Offensive Security Contracts in the North of England

Offensive Security
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Offensive Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Offensive Security over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 216 233
Rank change year-on-year +37 +17 -
Contract jobs citing Offensive Security 6 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.017% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.019% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £600 - £517
25th Percentile £613 - £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £650
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - £711
England median daily rate £650 £688 £606
% change year-on-year -5.45% +13.40% -6.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Offensive Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,026 5,268 6,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.79% 90.69% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,465 3,659 4,646
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 207 257
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.30 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.52% +58.38% +2.45%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.25 £29.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.07
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in the North of England

Offensive Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Offensive Security in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Offensive Security in the North of England

Offensive Security
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Offensive Security within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Yorkshire +23 4 £650 - 2
North East - 2 £625 - 1
Offensive Security
England

Offensive Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Legal
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Application Security
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 6 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CEH
1 6 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 6 (100.00%) GIAC
1 6 (100.00%) GPEN
1 6 (100.00%) OSCP
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory