Senior Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Senior Penetration Tester
England > East Midlands

The median Senior Penetration Tester daily rate in the East Midlands is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.090% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £529 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 - -
75th Percentile £536 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £533 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 991 541 767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.12% 89.27% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 376 512
10th Percentile £199 £209 £168
25th Percentile £393 £345 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £431 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% +1.47% -8.85%
75th Percentile £563 £523 £539
90th Percentile £638 £600 £622
England median daily rate £518 £517 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -1.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 39 88
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.29 £11.83
25th Percentile £14.65 £17.87 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £21.39 £17.60
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +21.53% -18.78%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £50.75 £37.41 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.27 £38.00
% change year-on-year +53.74% -22.97% -15.56%

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Senior Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Senior Penetration Tester
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 Senior Penetration Tester within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Leicestershire - 1 £533 -
Senior Penetration Tester
England

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 June 2026, Senior 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 East Midlands region featuring Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) ECSA
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) ECSA
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft