Security Testing Contracts in Hampshire

Security Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security 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 63 90 86
Rank change year-on-year +27 -4 +41
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 6 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.80% 0.31% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.37% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile - - £530
25th Percentile £375 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £528 - £725
90th Percentile £601 - £813
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Security 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%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Hampshire

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in Hampshire

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in Hampshire

Security Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Testing in Hampshire

Security 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 Security 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 - 2 - - 3
Farnborough - 1 £475 -
Eastleigh - 1 £650 -
Security Testing
South East

Security 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) QA Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) OWASP
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) BT