central London +3 16 £536 -17.54% 60
East London +13 7 £585 +32.95% 2
West London +10 5 £525 +23.53% 13
South London - 4 £625 - 1
Vulnerability Management
England

Vulnerability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.52%) CMS
2 3 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Apache
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 53 (37.32%) Azure
2 25 (17.61%) AWS
3 15 (10.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.63%) GCP
6 6 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (4.23%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.23%) Serverless
7 5 (3.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (3.52%) SaaS
8 4 (2.82%) AWS KMS
8 4 (2.82%) IaaS
8 4 (2.82%) PaaS
9 3 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 3 (2.11%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (2.11%) GitHub
9 3 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (22.54%) Firewall
2 29 (20.42%) Network Security
3 9 (6.34%) VPN
4 6 (4.23%) WAN
5 4 (2.82%) HTTP
5 4 (2.82%) SD-WAN
6 3 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.41%) LAN
7 2 (1.41%) SAN
7 2 (1.41%) SSL
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.70%) DNS
8 1 (0.70%) Internet
8 1 (0.70%) MPLS
8 1 (0.70%) NAS
8 1 (0.70%) SMTP
8 1 (0.70%) Wireless
8 1 (0.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.70%) MySQL
2 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.70%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.82%) GitLab
1 4 (2.82%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.11%) JIRA
2 3 (2.11%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.41%) Snyk
4 1 (0.70%) CircleCI
General
1 40 (28.17%) Finance
2 36 (25.35%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (10.56%) Banking
4 13 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.23%) Legal
6 4 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.82%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.41%) French Language
8 2 (1.41%) Law
8 2 (1.41%) Marketing
9 1 (0.70%) Back Office
9 1 (0.70%) Front Office
9 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.70%) Military
9 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (23.24%) Architect
2 29 (20.42%) Security Architect
3 17 (11.97%) Analyst
4 15 (10.56%) Lead
4 15 (10.56%) Security Engineer
4 15 (10.56%) Senior
5 10 (7.04%) Senior Architect
5 10 (7.04%) Senior Security Architect
6 9 (6.34%) Consultant
7 8 (5.63%) IT Architect
7 8 (5.63%) IT Security Architect
8 7 (4.93%) Security Manager
9 6 (4.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (4.23%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.23%) Security Analyst
9 6 (4.23%) SOC Analyst
10 5 (3.52%) IT Manager
10 5 (3.52%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.11%) .NET
1 3 (2.11%) React
2 2 (1.41%) Node.js
3 1 (0.70%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.70%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.70%) EDI
3 1 (0.70%) Kafka
3 1 (0.70%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.70%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (21.13%) Security Posture
2 19 (13.38%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.63%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (4.93%) PKI
5 5 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.52%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.82%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.41%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.41%) Insider Threat
7 2 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.41%) Shadow IT
8 1 (0.70%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.70%) NHS
8 1 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.68%) Windows
2 12 (8.45%) Linux
2 12 (8.45%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.82%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.70%) Android
4 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (38.03%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (33.10%) Incident Response
3 46 (32.39%) SIEM
4 39 (27.46%) Cloud Security
5 36 (25.35%) Security Operations
6 32 (22.54%) Information Security
7 29 (20.42%) Penetration Testing
8 27 (19.01%) Threat Intelligence
9 26 (18.31%) Security Architecture
10 24 (16.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 23 (16.20%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 22 (15.49%) Data Loss Prevention
13 21 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (13.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 19 (13.38%) Identity Access Management
15 18 (12.68%) DevOps
15 18 (12.68%) Risk Management
15 18 (12.68%) Threat Modelling
16 17 (11.97%) Patch Management
17 16 (11.27%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.49%) PowerShell
1 22 (15.49%) Python
2 12 (8.45%) Bash
3 7 (4.93%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (2.11%) Java
4 3 (2.11%) PHP
4 3 (2.11%) SQL
4 3 (2.11%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.70%) Bicep
5 1 (0.70%) Go
5 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (24.65%) CISSP
2 26 (18.31%) SC Cleared
2 26 (18.31%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.68%) Degree
4 14 (9.86%) CISM
5 13 (9.15%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (8.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (7.75%) CEH
8 10 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (7.04%) GCIH
9 9 (6.34%) CCSP
9 9 (6.34%) GIAC
10 5 (3.52%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.52%) CREST Certified
10 5 (3.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (3.52%) SANS
11 4 (2.82%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.82%) CESG Certified Professional
11 4 (2.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (29.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (26.06%) NIST
3 19 (13.38%) GDPR
4 12 (8.45%) SLA
5 10 (7.04%) HIPAA
5 10 (7.04%) PCI DSS
6 8 (5.63%) GRC
7 6 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (4.23%) NCSC
8 3 (2.11%) QA
8 3 (2.11%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.70%) COBIT
10 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.70%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.52%) Docker
4 2 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (7.75%) Terraform
2 9 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.93%) Nessus
3 7 (4.93%) SCCM
4 3 (2.11%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.41%) Grafana
5 2 (1.41%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.41%) QRadar
5 2 (1.41%) SELinux
5 2 (1.41%) WSUS
6 1 (0.70%) Ansible
6 1 (0.70%) Argo
6 1 (0.70%) Cilium
6 1 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.70%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.70%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.70%) logstash
6 1 (0.70%) Puppet
6 1 (0.70%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (33.80%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.08%) Qualys
3 15 (10.56%) Tenable
4 13 (9.15%) ServiceNow
5 10 (7.04%) Cisco
6 8 (5.63%) Google
7 6 (4.23%) Splunk
8 5 (3.52%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (2.11%) Oracle
10 3 (2.11%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.11%) SAP
11 2 (1.41%) Ariba
11 2 (1.41%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.41%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.41%) Darktrace
11 2 (1.41%) LogRhythm
11 2 (1.41%) Rapid7
11 2 (1.41%) Tripwire
11 2 (1.41%) VMware
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