Vulnerability Tester Contract Job Trends in London

Vulnerability Tester
England > London

The median Vulnerability Tester daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 - 386
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Vulnerability Tester 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.005% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £765
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 - £765

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,568 12,640 15,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 93.08% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,148 8,550 11,176
10th Percentile £363 £331 £339
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 198 243
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% -9.09% -15.84%
75th Percentile £59.18 £49.94 £52.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £43.00
% change year-on-year +70.13% -38.49% -2.39%

Vulnerability Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Vulnerability Tester job vacancy trend in London

Vulnerability Tester
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Vulnerability Tester
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 Vulnerability Tester within the London region over the 6 months to 25 July 2026. 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 £575 -
Vulnerability Tester
England

Vulnerability Tester Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 25 July 2026, Vulnerability 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 Vulnerability Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research

Vulnerability 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP