Penetration Testing Contracts in Edinburgh

Penetration Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 - 128
Rank change year-on-year - - -33
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 19 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.30% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile £478 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £550 - -
Scotland median daily rate £515 £550 -
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 719 1,194 1,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.05% 94.91% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 841 1,238
10th Percentile £219 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £546 £570
90th Percentile £662 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 16
10th Percentile £13.48 £12.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.59 £21.26 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% -41.75% -32.99%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - £57.10 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £16.50 £39.99
% change year-on-year +18.18% -58.74% -0.03%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Testing in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Azure
2 8 (42.11%) Power Platform
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Firewall
1 5 (26.32%) SSL
General
1 18 (94.74%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Security Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 6 (31.58%) Security Specialist
3 5 (26.32%) Senior
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Security Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Management Information System
2 8 (42.11%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (26.32%) PKI
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Windows
1 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (52.63%) Agile
2 10 (52.63%) Privileged Access Management
2 10 (52.63%) Security Monitoring
2 10 (52.63%) Security Operations
2 10 (52.63%) Threat Modelling
2 10 (52.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 10 (52.63%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (47.37%) Business Impact Analysis
3 9 (47.37%) Impact Analysis
3 9 (47.37%) Incident Management
3 9 (47.37%) Information Security
3 9 (47.37%) Risk Assessment
3 9 (47.37%) SIEM
3 9 (47.37%) Technical Analysis
3 9 (47.37%) Use Case
3 9 (47.37%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 8 (42.11%) ITIL
5 5 (26.32%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (26.32%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 7 (36.84%) MCSE
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (47.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 5 (26.32%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
1 5 (26.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) SCCM
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft