GPEN Contracts in the UK excluding London

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 448 502
Rank change year-on-year +68 +54 -84
Contract jobs citing GPEN 6 8 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.034% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.080% 0.10% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £600 £470 -
25th Percentile £613 £500 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -0.87% +27.78%
75th Percentile - £628 £588
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +58.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,525 7,762 8,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.93% 33.02% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,328 5,203 5,219
10th Percentile £270 £286 £254
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 930 648 525
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.49
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.41
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +59.18% -7.63%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in the UK excluding London

GPEN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GPEN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GPEN in the UK excluding London

GPEN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
North of England +24 6 £650 +15.56%
Yorkshire - 4 £650 -
North East - 2 £625 -
GPEN
UK

GPEN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Legal
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Application Security
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 6 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 6 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CEH
1 6 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 6 (100.00%) GIAC
1 6 (100.00%) OSCP
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory