Security Tester Contracts in England

Security Tester
UK > England

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Tester daily rate in England.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 515 641
Rank change year-on-year +32 +126 +133
Contract jobs requiring a Security Tester 2 27 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.073% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.078% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +49.25%
75th Percentile - - £792
90th Percentile - - £798
UK median daily rate - - £625
% change year-on-year - - +78.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Security Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Tester in England

Security Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Tester in England

Security Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Tester in England

Security 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 Security Tester 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 - 2 - - 1
Security Tester
UK

Security Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security 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 Security Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Blog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture

Security 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST