Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Penetration Testing
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 1.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £369 - £475

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 97 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.65% 80.83% 75.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 40 77
10th Percentile £134 £173 £152
25th Percentile £185 £269 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £438 £376
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +16.36% -16.44%
75th Percentile £525 £506 £550
90th Percentile £604 £626 £663
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 15
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.65
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%
75th Percentile £18.78 £24.18 £28.75
90th Percentile £24.72 - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% +18.84%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby - 2 - - 1
Penetration Testing
East Midlands

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aviation
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001