Penetration Tester Contracts in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 444 508
Rank change year-on-year +59 +64 -80
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 9 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.022% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.023% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £560 £552 -
25th Percentile - £554 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £565 £543
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +4.15% +10.15%
75th Percentile £650 £571 £564
90th Percentile - £572 -
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £581
% change year-on-year -4.00% +7.53% +29.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,765 21,693 29,110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,441 15,152 20,402
10th Percentile £213 £225 £204
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,107 1,452
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
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 Penetration Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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 - 5 £650 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 £650 - 2
South West - 3 £600 - 4
North East - 2 £625 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 2
Midlands - 1 £500 - 2
Penetration Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 UK excluding London region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
1 8 (88.89%) CREST Certified
1 8 (88.89%) OSCP
1 8 (88.89%) Red Team
2 6 (66.67%) Application Security
2 6 (66.67%) Offensive Security
2 6 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 6 (66.67%) C++
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 5 (55.56%) Wireless
3 5 (55.56%) Ethical Hacking
3 5 (55.56%) CEH
3 5 (55.56%) GIAC
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) GPEN
3 5 (55.56%) NIST
3 5 (55.56%) Operational Technology
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Legal
5 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management

Penetration Tester Skill Set
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 5 (55.56%) Wireless
General
1 3 (33.33%) Legal
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 5 (55.56%) Operational Technology
3 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
1 8 (88.89%) Red Team
2 6 (66.67%) Application Security
2 6 (66.67%) Offensive Security
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (11.11%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) OWASP
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
5 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
5 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C++
1 6 (66.67%) Python
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Perl
3 1 (11.11%) Ruby
3 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CREST Certified
1 8 (88.89%) OSCP
2 5 (55.56%) CEH
2 5 (55.56%) GIAC
2 5 (55.56%) GPEN
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory