Penetration Tester Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Penetration Tester role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Penetration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Tester
Rank 515 564 579
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 19 22 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.040% 0.037% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.040% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 4
Average daily rate £500 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £305 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £610 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £325 £425
% change year-on-year
+11.53% -23.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £47.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Penetration Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Tester within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Penetration Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Penetration Tester within the UK.

Penetration Tester Daily Rate Trend

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Penetration Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Penetration Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Penetration Tester within the UK.

Penetration Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Penetration Tester
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +56 19 £500 +53.84%
London +42 16 £550 +10.00%
Hounslow - 3 £438 -
Middlesex - 2 £363 -
South East - 2 £363 -
North West - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -

Penetration Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Penetration Tester in their job title.

1 36 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 18 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 17 (37.78%) Reverse Engineering
4 13 (28.89%) UNIX
5 12 (26.67%) Windows
5 12 (26.67%) Linux
6 11 (24.44%) Bash shell
7 10 (22.22%) CISSP
7 10 (22.22%) CEH
8 9 (20.00%) Finance
8 9 (20.00%) Debian
8 9 (20.00%) Shell Script
8 9 (20.00%) Java
8 9 (20.00%) GDB
9 8 (17.78%) Python
9 8 (17.78%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (15.56%) Network Security
11 6 (13.33%) .NET
12 5 (11.11%) STB
12 5 (11.11%) Information Security
12 5 (11.11%) Legal
12 5 (11.11%) Validation
12 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
12 5 (11.11%) Dutch Language
12 5 (11.11%) Security Architecture
13 4 (8.889%) Wireless
13 4 (8.889%) Ethical Hacking
13 4 (8.889%) Financial Institution
13 4 (8.889%) C++
14 3 (6.667%) C

Penetration Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Penetration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (4.444%) Spring
2 2 (4.444%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) Intrusion Detection
2 7 (15.56%) Network Security
3 4 (8.889%) Wireless
4 3 (6.667%) Firewall
5 1 (2.222%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 9 (20.00%) GDB
General
1 9 (20.00%) Finance
2 5 (11.11%) Legal
2 5 (11.11%) Dutch Language
3 4 (8.889%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) STB
2 3 (6.667%) PKI
2 3 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (4.444%) Open Source
3 2 (4.444%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.444%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.89%) UNIX
2 12 (26.67%) Windows
2 12 (26.67%) Linux
3 9 (20.00%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 18 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 17 (37.78%) Reverse Engineering
4 5 (11.11%) Information Security
4 5 (11.11%) Validation
4 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 5 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 4 (8.889%) Ethical Hacking
6 3 (6.667%) E-Commerce
6 3 (6.667%) Risk Management
6 3 (6.667%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (6.667%) Security Testing
6 3 (6.667%) OWASP
7 2 (4.444%) Automated Testing
7 2 (4.444%) Software Testing
8 1 (2.222%) Network Design
8 1 (2.222%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (2.222%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (24.44%) Bash shell
2 9 (20.00%) Shell Script
2 9 (20.00%) Java
3 8 (17.78%) Python
4 4 (8.889%) C++
5 3 (6.667%) C
6 2 (4.444%) Perl
6 2 (4.444%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) CISSP
1 10 (22.22%) CEH
2 3 (6.667%) GPEN
3 2 (4.444%) GIAC
Vendors
1 2 (4.444%) HP
STB Penetration tester - West London - £500 Daily - 6 Months
West London
netcat, hping, gdb , etc. * Expert knowledge and understanding of Linux, IP and reverse engineering ; * Good knowledge of at least one Unix variant (preferably Debian) and at least one...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 - £490.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Penetration Tester
Hounslow, Middlesex
Key Skills Ethical hacking (CREST Certified) Linux. Programming languages: C and Java... netcat, hping, gdb, etc... Proficient with neat, maintainable and documented bash shell scripting, ASM (preferably MIPS),...
Experis IT
Rate: TBC
Posted: 17 May 2013
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