Penetration Tester Contracts in London

Penetration Tester
England > London

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in London is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 464 610
Rank change year-on-year +74 +146 -150
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 5 24 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.028% 0.091% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.096% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 18 3
10th Percentile £555 £485 £605
25th Percentile £581 £528 £688
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £850
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -26.47% +88.89%
75th Percentile £731 £700 £888
90th Percentile £735 £798 £895
England median daily rate £638 £625 £581
% change year-on-year +2.00% +7.53% +29.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,469 25,124 36,818
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 95.22% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,901 18,241 26,939
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 285 443
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.30
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.75 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.48 £62.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.02 £80.00 £68.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in London

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in London.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in London

Penetration Tester
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +36 1 £725 +81.25%
Penetration Tester
England

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) CREST Certified
3 3 (60.00%) OSCP
4 2 (40.00%) C
4 2 (40.00%) CEH
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
4 2 (40.00%) C++
4 2 (40.00%) Java
4 2 (40.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Red Team
4 2 (40.00%) Application Security
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Research
5 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Social Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (20.00%) CHECK Team Member

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Application Security
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Red Team
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Research
3 1 (20.00%) Black-Box Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Perl
2 1 (20.00%) Ruby
2 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CREST Certified
2 3 (60.00%) OSCP
3 2 (40.00%) CEH
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (20.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (20.00%) ECSA
4 1 (20.00%) GIAC
4 1 (20.00%) GPEN
4 1 (20.00%) MCP
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (20.00%) SAP