Senior Penetration Tester Contracts in the North West

Senior Penetration Tester
England > North West

The median Senior Penetration Tester daily rate in the North West is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.045% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £800 £765 £375
% change year-on-year +4.58% +104.00% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,057 2,320 2,683
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 94.89% 93.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,323 1,387 1,849
10th Percentile £263 £275 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
75th Percentile £566 £588 £588
90th Percentile £668 £675 £657
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 200 152
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% +11.33% +34.24%
75th Percentile £50.38 £54.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.54 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -43.76% +2.63% +68.64%

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Senior Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Penetration Tester in the North West

Senior Penetration Tester
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 1 £550 - 2
Senior Penetration Tester
England

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Senior Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified