Penetration Testing Contracts in Kensington

Penetration Testing
Kensington and Chelsea > Kensington

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kensington 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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 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 advertised in Kensington 20.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
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 5 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington 100.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £185 -
25th Percentile £425 £193 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £213 £200
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% +6.25% -68.75%
75th Percentile £475 £309 £213
90th Percentile - £364 -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £450 £213 £200
% change year-on-year +111.76% +6.25% -68.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £23.71 -
25th Percentile £29.07 £24.78 -
Median hourly rate £31.78 £26.56 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% - -
75th Percentile £34.48 £29.78 -
90th Percentile - £31.71 -
Kensington and Chelsea median hourly rate £31.78 £26.56 -
% change year-on-year +19.63% - -

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kensington 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:

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