Penetration Testing Contracts in the East of England

Penetration Testing
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 114 145
Rank change year-on-year +13 +31 -42
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 8 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.42% 0.48% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.55% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £488 £291 -
25th Percentile £563 £500 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £725 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £743 -
England median daily rate £600 £575 £586
% change year-on-year +4.35% -1.92% +14.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,654 1,812 2,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.37% 87.24% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 1,071 1,280
10th Percentile £225 £201 £185
25th Percentile £350 £313 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £568 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 599 346 391
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.34 £15.06 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +61.29% -11.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £38.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the East of England

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in the East of England

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Testing in the East of England

Penetration Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Penetration Testing in the East of England

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Hertfordshire +5 5 £700 -1.75% 1
Cambridgeshire +2 3 £675 +35.00%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Coordinator
1 3 (37.50%) Test Coordinator
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Audit Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) FMCG
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) Security Testing
2 3 (37.50%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) Blue Team
3 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Data Security
3 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (25.00%) Red Team
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk