Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Testing
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £549 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £558 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -3.04% - +12.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 290 176 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.23% 89.34% 71.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 87 58
10th Percentile £233 £363 £216
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.41%
75th Percentile £640 £588 £631
90th Percentile £688 £662 £743
North West median daily rate £500 £454 £500
% change year-on-year +10.25% -9.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 22 40
10th Percentile £18.82 £18.87 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.32 £16.06
Median hourly rate £61.57 £44.09 £31.68
Median % change year-on-year +39.65% +39.17% -31.40%
75th Percentile £71.50 £63.40 £43.10
90th Percentile £71.91 £71.32 £46.66
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -22.86% +14.20%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. 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
Preston - 3 £581 - 2
Security Testing
North West

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Management Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) SIAM
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA