Security Testing Contracts in the City of London

Security Testing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 120 113 153
Rank change year-on-year -7 +40 +44
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 9 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.48% 0.53% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.58% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 10
10th Percentile £512 £565 £585
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 £741
90th Percentile £763 - £803
Central London median daily rate £663 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -1.85% +12.50% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,764 1,892 2,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.28% 91.80% 90.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,265 2,007
10th Percentile £325 £378 £363
25th Percentile £425 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £714
90th Percentile £773 £789 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 16 15
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £19.79 £14.75
Median hourly rate £28.33 £26.63 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -3.18% -35.85%
75th Percentile £53.50 £82.19 £47.41
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £62.45
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +8.55% -23.49% -16.67%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the City of London

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in the City of London

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in the City of London

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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