GPEN Contracts in England

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered 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 525 635 758
Rank change year-on-year +110 +123 -134
Contract jobs citing GPEN 8 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.025% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.071% 0.089% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 5
10th Percentile £496 £485 -
25th Percentile £584 £553 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +8.70% +35.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £588
90th Percentile £669 £679 £625
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +76.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,274 13,419 15,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.92% 27.53% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,955 8,985 10,132
10th Percentile £313 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 978 701 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +2.92%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.57
% change year-on-year -25.93% +23.94% +14.66%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GPEN in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GPEN in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GPEN 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 GPEN within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
North of England +24 6 £650 +15.56%
Yorkshire - 4 £650 -
London +84 2 £513 -24.07%
North East - 2 £625 -
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UK

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) FTP
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) tcpdump
2 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (50.00%) Legal
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (75.00%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Mobile App
1 6 (75.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Application Security
2 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (87.50%) Ethical Hacking
3 6 (75.00%) Red Team
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 1 (12.50%) Malware Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CEH
1 8 (100.00%) GIAC
1 8 (100.00%) OSCP
2 7 (87.50%) CREST Certified
2 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
3 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) CCNA
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) CCNP
5 1 (12.50%) CCSP
5 1 (12.50%) CHFI
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP
5 1 (12.50%) GCFA
5 1 (12.50%) GCFE
5 1 (12.50%) GCIA
5 1 (12.50%) GCIH
5 1 (12.50%) GSNA
5 1 (12.50%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (12.50%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft