Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Penetration Testing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 36 51
Rank change year-on-year -56 +15 +6
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.38% 0.80% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.86% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £506 £329
25th Percentile £463 £516 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +34.38% +20.30%
75th Percentile £494 £566 £444
90th Percentile £498 £579 £463
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £538 £400
% change year-on-year -11.63% +34.38% +20.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 742 233 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.01% 93.57% 95.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 133 221
10th Percentile £339 £220 £375
25th Percentile £405 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £612
90th Percentile £650 £675 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £514 £525
% change year-on-year -6.18% -2.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile £16.11 £12.44 £10.90
25th Percentile £19.50 £13.49 £11.33
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% -23.81% +11.84%
75th Percentile - £18.58 £23.75
90th Percentile - £19.43 £24.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £20.00
% change year-on-year +55.34% -19.05% +104.08%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Test Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) Jest
2 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) The Twelve-Factor App
2 2 (66.67%) BDD
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker