Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Kensington and Chelsea

Penetration Testing
Central London > Kensington and Chelsea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kensington and Chelsea requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington and Chelsea 25.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £450 £635 £540
% change year-on-year -29.13% +17.59% -1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington and Chelsea 100.00% 85.71% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £454 - £191
25th Percentile £497 £263 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £275 £225
Median % change year-on-year +113.64% +22.22% -59.09%
75th Percentile £672 £288 £259
90th Percentile £711 - £269
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £34.48 - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +37.25% -40.70%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Kensington and Chelsea

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Kensington and Chelsea

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Kensington - 1 £450 -
Penetration Testing
Central London

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington and Chelsea 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%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable