Berkshire Penetration Tester Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Penetration Tester role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire England London Reading South East Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent UK West Midlands	3 months to 28 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.063 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£375	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£400	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£500	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	3176	4463
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.225 %	4.454 %
Daily rates quoted	802	1426
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£352
Average daily rate	£365	£369
% change on same period last year	-1.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	228	442
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.11	£28.16
Average hourly rate	£24.73	£29.59
% change on same period last year	-16.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.36	£31.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.26 %
Penetration Tester South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Tester across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Penetration Tester across the Berkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-	1	£375	-

Penetration Tester South East

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Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Penetration Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) Penetration Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Wireless 2 1 (33.33 %) CESG 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows 2 1 (33.33 %) HP 2 1 (33.33 %) CISSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Penetration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) Wireless	Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) CESG
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Penetration Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared
Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) CISSP	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 1 1 (33.33 %) HP