Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Andover

Penetration Testing
Hampshire > Andover

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Andover requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Andover 2.90% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £825 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - -
75th Percentile £875 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £895 £650
% change year-on-year -37.15% +37.69% +11.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Andover

Penetration Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Andover.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54 16 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Andover 78.26% 88.89% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 7 4
10th Percentile £423 £288 £469
25th Percentile £444 £397 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £569
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +3.30% +19.74%
75th Percentile £665 £688 £613
90th Percentile £778 £712 £658
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.46% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.00 - £12.04
Median hourly rate £19.00 - £12.33
75th Percentile £24.06 - £12.61
90th Percentile £25.08 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +6.70%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Andover

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Andover.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Andover

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Andover

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Andover by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Sparx