Ethical Hacking Contracts in England

Ethical Hacking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 486 605
Rank change year-on-year +22 +119 +147
Contract jobs citing Ethical Hacking 18 51 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.14% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.16% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 38 27
10th Percentile £477 £534 £475
25th Percentile £499 £553 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £613 £570
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +7.46% +7.55%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £743
90th Percentile £650 £772 £814
UK median daily rate £585 £600 £573
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.80% +6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile - - £65.19
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £77.63
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ethical Hacking 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,329 31,491 43,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.21% 86.40% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,605 20,622 30,435
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 949 2,249 1,535
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.23% +0.69% +45.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.32% +1.11% +38.82%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England.

Daily rate trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England.

Hourly rate trend for Ethical Hacking in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London +34 11 £525 -10.26% 21
South East +42 3 £500 -16.67% 2
North of England +12 2 £650 - 4
North West +9 2 £650 -13.33% 2
South West +34 1 £700 +16.67% 2
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) IaaS
1 7 (38.89%) SaaS
2 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) PaaS
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (11.11%) Azure AI
4 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Functions
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.56%) Wireless
2 1 (5.56%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Burp Suite
1 2 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Legal
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Local Government
4 1 (5.56%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Tester
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Tester
4 2 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 2 (11.11%) Head of Operations
4 2 (11.11%) Head of Security
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (11.11%) Security Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Information Officer
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (5.56%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Information Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) QA Leader
5 1 (5.56%) Security Officer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) CSS
1 3 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (16.67%) PKI
3 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (5.56%) IoT
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.56%) NHS
4 1 (5.56%) SCADA
4 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Kali Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (44.44%) Information Security
3 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 5 (27.78%) Offensive Security
4 5 (27.78%) OWASP
4 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) Red Team
4 5 (27.78%) Secure Coding
4 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 4 (22.22%) Application Security
5 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 3 (16.67%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (16.67%) Manual Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (16.67%) PHP
2 3 (16.67%) Ruby
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) CEH
2 5 (27.78%) CREST Certified
2 5 (27.78%) Degree
3 4 (22.22%) CISSP
3 4 (22.22%) GIAC
3 4 (22.22%) GPEN
3 4 (22.22%) OSCP
3 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) CCSAS
4 3 (16.67%) CISM
4 3 (16.67%) GWAPT
5 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 2 (11.11%) OSCE
6 1 (5.56%) CISA
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) GXPN
6 1 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (16.67%) NIST
3 2 (11.11%) NCSC
3 2 (11.11%) SOC 2
4 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.56%) GDPR
4 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Nessus
2 1 (5.56%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Qualys
2 2 (11.11%) Tenable
2 2 (11.11%) Tripwire