Security Testing Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Security Testing
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 24 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 +30
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.49% 0.68% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.75% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -29.17% -11.11%
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £525 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +23.53% -29.17% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 172 134 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 84.73% 90.54% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 72 104
10th Percentile £205 £327 £350
25th Percentile £413 £381 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +3.77%
75th Percentile £572 £541 £650
90th Percentile £625 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £465 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 6
10th Percentile £13.71 £15.50 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £17.19 £18.19
Median hourly rate £18.28 £34.75 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -47.41% +75.95% +19.70%
75th Percentile £20.63 £70.00 £29.06
90th Percentile £37.60 - £32.88
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £18.28 £34.75 £19.75
% change year-on-year -47.41% +75.95% +22.06%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Newcastle upon Tyne

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA