Penetration Testing Contracts in Hertfordshire

Penetration Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 70 71
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -15
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 5 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.61% 0.49% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.56% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £518 £639 -
25th Percentile £619 £659 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £713 £650
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +9.62% -
75th Percentile £725 £759 £675
90th Percentile - £776 -
East of England median daily rate £700 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 740 712 682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.13% 86.62% 86.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 383 404
10th Percentile £237 £240 £202
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £701 £785 £688
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £467
% change year-on-year - +1.82% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 155 83
10th Percentile £38.12 £25.18 £20.20
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.63 £39.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +27.83% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.40 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -11.43%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Hertfordshire

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Hertfordshire

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Testing in Hertfordshire

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Watford - 2 £576 -
Welwyn Garden City +2 1 - - 1
Penetration Testing
East of England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Coordinator
1 3 (60.00%) Test Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) FMCG
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management