Security Testing Contracts in England

Security Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 463 554
Rank change year-on-year +117 +91 -49
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 196 194 230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.38% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.43% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 121 170
10th Percentile £463 £450 £378
25th Percentile £550 £511 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £659
90th Percentile £780 £800 £828
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
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 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £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 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
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 Security Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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 +110 102 £650 +7.22% 18
South East +54 64 £550 -8.33% 3
North of England +26 12 £475 -17.39% 13
North West +22 11 £475 -17.39% 7
South West +19 6 £580 -2.32% 4
Midlands +7 5 £538 -10.42% 7
West Midlands +11 4 £650 -0.95% 6
East of England +6 3 £700 - 3
Yorkshire +21 1 - - 6
East Midlands +19 1 £355 -40.83% 1
Security Testing
UK

Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (6.63%) Apache
1 13 (6.63%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (4.59%) nginx
3 4 (2.04%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.02%) CMS
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 54 (27.55%) SaaS
2 48 (24.49%) IaaS
3 47 (23.98%) PaaS
4 43 (21.94%) Azure
5 33 (16.84%) AWS
6 22 (11.22%) Serverless
7 13 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (6.12%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (4.59%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
9 9 (4.59%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.55%) Azure API Management
11 5 (2.55%) Azure Functions
11 5 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.55%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.55%) OpenShift
12 4 (2.04%) Azure Cognitive Search
Communications & Networking
1 33 (16.84%) 5G
1 33 (16.84%) Broadband
2 20 (10.20%) VPN
3 19 (9.69%) BGP
4 18 (9.18%) Firewall
5 13 (6.63%) Ethernet VPN
5 13 (6.63%) MPLS
6 12 (6.12%) Radio Access Network
7 8 (4.08%) LAN
7 8 (4.08%) WAN
7 8 (4.08%) WLAN
8 7 (3.57%) Wireless
9 6 (3.06%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (3.06%) OSPF
10 5 (2.55%) Cisco Wireless
10 5 (2.55%) IPsec
11 3 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.02%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.69%) NoSQL
2 12 (6.12%) MongoDB
2 12 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.57%) Oracle Database
4 6 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.53%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.51%) Big Data
6 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.51%) HDInsight
6 1 (0.51%) MySQL
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (10.71%) JIRA
2 20 (10.20%) Git
3 19 (9.69%) GitLab
4 16 (8.16%) TestRail
5 13 (6.63%) Robot Framework
6 11 (5.61%) Jenkins
6 11 (5.61%) Visual Studio
7 6 (3.06%) Postman
8 5 (2.55%) NUnit
8 5 (2.55%) Selenium
9 4 (2.04%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.53%) Burp Suite
10 3 (1.53%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.53%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.53%) FitNesse
10 3 (1.53%) JMeter
10 3 (1.53%) LoadRunner
10 3 (1.53%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.51%) webpack
General
1 35 (17.86%) Finance
1 35 (17.86%) Law
2 34 (17.35%) Organisational Skills
3 32 (16.33%) Social Skills
4 23 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.65%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.12%) Banking
6 12 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.57%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.53%) Back Office
9 3 (1.53%) Electronics
9 3 (1.53%) Front Office
9 3 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.53%) Marketing
10 2 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.51%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (22.45%) Tester
2 36 (18.37%) Penetration Tester
3 33 (16.84%) Security Penetration Tester
3 33 (16.84%) Security Specialist
3 33 (16.84%) Security Tester
3 33 (16.84%) Testing Specialist
4 28 (14.29%) Architect
5 26 (13.27%) Senior
6 23 (11.73%) Test Engineer
7 19 (9.69%) Developer
7 19 (9.69%) Security Architect
8 12 (6.12%) Lead
8 12 (6.12%) Project Manager
8 12 (6.12%) Security Manager
9 11 (5.61%) Network Engineer
10 10 (5.10%) Consultant
10 10 (5.10%) Security Engineer
10 10 (5.10%) Security Project Manager
11 9 (4.59%) Senior Architect
11 9 (4.59%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (16.84%) Web Services
2 23 (11.73%) REST
3 20 (10.20%) SOAP
4 16 (8.16%) CSS
5 15 (7.65%) HTML
6 13 (6.63%) NETCONF
6 13 (6.63%) RESTCONF
7 12 (6.12%) YANG
8 11 (5.61%) Sass
9 10 (5.10%) AngularJS
9 10 (5.10%) Laravel
9 10 (5.10%) WebSockets
10 9 (4.59%) Node.js
11 8 (4.08%) .NET
12 7 (3.57%) Playwright
13 5 (2.55%) ARM Templates
13 5 (2.55%) GraphQL
13 5 (2.55%) XML
14 4 (2.04%) ActiveMQ
14 4 (2.04%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 46 (23.47%) Mobile App
2 18 (9.18%) Security Posture
3 15 (7.65%) IoT
4 12 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.55%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.55%) PKI
5 5 (2.55%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.53%) PMI
7 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.02%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.02%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.51%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.51%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.51%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.67%) Linux
2 9 (4.59%) Unix
3 8 (4.08%) Windows
4 6 (3.06%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (3.06%) Solaris
4 6 (3.06%) VMS
5 5 (2.55%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.51%) CentOS
7 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (38.78%) Application Security
2 67 (34.18%) Test Automation
3 61 (31.12%) Cybersecurity
4 55 (28.06%) CI/CD
5 50 (25.51%) Agile
6 48 (24.49%) Penetration Testing
7 44 (22.45%) DevOps
7 44 (22.45%) OWASP
8 41 (20.92%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (18.37%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 34 (17.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 33 (16.84%) DevSecOps
12 31 (15.82%) Static Application Security Testing
13 25 (12.76%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
13 25 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (12.24%) Performance Testing
14 24 (12.24%) Scrum
15 23 (11.73%) Integration Testing
15 23 (11.73%) SDLC
16 19 (9.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.80%) SQL
2 26 (13.27%) Python
3 18 (9.18%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.65%) PHP
5 9 (4.59%) TypeScript
6 8 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.06%) Java
8 4 (2.04%) C#
9 3 (1.53%) C
10 2 (1.02%) Bash
10 2 (1.02%) C++
10 2 (1.02%) Perl
10 2 (1.02%) Ruby
10 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (26.53%) Security Cleared
2 36 (18.37%) CREST Certified
3 35 (17.86%) OSCP
4 34 (17.35%) GIAC
4 34 (17.35%) SANS
5 33 (16.84%) GPEN
6 25 (12.76%) Degree
7 18 (9.18%) SC Cleared
8 14 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (6.63%) CISSP
10 11 (5.61%) CISM
11 7 (3.57%) CISA
12 6 (3.06%) ISTQB
13 4 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (1.53%) PMI Certification
15 2 (1.02%) CEH
15 2 (1.02%) CTC Cleared
15 2 (1.02%) ISEB
15 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
16 1 (0.51%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (21.43%) PCI DSS
2 37 (18.88%) GDPR
3 34 (17.35%) NCSC
4 26 (13.27%) Accessibility
5 22 (11.22%) NIST
6 13 (6.63%) QA
7 9 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (2.04%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.53%) Software Quality Assurance
10 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.02%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (13.78%) Docker
2 7 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.06%) KVM
3 6 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.55%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (11.73%) Terraform
2 12 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.10%) Ansible
4 6 (3.06%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.02%) Grafana
5 2 (1.02%) Puppet
5 2 (1.02%) SCCM
6 1 (0.51%) Graylog
6 1 (0.51%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.51%) Kibana
6 1 (0.51%) Nagios
6 1 (0.51%) Nessus
6 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.51%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 33 (16.84%) Virgin Media
2 20 (10.20%) Microsoft
3 17 (8.67%) Oracle
4 10 (5.10%) VMware
5 8 (4.08%) SAP
6 7 (3.57%) Cisco
6 7 (3.57%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.06%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.06%) Juniper
8 5 (2.55%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (2.55%) Rapid7
8 5 (2.55%) Sophos
9 4 (2.04%) Google
9 4 (2.04%) MuleSoft
9 4 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.04%) WSO2
10 3 (1.53%) Checkmarx
10 3 (1.53%) Qualys
10 3 (1.53%) Veracode
11 2 (1.02%) Databricks