GWAPT Contracts in London

GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GWAPT 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 348 390 488
Rank change year-on-year +42 +98 -
Contract jobs citing GWAPT 5 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.040% 0.006% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.023% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -18.37% -
75th Percentile - - £495
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +25.00% -30.43% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

GWAPT 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 GWAPT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GWAPT in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GWAPT in London

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