Security Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 143 156
Rank change year-on-year +67 +13 -34
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 66 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.43% 0.44% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 0.48% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 9
10th Percentile £500 £504 £446
25th Percentile £505 £544 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £636 £584
90th Percentile £644 £676 £705
South East median daily rate £550 £600 £545
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -0.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,374 2,706 3,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.47% 91.98% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,332 1,876 2,095
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £363 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 63 86
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.70 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £25.23 £12.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.11 £25.55
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.88
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 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
Berkshire +44 63 £550 -9.28% 1
Buckinghamshire +35 3 £550 -7.37%
Security Testing
South East

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (16.67%) Apache
1 11 (16.67%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 39 (59.09%) PaaS
1 39 (59.09%) SaaS
2 38 (57.58%) IaaS
3 12 (18.18%) Azure
4 9 (13.64%) Azure Key Vault
4 9 (13.64%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (7.58%) Azure API Management
6 5 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (7.58%) Azure Functions
6 5 (7.58%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (7.58%) Serverless
7 4 (6.06%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 4 (6.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.52%) Figma
8 1 (1.52%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 38 (57.58%) 5G
1 38 (57.58%) Broadband
2 11 (16.67%) BGP
2 11 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
2 11 (16.67%) MPLS
2 11 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 11 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.21%) NoSQL
2 11 (16.67%) MongoDB
2 11 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (7.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (19.70%) JIRA
2 11 (16.67%) GitLab
2 11 (16.67%) Robot Framework
2 11 (16.67%) TestRail
3 6 (9.09%) Visual Studio
4 5 (7.58%) Git
5 1 (1.52%) rollup.js
5 1 (1.52%) webpack
General
1 38 (57.58%) Law
1 38 (57.58%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Tester
2 38 (57.58%) Penetration Tester
2 38 (57.58%) Security Penetration Tester
2 38 (57.58%) Security Specialist
2 38 (57.58%) Security Tester
2 38 (57.58%) Testing Specialist
3 10 (15.15%) Network Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Test Engineer
4 5 (7.58%) Designer
4 5 (7.58%) Developer
4 5 (7.58%) Lead
4 5 (7.58%) Lead Designer
5 4 (6.06%) Consultant
5 4 (6.06%) Integration Developer
5 4 (6.06%) Security Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Development Consultant
8 1 (1.52%) Applications Support
8 1 (1.52%) Architect
8 1 (1.52%) Telecoms Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (57.58%) Web Services
2 14 (21.21%) REST
2 14 (21.21%) SOAP
3 11 (16.67%) NETCONF
3 11 (16.67%) RESTCONF
3 11 (16.67%) YANG
4 6 (9.09%) CSS
5 5 (7.58%) AngularJS
5 5 (7.58%) ARM Templates
5 5 (7.58%) HTML
5 5 (7.58%) Node.js
6 3 (4.55%) .NET
6 3 (4.55%) JSON
6 3 (4.55%) OAuth
6 3 (4.55%) OpenID
6 3 (4.55%) XML
7 1 (1.52%) Jest
7 1 (1.52%) React
7 1 (1.52%) Redux
7 1 (1.52%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 38 (57.58%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.55%) IoT
3 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.52%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (69.70%) Application Security
2 43 (65.15%) OWASP
3 41 (62.12%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (57.58%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 38 (57.58%) Penetration Testing
4 38 (57.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (33.33%) CI/CD
6 17 (25.76%) Integration Testing
6 17 (25.76%) Test Automation
7 16 (24.24%) Agile
7 16 (24.24%) Unit Testing
8 14 (21.21%) DevOps
9 13 (19.70%) Workflow
10 11 (16.67%) Containerisation
10 11 (16.67%) Performance Testing
10 11 (16.67%) Regression Testing
10 11 (16.67%) Scrum
11 7 (10.61%) API Design
12 6 (9.09%) Break/Fix
12 6 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 15 (22.73%) SQL
2 12 (18.18%) Python
3 6 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 5 (7.58%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.58%) PHP
5 3 (4.55%) C#
6 1 (1.52%) C
Qualifications
1 39 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 38 (57.58%) CREST Certified
2 38 (57.58%) GIAC
2 38 (57.58%) GPEN
2 38 (57.58%) OSCP
2 38 (57.58%) SANS
3 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (57.58%) GDPR
1 38 (57.58%) NCSC
1 38 (57.58%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 11 (16.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 38 (57.58%) Virgin Media
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.52%) Adobe