Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Penetration Testing
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 78 78
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.14% 1.08% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.15% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - £493 -
25th Percentile £513 £528 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £535 £515
% change year-on-year -1.87% +3.88% -14.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Penetration Testing 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 576 781 858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 82.05% 93.76% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 498 542
10th Percentile £306 £305 £313
25th Percentile £375 £371 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £482
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.37%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £675 £606 £688
Scotland median daily rate £450 £455 £480
% change year-on-year -1.10% -5.21% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 40
10th Percentile £16.11 £16.75 £13.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.88 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.25 £23.17 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year -29.85% +9.64% +69.02%
75th Percentile £46.61 £67.56 £44.14
90th Percentile £54.00 £77.63 £63.75
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +18.18%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST