Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Security Testing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £700 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Security 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 858 257 330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 93.67% 96.25% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 171 190
10th Percentile £353 £230 £360
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
South Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.55% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £16.54 - -
25th Percentile £18.34 £15.22 £10.90
Median hourly rate £22.25 £16.19 £17.63
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% -8.14% -31.55%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.34 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +19.46% +22.37% +24.46%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Security 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Akamai
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Imperva