Security Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Penetration/Security Tester
Central London > City of London

As of 22 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Penetration/Security Tester daily rate in the City of London.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs requiring a Security Penetration Tester 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.045% - 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £765
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.04%
Central London median daily rate - - £765
% change year-on-year - - +33.04%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,099 1,622 1,968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 93.92% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,417 1,086 1,240
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.56%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 16
10th Percentile £17.06 £17.08 £17.25
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.75 £22.84
Median hourly rate £21.75 £28.15 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.74% -41.35% +33.33%
75th Percentile £34.51 £56.75 £112.00
90th Percentile £61.25 £65.57 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £28.07 £27.83 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.86% -20.50% -1.41%

Security Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Penetration Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Security Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in the City of London

Security Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Penetration Tester job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Penetration Tester job vacancies in the City of London

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 September 2026, Security Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Security Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk