Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Penetration Testing
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.78% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £423 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £400 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -29.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

Penetration 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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 237 150 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 91.86% 93.17% 95.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 117 112
10th Percentile £323 £307 £224
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £403 £481
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -16.23% +9.20%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £534
90th Percentile £550 £615 £586
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £436 £475
% change year-on-year -3.56% -8.32% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 14
10th Percentile - - £13.16
25th Percentile - £23.10 £18.01
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year - -52.55% +177.55%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £51.50
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.00 £22.05 £21.52
% change year-on-year -9.28% +2.46% +27.84%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Northampton - 2 £400 -
Penetration Testing
East Midlands

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Campaign Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow