Penetration Testing Contracts in Cumbria

Penetration Testing
North West > Cumbria

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 3.97% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £661 - -
25th Percentile £666 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £669 - -
75th Percentile £670 - -
90th Percentile £689 - -
North West median daily rate £666 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +26.86% - +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 241 62 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 95.63% 92.54% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 35 40
10th Percentile £425 £365 £309
25th Percentile £490 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -2.63% +35.71%
75th Percentile £667 £494 £538
90th Percentile £725 £670 £576
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 8 21
10th Percentile - £42.03 £19.50
25th Percentile £10.95 £52.20 £37.52
Median hourly rate £13.00 £55.94 £49.53
Median % change year-on-year -76.76% +12.94% +23.83%
75th Percentile £44.74 £83.40 £58.75
90th Percentile £52.43 - £65.00
North West median hourly rate £21.56 £35.50 £20.75
% change year-on-year -39.28% +71.13% +12.14%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Cumbria

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 2 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 9 £669 -
Penetration Testing
North West

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Architect
1 10 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 10 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 10 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 10 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 10 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 10 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 10 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (100.00%) NIST