Security Testing Contracts in Manchester

Security Testing
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 84 108
Rank change year-on-year +8 +24 +29
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 3 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% 0.79% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.91% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile - £444 £485
25th Percentile - £463 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile - £650 £638
90th Percentile - £725 £664
North West median daily rate £650 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +23.81% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
North West median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Security 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Manchester

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in Manchester

Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) IaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP APO Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
2 1 (33.33%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
1 2 (66.67%) OSCE
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow