Senior Penetration Tester Contracts in Cheltenham

Senior Penetration Tester
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Senior Penetration Tester daily rate in Cheltenham is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 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
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 5.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £800 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 64 242 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 96.03% 97.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 105 109
10th Percentile £386 £375 £301
25th Percentile £525 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £718 £668 £700
90th Percentile £754 £738 £763
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 27 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £27.38
Median hourly rate £14.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.00% +16.67% +328.57%
75th Percentile £14.50 £72.50 £90.00
90th Percentile - £73.75 £91.80
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £36.00 £67.50 £78.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% -13.46% +316.00%

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Penetration Tester in Cheltenham

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 23 July 2025, Senior 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 Cheltenham region featuring Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared