Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Security Testing
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Security Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +27
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.91% 0.62% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.66% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £435 - -
25th Percentile £450 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -29.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £500 £438 -
90th Percentile £515 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £445 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +4.71% -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 189 151 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 86.30% 93.21% 85.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 73 93
10th Percentile £200 £317 £350
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% +2.33%
75th Percentile £549 £590 £625
90th Percentile £630 £670 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £463 £475 £510
% change year-on-year -2.63% -6.86% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 6
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.75 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £15.50 £18.19
Median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -6.33% +19.70%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £29.06
90th Percentile £36.00 £70.00 £32.88
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.75
% change year-on-year +4.05% -6.33% +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 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Gatling
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (50.00%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker