Penetration Testing Contracts in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 156 167
Rank change year-on-year +40 +11 -18
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 10 16 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.46% 0.44% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.48% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 16
10th Percentile £438 £423 -
25th Percentile £521 £525 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% +4.65% -14.00%
75th Percentile £725 £684 £631
90th Percentile £758 £808 £700
Central London median daily rate £700 £563 £538
% change year-on-year +24.44% +4.65% -14.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Penetration Testing 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 advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,989 3,335 3,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.53% 91.72% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,408 2,250 2,941
10th Percentile £363 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 42
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.03 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -14.63% +128.09%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (40.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Operations Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) PKI
2 2 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (10.00%) CSOC
3 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 5 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (40.00%) SIEM
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Application Security
4 3 (30.00%) Data Encryption
4 3 (30.00%) Database Security
4 3 (30.00%) Key Management
4 3 (30.00%) Security Auditing
4 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (20.00%) ERP
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (10.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) C++
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CISM
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) CRISC
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Intel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft