Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Penetration Tester
South London > Croydon

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in Croydon is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.23% 1.03% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.06% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £515 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% - -
75th Percentile £538 £545 -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £525 £530 -
% change year-on-year -0.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 79 94 143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.53% 96.91% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 59 114
10th Percentile £320 £380 £231
25th Percentile £463 £415 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £538 £539
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% -0.19% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £638 £655 £674
South London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £46.86
% change year-on-year -7.79% -58.39% +6.23%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in Croydon

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Croydon

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, 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 Croydon region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800