Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Preston

Penetration Testing
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.22% 2.99% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 3.28% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £600 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £700 £400 -
% change year-on-year +75.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 71 61 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 78.89% 91.04% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 15
10th Percentile £248 £285 £350
25th Percentile £550 £463 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% +6.00% +24.22%
75th Percentile £793 £570 £621
90th Percentile £881 £643 £732
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +2.23% +0.09% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 42
10th Percentile £39.53 £24.76 £13.96
25th Percentile £40.74 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% +79.02% -61.34%
75th Percentile £69.80 £31.07 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £43.39 £50.00
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £40.25
% change year-on-year +58.12% -28.57% -5.29%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Preston

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared