Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Kensington

Security Testing
Kensington and Chelsea > Kensington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kensington requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington 6.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £475 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kensington

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 Kensington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 1 3
10th Percentile £150 - £197
25th Percentile £363 £425 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £275
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +63.64% +37.50%
75th Percentile £628 £475 £344
90th Percentile £900 - £378
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £500 £450 £275
% change year-on-year +11.11% +63.64% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £30.15 £27.20
25th Percentile - £31.78 £28.17
Median hourly rate - £34.48 £29.78
Median % change year-on-year - +15.78% -
75th Percentile - - £31.39
90th Percentile - - £32.36
Kensington and Chelsea median hourly rate - £34.48 £29.78
% change year-on-year - +15.78% -

Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft