Penetration Testing Contracts in Leeds

Penetration Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 85 106
Rank change year-on-year +21 +21 -27
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 3 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.38% 0.52% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.57% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £610 - -
25th Percentile £625 £513 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +79.31%
75th Percentile - £547 £675
90th Percentile - £550 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £650 £525 £400
% change year-on-year +23.81% +31.25% +3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 696 1,225 1,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 87.00% 91.15% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 871 1,106
10th Percentile £295 £363 £313
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £618 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 21
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £12.15 £16.12 £20.00
Median hourly rate £12.30 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.38% +97.90% +5.29%
75th Percentile £12.53 £68.44 £27.25
90th Percentile £15.24 £70.00 £28.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £12.53 £27.00 £17.64
% change year-on-year -53.59% +53.06% -21.83%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Leeds

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Application Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) GPEN
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory