Security Testing Contract Job Trends in the North East

Security Testing
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Security Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 35 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +27
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 1.03% 0.36% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.40% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £434 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -29.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £486 £438 -
90th Percentile £510 - -
England median daily rate £525 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -15.66% +3.75% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 247 247 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 84.88% 89.82% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 104 155
10th Percentile £225 £286 £318
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £584
90th Percentile £624 £732 £696
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 35 9
10th Percentile £12.49 £13.75 £16.85
25th Percentile £14.31 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.09 £29.77 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.25% +48.85% +14.29%
75th Percentile £20.63 £46.18 £33.75
90th Percentile £44.00 £70.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the North East

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the North East region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Tyne and Wear -5 3 £445 +4.71% 1
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (66.67%) REST Assured
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Gatling
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) JMeter
3 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) QA Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
1 2 (66.67%) WireMock
2 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Testing
1 3 (100.00%) BDD
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) QA Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker