Penetration Testing Contracts in Hampshire

Penetration Testing
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 102 122
Rank change year-on-year +19 +20 -21
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 14 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.88% 0.34% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.38% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £564 £650
25th Percentile £625 £567 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £644 £750
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -14.17% +66.67%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £775
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £530 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -7.83% -14.81% +37.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,338 1,315 1,912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 84.20% 88.49% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 834 1,160
10th Percentile £388 £240 £312
25th Percentile £463 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £600
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £504 £495
% change year-on-year -0.74% +1.77% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 107 148
10th Percentile £13.05 £18.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.68 £20.49 £16.37
Median hourly rate £57.35 £50.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +100.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.31 £47.58
90th Percentile £76.86 £71.77 £61.17
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.26% +111.11% -15.89%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Hampshire

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Hampshire

Penetration Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Penetration Testing in Hampshire

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Basingstoke - 12 - -
Portsmouth -1 1 £650 - 2
Romsey - 1 - -
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 12 (85.71%) IaaS
1 12 (85.71%) PaaS
1 12 (85.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) 5G
1 12 (85.71%) Broadband
General
1 12 (85.71%) Law
1 12 (85.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Penetration Tester
1 12 (85.71%) Security Penetration Tester
1 12 (85.71%) Security Specialist
1 12 (85.71%) Security Tester
1 12 (85.71%) Tester
1 12 (85.71%) Testing Specialist
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (85.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (85.71%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (85.71%) Application Security
2 12 (85.71%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 12 (85.71%) OWASP
2 12 (85.71%) Security Testing
2 12 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (7.14%) Information Assurance
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 12 (85.71%) CREST Certified
2 12 (85.71%) GIAC
2 12 (85.71%) GPEN
2 12 (85.71%) OSCP
2 12 (85.71%) SANS
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (85.71%) GDPR
1 12 (85.71%) NCSC
1 12 (85.71%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.14%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Virgin Media