Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Penetration Testing
Wiltshire > Corsham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Corsham requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 0.29% - 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £556 - £588
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £538 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Corsham

Penetration 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 Corsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 295 174 346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham 84.77% 82.86% 84.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 130 245
10th Percentile £450 £432 £413
25th Percentile £519 £513 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +7.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £745
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £32.51
25th Percentile - - £40.85
Median hourly rate £20.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +20.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile - - £62.00
90th Percentile - - £74.00
Wiltshire median hourly rate £21.01 £60.00 £18.25
% change year-on-year -64.98% +228.77% -72.14%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Corsham

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) APMG
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware