Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Penetration Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in Berkshire is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £384 - -
25th Percentile £398 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £419 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,100 1,528 1,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.83% 90.95% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 815 1,067
10th Percentile £300 £313 £263
25th Percentile £406 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 70 60
10th Percentile £14.75 £30.12 £18.50
25th Percentile £16.66 £55.97 £46.93
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.60 £58.44
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% +5.40% +16.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.15 £72.65
90th Percentile £87.64 £97.75 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% +16.68% +105.00%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in Berkshire

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Berkshire

Penetration Tester
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 2025. 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
Wokingham - 4 £419 - 1
Penetration Tester
South East

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (75.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (75.00%) CEH
2 3 (75.00%) Nmap
2 3 (75.00%) Red Team
2 3 (75.00%) GPEN
2 3 (75.00%) OSCP
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Burp Suite
2 3 (75.00%) Kali Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) OWASP
2 3 (75.00%) Metasploit
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Bash
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (75.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (75.00%) OWASP
2 3 (75.00%) Red Team
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CEH
1 3 (75.00%) GPEN
1 3 (75.00%) OSCP
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Nmap