Penetration Testing Contracts in the East Midlands

Penetration Testing
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 60 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.34% 0.52% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.66% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
England median daily rate £550 £586 £588
% change year-on-year -6.18% -0.21% +0.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 506 605 888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.94% 78.37% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 415 689
10th Percentile £211 £200 £212
25th Percentile £325 £274 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £418 £463
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -9.62% +5.11%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £580
90th Percentile £600 £623 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 55 51
10th Percentile - £11.24 £11.80
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £17.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.69% -24.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £24.30 £26.15 £51.50
90th Percentile £37.21 £35.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the East Midlands

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in the East Midlands

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Northamptonshire - 2 £350 - 2
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Compliance Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Governance Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Governance Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Risk Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Compliance Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Risk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC