Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Kensington

Penetration Testing
Kensington and Chelsea > Kensington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kensington 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 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 - - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £450 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kensington

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington 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
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £588 £275 £225
% change year-on-year +113.64% +22.22% -59.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £34.48 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median hourly rate £34.48 - -

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington 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