Penetration Testing Contracts in Macclesfield

Penetration Testing
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 2.04% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £775 £500
% change year-on-year -35.48% +55.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 51 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 100.00% 100.00% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 35
10th Percentile £400 £450 £355
25th Percentile £481 £463 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% +38.46%
75th Percentile £619 £585 £494
90th Percentile £700 - £665
Cheshire median daily rate £443 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.84% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.29
25th Percentile £16.25 - £12.40
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £14.75
75th Percentile £16.75 - £15.13
90th Percentile - - £15.20
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -8.57% +14.60% +45.43%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Macclesfield

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA CyberOps
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Check Point Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler