Penetration Testing Contracts in the North East

Penetration Testing
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 34 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.59% - 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £605 - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £645 - -
England median daily rate £600 £575 £588
% change year-on-year +4.35% -2.13% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 271 403 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.42% 91.80% 84.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 309 339
10th Percentile £190 £254 £165
25th Percentile £363 £410 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +12.82% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £588
90th Percentile £655 £720 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 2 17
10th Percentile £11.48 £32.98 £10.90
25th Percentile £12.13 £35.56 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.06% +139.71% +9.68%
75th Percentile £46.82 £45.56 £18.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £32.80
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the North East

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in the North East

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Tyne and Wear - 2 £625 -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) GPEN
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory