Security Testing Contracts in Central London

Security Testing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 121 161
Rank change year-on-year -8 +40 +41
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 9 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.44% 0.52% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.57% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 11
10th Percentile £512 £565 -
25th Percentile £608 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £747 £765 £713
90th Percentile £763 - £800
London median daily rate £525 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -16.00% +8.70% +9.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Security 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,935 2,105 3,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.84% 91.76% 90.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,280 1,431 2,169
10th Percentile £325 £375 £350
25th Percentile £423 £472 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £820
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 17
10th Percentile £19.14 £15.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.43 £15.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -23.49% -16.67%
75th Percentile £49.22 £65.63 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
London median hourly rate £29.29 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -16.33% -12.50% +10.34%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Central London

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in Central London

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Central London over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in Central London

Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
City of London -7 9 £663 -1.85% 3
Security Testing
London

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP CRM
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) GCP
3 1 (11.11%) Azure AKS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Billing
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
1 3 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) CRM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) QA Leader
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP CRM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Management Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
1 2 (22.22%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Blockchain
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Application Security
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 3 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security
4 2 (22.22%) OWASP
4 2 (22.22%) SDLC
4 2 (22.22%) Secure Coding
4 2 (22.22%) SIEM
4 2 (22.22%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (11.11%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Perl
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) ABAP
3 1 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) Rust
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CREST Certified
2 2 (22.22%) SANS
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (11.11%) CSSLP
3 1 (11.11%) GIAC
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) CASB
2 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) Exabeam
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Qualys
2 1 (11.11%) Rapid7
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk
2 1 (11.11%) Tenable