Penetration Tester Contracts in England

Penetration Tester
UK > England

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in England is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 635 768
Rank change year-on-year +153 +133 -171
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 66 33 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.065% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.069% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 7
10th Percentile £534 £450 £498
25th Percentile £600 £525 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £697 £709 £775
90th Percentile £742 £791 £885
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £581
% change year-on-year -2.04% +5.38% +29.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in England.

Hourly rate trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
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 Penetration Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
South East +57 47 - -
London +90 7 £675 +8.00% 3
North of England - 6 £650 -
South West - 3 £600 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £650 -
North East - 2 £625 -
West Midlands +27 1 £500 +11.11%
Midlands +25 1 £500 +11.11%
Penetration Tester
UK

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 63 (95.45%) Penetration Testing
2 62 (93.94%) OSCP
2 62 (93.94%) CREST Certified
3 56 (84.85%) Mobile App
3 56 (84.85%) Cybersecurity
4 55 (83.33%) GPEN
4 55 (83.33%) Security Cleared
4 55 (83.33%) GIAC
4 55 (83.33%) Application Security
5 51 (77.27%) OWASP
6 50 (75.76%) Security Testing
6 50 (75.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 49 (74.24%) PCI DSS
8 48 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 47 (71.21%) Law
9 47 (71.21%) Web Services
9 47 (71.21%) Broadband
9 47 (71.21%) SaaS
9 47 (71.21%) PaaS
9 47 (71.21%) IaaS
9 47 (71.21%) NCSC
9 47 (71.21%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (71.21%) SANS
9 47 (71.21%) Virgin Media
9 47 (71.21%) 5G
9 47 (71.21%) GDPR
10 12 (18.18%) Red Team
11 10 (15.15%) Python
12 9 (13.64%) Offensive Security
13 8 (12.12%) Windows

Penetration Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 47 (71.21%) IaaS
1 47 (71.21%) PaaS
1 47 (71.21%) SaaS
2 1 (1.52%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (71.21%) 5G
1 47 (71.21%) Broadband
2 7 (10.61%) Wireless
3 1 (1.52%) Network Security
General
1 47 (71.21%) Law
1 47 (71.21%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (4.55%) Legal
2 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
2 3 (4.55%) Social Skills
3 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.03%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (71.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 56 (84.85%) Mobile App
2 6 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.52%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
2 7 (10.61%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (95.45%) Penetration Testing
2 56 (84.85%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (83.33%) Application Security
4 51 (77.27%) OWASP
5 50 (75.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 50 (75.76%) Security Testing
6 48 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (18.18%) Red Team
8 9 (13.64%) Offensive Security
9 7 (10.61%) Ethical Hacking
10 5 (7.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 3 (4.55%) DevOps
11 3 (4.55%) Social Engineering
11 3 (4.55%) Threat Intelligence
11 3 (4.55%) Vulnerability Research
12 2 (3.03%) Cyber Intelligence
12 2 (3.03%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 2 (3.03%) Mentoring
12 2 (3.03%) Regulatory Compliance
12 2 (3.03%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) Python
2 8 (12.12%) C++
3 5 (7.58%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.55%) C
4 3 (4.55%) C#
4 3 (4.55%) Java
5 2 (3.03%) Go
5 2 (3.03%) Perl
5 2 (3.03%) Ruby
5 2 (3.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 62 (93.94%) CREST Certified
1 62 (93.94%) OSCP
2 55 (83.33%) GIAC
2 55 (83.33%) GPEN
2 55 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 47 (71.21%) SANS
4 7 (10.61%) CEH
4 7 (10.61%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.06%) CHECK Team Leader
6 2 (3.03%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.03%) Degree
7 1 (1.52%) CCNA
7 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.52%) CISM
7 1 (1.52%) CISSP
7 1 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.52%) ECSA
7 1 (1.52%) MCP
7 1 (1.52%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (74.24%) PCI DSS
2 47 (71.21%) GDPR
2 47 (71.21%) NCSC
3 7 (10.61%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 47 (71.21%) Virgin Media
2 1 (1.52%) Cisco
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.52%) SAP