GPEN Contracts in London

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 387 491
Rank change year-on-year +40 +104 +103
Contract jobs citing GPEN 6 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.048% 0.022% 0.007%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.093% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £414 -
25th Percentile £513 £434 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £675
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -24.07% +28.57%
75th Percentile £538 £634 £688
90th Percentile - £681 -
England median daily rate £500 £638 £625
% change year-on-year -21.57% +2.00% +8.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

GPEN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GPEN in London.

Daily rate trend for GPEN in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London - 1 £525 -
GPEN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) IaaS
1 5 (83.33%) PaaS
1 5 (83.33%) SaaS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) QA Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 6 (100.00%) Offensive Security
2 5 (83.33%) Application Security
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Manual Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (83.33%) OWASP
2 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Purple Team
2 5 (83.33%) Red Team
2 5 (83.33%) Secure Coding
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) PHP
1 5 (83.33%) Python
1 5 (83.33%) Ruby
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CEH
1 6 (100.00%) GIAC
1 6 (100.00%) OSCP
2 5 (83.33%) CCSAS
2 5 (83.33%) CREST Certified
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) GWAPT
3 1 (16.67%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA