Offensive Security Contracts in London

Offensive Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Offensive Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Offensive Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 484 599
Rank change year-on-year +105 +115 -136
Contract jobs citing Offensive Security 15 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.085% 0.041% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.045% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 3
10th Percentile £500 £463 -
25th Percentile £525 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £688 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +37.50% -31.03%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £534
90th Percentile £693 - £555
England median daily rate £650 £688 £650
% change year-on-year -5.45% +5.77% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Offensive Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Offensive Security in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
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 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
2 1 (6.67%) FTP
2 1 (6.67%) HTTP
2 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.67%) tcpdump
2 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Consultant
1 4 (26.67%) Security Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) IT Security Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
2 3 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Junior
3 2 (13.33%) Junior Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (33.33%) Cyberattack
3 4 (26.67%) IoT
4 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (53.33%) Security Operations
4 6 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 6 (40.00%) OWASP
4 6 (40.00%) Red Team
4 6 (40.00%) Social Engineering
4 6 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 5 (33.33%) Task Automation
5 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Threat Detection
6 2 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (6.67%) DevOps
7 1 (6.67%) Digital Forensics
7 1 (6.67%) Ethical Hacking
7 1 (6.67%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) C#
2 6 (40.00%) Go
3 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (6.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) GIAC
1 8 (53.33%) OSCP
2 7 (46.67%) CREST Certified
3 6 (40.00%) CHECK Team Leader
4 4 (26.67%) GPEN
5 2 (13.33%) CCNA
5 2 (13.33%) CEH
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
6 1 (6.67%) CCFP
6 1 (6.67%) EC-Council LPT
6 1 (6.67%) ECIH
6 1 (6.67%) ECSA
6 1 (6.67%) GAWN
6 1 (6.67%) GCFE
6 1 (6.67%) GPPA
6 1 (6.67%) GREM
6 1 (6.67%) GXPN
6 1 (6.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (6.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco