Penetration Testing Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 300 366 425
Rank change year-on-year
+66 +59
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 85 40 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.394% 0.149% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.528% 0.208% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 32 8
Average daily rate £450 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £300 £485
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £448 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £47.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 16095 19235 22284
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.54% 71.82% 71.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11073 12624 14702
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 334 354
Average hourly rate £30.00 £29.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Testing across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Penetration Testing across the London region.

London Penetration Testing Daily Rate Trend

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Penetration Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Penetration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Testing across the London region.

London Penetration Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Penetration Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +19 18 £475 +11.76%
Paddington - 4 £450 -
Hounslow - 3 £438 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Penetration Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Penetration Testing.

1 80 (45.20%) Java
2 57 (32.20%) Linux
3 53 (29.94%) .NET
4 48 (27.12%) OWASP
5 44 (24.86%) Continuous Integration
6 43 (24.29%) HP
7 39 (22.03%) Microsoft
8 37 (20.90%) Internet
8 37 (20.90%) Finance
9 36 (20.34%) Windows
9 36 (20.34%) Security Testing
10 35 (19.77%) Data Protection
10 35 (19.77%) Firewall
11 34 (19.21%) Network Security
12 32 (18.08%) UNIX
13 31 (17.51%) CruiseControl
13 31 (17.51%) TeamCity
14 30 (16.95%) Fixed Income
15 29 (16.38%) Kerberos
16 27 (15.25%) C#
17 26 (14.69%) Visual Studio
18 25 (14.12%) SAML
18 25 (14.12%) CA SiteMinder
18 25 (14.12%) CA
18 25 (14.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
19 24 (13.56%) Information Security
20 23 (12.99%) HTTP
20 23 (12.99%) J2EE
21 22 (12.43%) SSL
22 19 (10.73%) DNS

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Penetration Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 53 (29.94%) .NET
2 25 (14.12%) SAML
3 23 (12.99%) J2EE
4 16 (9.040%) HTML
4 16 (9.040%) Flash
4 16 (9.040%) REST
5 15 (8.475%) HTML5
5 15 (8.475%) SOAP
6 14 (7.910%) Java EE
7 12 (6.780%) Spring
7 12 (6.780%) Ajax
7 12 (6.780%) WSRP
7 12 (6.780%) JSR 168
7 12 (6.780%) XML
7 12 (6.780%) DHTML
8 7 (3.955%) LAMP
9 3 (1.695%) CSS
9 3 (1.695%) Apache Flex
9 3 (1.695%) WebSphere
9 3 (1.695%) Django
Application Platforms
1 17 (9.605%) Apache
2 13 (7.345%) Tomcat
3 12 (6.780%) Amazon EC2
3 12 (6.780%) Amazon AWS
4 3 (1.695%) IIS
5 2 (1.130%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.130%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.565%) LiveSite
6 1 (0.565%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.565%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.565%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.565%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (9.605%) MS Excel
2 7 (3.955%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.390%) MS Office
4 2 (1.130%) MS Project
5 1 (0.565%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.565%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 37 (20.90%) Internet
2 35 (19.77%) Firewall
3 34 (19.21%) Network Security
4 29 (16.38%) Kerberos
5 23 (12.99%) HTTP
6 22 (12.43%) SSL
7 19 (10.73%) DNS
8 17 (9.605%) NAS
9 15 (8.475%) RTSP
9 15 (8.475%) SAN
9 15 (8.475%) RTP
10 6 (3.390%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (2.825%) Wireless
11 5 (2.825%) Intranet
12 4 (2.260%) VPN
13 2 (1.130%) TCP/IP
13 2 (1.130%) DHCP
13 2 (1.130%) VoIP
13 2 (1.130%) LDAP
13 2 (1.130%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.040%) MySQL
1 16 (9.040%) SQL Server
1 16 (9.040%) NoSQL
2 15 (8.475%) Redis
2 15 (8.475%) CouchDB
2 15 (8.475%) MongoDB
3 13 (7.345%) Oracle 8/8i
4 12 (6.780%) RDBMS
5 6 (3.390%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.695%) Big Data
6 3 (1.695%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.130%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.130%) SQLPlus
7 2 (1.130%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.565%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 31 (17.51%) CruiseControl
1 31 (17.51%) TeamCity
2 26 (14.69%) Visual Studio
3 16 (9.040%) JIRA
4 15 (8.475%) Selenium
4 15 (8.475%) Git (software)
5 14 (7.910%) Maven
5 14 (7.910%) Hudson
5 14 (7.910%) MSBuild
5 14 (7.910%) Jenkins
6 11 (6.215%) GDB
7 6 (3.390%) AppScan
8 4 (2.260%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.260%) GitHub
9 3 (1.695%) Subversion
10 2 (1.130%) Ant
10 2 (1.130%) WinRunner
11 1 (0.565%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.565%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.565%) JMeter
General
1 37 (20.90%) Finance
2 13 (7.345%) Banking
3 9 (5.085%) Legal
4 7 (3.955%) Financial Institution
5 5 (2.825%) Telecoms
5 5 (2.825%) Investment Banking
5 5 (2.825%) Dutch Language
6 2 (1.130%) Retail
6 2 (1.130%) Law
7 1 (0.565%) Billing
Job Titles
1 41 (23.16%) Analyst
2 33 (18.64%) Security Analyst
3 31 (17.51%) Tester
3 31 (17.51%) Penetration Tester
3 31 (17.51%) Application Security Analyst
4 25 (14.12%) Security Specialist
5 22 (12.43%) Applications Specialist
6 20 (11.30%) Consultant
7 17 (9.605%) Developer
7 17 (9.605%) Security Consultant
8 14 (7.910%) Applications Developer
9 11 (6.215%) Analyst Developer
10 9 (5.085%) Architect
10 9 (5.085%) Test Manager
11 8 (4.520%) Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.520%) Security Tester
12 7 (3.955%) Web Engineer
12 7 (3.955%) Security Architect
12 7 (3.955%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.955%) Applications Tester
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.95%) Fixed Income
2 14 (7.910%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.910%) Open Source
3 12 (6.780%) Taxonomies
3 12 (6.780%) Ontologies
4 10 (5.650%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.955%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.390%) STB
7 5 (2.825%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.260%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.260%) PKI
9 3 (1.695%) RIA
10 2 (1.130%) Statistics
10 2 (1.130%) Ergonomics
10 2 (1.130%) Clustering
10 2 (1.130%) Replication
10 2 (1.130%) Data Conversion
11 1 (0.565%) iPhone
11 1 (0.565%) SaaS
11 1 (0.565%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 57 (32.20%) Linux
2 36 (20.34%) Windows
3 32 (18.08%) UNIX
4 11 (6.215%) Debian
5 4 (2.260%) Android
5 4 (2.260%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.695%) Windows Phone
6 3 (1.695%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.695%) Windows Phone 7
7 2 (1.130%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.130%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.130%) VMS
7 2 (1.130%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.130%) Solaris
8 1 (0.565%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.565%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.565%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.565%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (0.565%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.12%) OWASP
2 44 (24.86%) Continuous Integration
3 36 (20.34%) Security Testing
4 35 (19.77%) Data Protection
5 25 (14.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 24 (13.56%) Information Security
7 18 (10.17%) Risk Assessment
7 18 (10.17%) ITIL
7 18 (10.17%) Security Architecture
8 17 (9.605%) Reverse Engineering
9 15 (8.475%) Project Management
10 14 (7.910%) Load Balancing
11 13 (7.345%) SOA
12 12 (6.780%) DRM
12 12 (6.780%) E-Commerce
12 12 (6.780%) Validation
12 12 (6.780%) Information Architecture
13 11 (6.215%) Vulnerability Management
14 10 (5.650%) Information Assurance
15 9 (5.085%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (45.20%) Java
2 27 (15.25%) C#
3 19 (10.73%) JavaScript
4 17 (9.605%) PHP
5 16 (9.040%) SQL
6 15 (8.475%) Perl
7 14 (7.910%) Python
7 14 (7.910%) Bash shell
8 13 (7.345%) Shell Script
9 11 (6.215%) C++
10 10 (5.650%) C
11 6 (3.390%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.695%) ActionScript
12 3 (1.695%) VBScript
12 3 (1.695%) VB
13 2 (1.130%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.130%) Jython
14 1 (0.565%) Ruby
14 1 (0.565%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.565%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (10.73%) CISSP
2 15 (8.475%) CEH
3 12 (6.780%) Degree
3 12 (6.780%) Security Cleared
4 11 (6.215%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.695%) GIAC
5 3 (1.695%) GPEN
6 2 (1.130%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.130%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.130%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.130%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.130%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.130%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.130%) CCNP
6 2 (1.130%) ISEB
7 1 (0.565%) CCIE
7 1 (0.565%) CCSP
7 1 (0.565%) SSCP
7 1 (0.565%) CISM
7 1 (0.565%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.215%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (5.085%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.825%) COSO
3 5 (2.825%) COBIT
4 1 (0.565%) QA
4 1 (0.565%) BS7799
System Software
1 16 (9.040%) Samba
2 4 (2.260%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.695%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.130%) VMware ESX
4 2 (1.130%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.565%) Snort
5 1 (0.565%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 25 (14.12%) CA SiteMinder
2 12 (6.780%) Nagios
3 11 (6.215%) OpenView
3 11 (6.215%) ZABBIX
4 9 (5.085%) Puppet
5 5 (2.825%) WebInspect
6 3 (1.695%) Splunk
7 2 (1.130%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.565%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.565%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 43 (24.29%) HP
2 39 (22.03%) Microsoft
3 25 (14.12%) CA
4 19 (10.73%) Oracle
5 16 (9.040%) JBoss
6 13 (7.345%) Rackspace
7 8 (4.520%) RightScale
8 7 (3.955%) IBM
9 5 (2.825%) VMware
10 4 (2.260%) F5
11 3 (1.695%) Cisco
12 2 (1.130%) Adobe
12 2 (1.130%) Citrix
12 2 (1.130%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.130%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.130%) McAfee
12 2 (1.130%) MobileIron
13 1 (0.565%) Q1 Labs
13 1 (0.565%) Facebook
13 1 (0.565%) Teradata
Penetration Tester
Hounslow, Middlesex
Key Skills Ethical hacking (CREST Certified) Linux. Programming languages: C and Java... netcat, hping, gdb, etc... Proficient with neat, maintainable and documented bash shell scripting, ASM (preferably MIPS),...
Experis IT
Rate: TBC
Posted: 17 May 2013
IT Security Architect
City, London
IT Security Architect - CISSP - Cyber - Prince2 - Contract - London Excellent Rates My global asset management client is looking for an IT Security Architect /Project Manager to deliver a step...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £650/day
Posted: 15 May 2013
IT Security Architect/Project Manager
City, London
A leading Global Asset Management Company is seeking an IT Security Architect/Project Manager for their London office. You will be required to deliver a step change in...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £550 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Security Architect
City, London
The successful candidate will demonstrate: - Degree level education... - Strong proven security architecture background... Prince2 Financial Services experience, particularly Asset or Wealth Management experience will be required for this...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
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