Red Team Contracts in England

Red Teaming
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 508 606
Rank change year-on-year +44 +98 +153
Contract jobs citing Red Team 21 34 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.091% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 26
10th Percentile £515 £488 £500
25th Percentile £566 £556 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -1.67% +5.03%
75th Percentile £697 £650 £700
90th Percentile £838 £658 -
UK median daily rate £613 £595 £600
% change year-on-year +2.94% -0.83% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Red Team 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Red Team in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Team in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Red Team in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Red Team in England.

Hourly rate trend for Red Team 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 Red Team within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +38 16 £613 +3.81% 63
East of England +30 2 - -
North West +17 2 £650 +26.83% 60
North of England +13 2 £650 +4.00% 166
South West +42 1 - - 5
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UK

Red Team
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 (9.52%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) IaaS
1 7 (33.33%) SaaS
2 6 (28.57%) Azure
3 5 (23.81%) PaaS
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.76%) AWS
6 1 (4.76%) Azure AKS
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Functions
6 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Intranet
2 1 (4.76%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Wireless
General
1 8 (38.10%) Legal
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Law
4 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (9.52%) Back Office
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Billing
5 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.76%) Automotive
6 1 (4.76%) Electronics
6 1 (4.76%) Marketing
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Tester
2 5 (23.81%) Senior
2 5 (23.81%) Senior Tester
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 4 (19.05%) Security Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (9.52%) IT Manager
5 2 (9.52%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 2 (9.52%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Lead Tester
5 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Service Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Security Penetration Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Security Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) CSS
1 5 (23.81%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (23.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (19.05%) Operational Technology
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (4.76%) IoT
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) SCADA
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (52.38%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (42.86%) Information Security
4 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
4 7 (33.33%) Offensive Security
5 6 (28.57%) Application Security
5 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (28.57%) Purple Team
5 6 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
6 5 (23.81%) Manual Testing
6 5 (23.81%) OWASP
6 5 (23.81%) Secure Coding
6 5 (23.81%) Security Testing
6 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (19.05%) Cryptography
7 4 (19.05%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
1 5 (23.81%) PHP
1 5 (23.81%) Python
1 5 (23.81%) Ruby
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 6 (28.57%) OSCP
3 5 (23.81%) CCSAS
3 5 (23.81%) CEH
3 5 (23.81%) Degree
3 5 (23.81%) GIAC
3 5 (23.81%) GPEN
3 5 (23.81%) GWAPT
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (9.52%) OSCE
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) CASB
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Forcepoint
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) SAP