Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Luton

Penetration Testing
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 0.64% - 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% - 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - £600

All Process and Methodology Skills
Luton

Penetration Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 142 89 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 90.45% 95.70% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 47 105
10th Percentile £313 £266 £450
25th Percentile £413 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -
75th Percentile £588 £644 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £615
Bedfordshire median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 3
10th Percentile £63.00 £22.31 £53.00
25th Percentile £75.25 £47.69 £53.75
Median hourly rate £88.00 £56.58 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% +2.86% -1.48%
75th Percentile £91.50 £64.95 £60.25
90th Percentile £93.20 £67.95 £61.90
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £84.75 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +69.50% -9.09% +0.64%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Luton

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management