Penetration Testing Contracts in Hampshire

Penetration Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing 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 58 88 96
Rank change year-on-year +30 +8 +26
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 11 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.47% 0.43% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 0.52% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £666 - £563
25th Percentile £734 £625 £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £895 £650 £581
Median % change year-on-year +37.69% +11.83% -22.50%
75th Percentile £1,084 £675 £602
90th Percentile £1,169 - £604
South East median daily rate £658 £530 £573
% change year-on-year +24.06% -7.42% -10.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Testing in Hampshire

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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

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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 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
Southampton - 10 £640 - 11
Basingstoke +22 1 £1,150 - 12
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (72.73%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (63.64%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 7 (63.64%) Internet
2 7 (63.64%) VPN
3 6 (54.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Power BI
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Military
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) IT Manager
1 8 (72.73%) IT Services Manager
1 8 (72.73%) Service Manager
2 6 (54.55%) Senior
2 6 (54.55%) Senior IT Manager
2 6 (54.55%) Senior Manager
2 6 (54.55%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Network Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Services Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Director
4 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Service Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (72.73%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (63.64%) Analytics
3 7 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (63.64%) Case Management
3 7 (63.64%) Contract Management
4 5 (45.45%) Antivirus Management
4 5 (45.45%) Server Management
4 5 (45.45%) Storage Management
5 2 (18.18%) Design for Test
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 1 (9.09%) B2B
6 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
6 1 (9.09%) Performance Management
6 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
6 1 (9.09%) Security Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (72.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) BT