Security Tester Contract Job Trends in London

Security Tester
England > London

The median Security Tester daily rate in London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 376 432
Rank change year-on-year +19 +56 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Security Tester 3 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.023% 0.038% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.040% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £421 £723 £433
25th Percentile £423 £739 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £765 £575
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +33.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £572 - £631
90th Percentile £630 - £643
England median daily rate £450 £765 £600
% change year-on-year -41.24% +27.50% +26.32%

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 12,291 15,013 19,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.05% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,178 9,748 14,335
10th Percentile £335 £349 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £665 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.43% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 169 214
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.38
25th Percentile £22.38 £23.80 £22.29
Median hourly rate £26.54 £37.50 £40.17
Median % change year-on-year -29.24% -6.64% +23.58%
75th Percentile £48.38 £58.75 £61.15
90th Percentile £67.31 £79.15 £75.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +62.04%

Security Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Security Tester job vacancy trend in London

Security Tester
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in London

Security Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Tester in London over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Tester in London

Security Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in London

Security Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Security Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Security Tester in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
1 1 (33.33%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (33.33%) IT Audit
1 1 (33.33%) JTAG
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
1 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint

Security Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) IT Audit
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (33.33%) JTAG
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
1 1 (33.33%) Tenable