Security Tester Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Security Tester
England > Midlands

The median Security Tester daily rate in the Midlands is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.065% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £424 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £421 £765 £600
% change year-on-year -44.93% +27.50% +17.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,759 2,333 2,518
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 92.99% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 1,450 1,740
10th Percentile £216 £225 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 98 116
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.00 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.38 £16.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £27.21 £32.13 £31.59
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Security Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Security Tester job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Security Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in the Midlands

Security Tester
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Tester within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
East Midlands - 1 £449 -
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Security Tester
England

Security Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Security 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 Midlands region featuring Security Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (50.00%) IT Audit
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (50.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Tenable
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

Security Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CMDB
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (50.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable