Security Testing Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

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

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 64 68
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 3 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.36% 0.79% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.91% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £523 £445
25th Percentile £675 £631 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £825 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +65.00% -
75th Percentile £725 £838 £556
90th Percentile - - £575
East of England median daily rate £700 £825 £498
% change year-on-year -15.15% +65.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 735 656 674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.02% 86.77% 87.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 339 400
10th Percentile £219 £260 £199
25th Percentile £314 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £701
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 149 78
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £18.88
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.75 £39.51
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.43
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +28.90% +18.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -4.89%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Hertfordshire

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in Hertfordshire

Security 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 Security Testing within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Watford - 1 £700 -
Security Testing
East of England

Security 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 3 (100.00%) Test Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management