Penetration Tester Contracts in Manchester

Penetration Tester
North West > Manchester

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in Manchester is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 87 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.19% 0.083% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.086% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £334 - -
25th Percentile £366 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile £551 - -
North West median daily rate £438 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 947 1,163 1,627
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 95.96% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 743 1,198
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £592
90th Percentile £656 £713 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 49 53
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.60 £15.72
25th Percentile £14.13 £22.00 £16.62
Median hourly rate £21.10 £42.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.35% +123.68% +8.57%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £37.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £85.00 £69.20
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -26.03% +11.33% +34.24%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in Manchester

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Manchester

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Tester in Manchester

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Penetration 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 Manchester region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified