Offensive Security Contracts in England

Offensive Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Offensive Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Offensive Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 511 651 762
Rank change year-on-year +140 +111 -137
Contract jobs citing Offensive Security 24 12 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.024% 0.024%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.026% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 13
10th Percentile £525 £463 £503
25th Percentile £600 £513 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £650
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +5.77% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £688 - £747
UK median daily rate £650 £675 £608
% change year-on-year -3.70% +11.11% +58.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Offensive Security 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Offensive Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Offensive Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Offensive Security in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Offensive Security within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +105 15 £650 -5.45% 9
North of England +38 6 £650 - 2
Yorkshire +23 4 £650 - 1
Midlands - 2 £600 - 2
North East - 2 £625 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 2
South West - 1 - - 1
Offensive Security
UK

Offensive Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 5 (20.83%) Azure
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (8.33%) Firewall
2 2 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (4.17%) DHCP
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) FTP
3 1 (4.17%) HTTP
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.17%) tcpdump
3 1 (4.17%) Wireshark
General
1 8 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Legal
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Penetration Tester
1 9 (37.50%) Tester
2 6 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) IT Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Junior
5 2 (8.33%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Applications Tester
6 1 (4.17%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Mobile App
2 6 (25.00%) Operational Technology
3 5 (20.83%) Cyberattack
4 4 (16.67%) IoT
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (8.33%) Cloud Native
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (8.33%) Taxonomies
6 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 19 (79.17%) Windows
2 12 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (70.83%) Penetration Testing
3 13 (54.17%) Red Team
4 8 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 8 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 7 (29.17%) Application Security
5 7 (29.17%) Ethical Hacking
6 6 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 6 (25.00%) OWASP
6 6 (25.00%) Social Engineering
6 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (20.83%) Task Automation
7 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 3 (12.50%) SIEM
8 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
9 2 (8.33%) Change Control
9 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security
9 2 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 2 (8.33%) High Availability
9 2 (8.33%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) Python
2 6 (25.00%) C#
2 6 (25.00%) C++
2 6 (25.00%) Go
2 6 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) GIAC
2 15 (62.50%) OSCP
3 14 (58.33%) CREST Certified
4 10 (41.67%) GPEN
5 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 8 (33.33%) CEH
6 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
7 6 (25.00%) CHECK Team Leader
8 3 (12.50%) GCED
9 2 (8.33%) BC Cleared
9 2 (8.33%) CASP
9 2 (8.33%) CCNA
9 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (8.33%) Degree
9 2 (8.33%) GSEC
10 1 (4.17%) CCNP
10 1 (4.17%) CCSP
10 1 (4.17%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (45.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (4.17%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) Citrix
3 2 (8.33%) LogRhythm
3 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (8.33%) TippingPoint
3 2 (8.33%) Trend Micro