Security Tester Contracts in London

Security Tester
England > London

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Tester daily rate in London.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 - 483
Rank change year-on-year - - +111
Contract jobs requiring a Security Tester 2 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.016% - 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% - 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £521
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.25%
75th Percentile - - £798
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate - - £625
% change year-on-year - - +49.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Security Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Tester in London

Security Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Tester in London

Security Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Tester in London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Tester in London

Security Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Security Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Blog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture

Security Tester Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST