Security Testing Contracts in Northern Ireland

Security Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 0 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland - - 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate - - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Security Testing 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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 146 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 75.00% 75.65% 86.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 74 93
10th Percentile £275 £167 £146
25th Percentile £400 £284 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £433
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -1.73% +5.17%
75th Percentile £625 £532 £500
90th Percentile £675 £638 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 13
10th Percentile - £13.78 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.29
Median hourly rate £14.19 £15.50 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% -1.52% +16.59%
75th Percentile £23.54 £16.88 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.22 -
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Northern Ireland