Penetration Testing Contracts in Slough

Penetration Testing
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 1.41% - 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% - 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £615 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - -
75th Percentile £645 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £664 £530 £648
% change year-on-year +25.28% -18.15% +16.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65 61 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 91.55% 80.26% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 45 149
10th Percentile £185 £280 £280
25th Percentile £300 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £585 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £17.20
25th Percentile - - £18.63
Median hourly rate £24.66 £11.79 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.16% -43.86% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £28.50 £22.00
90th Percentile - £65.40 £22.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Slough

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Slough.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Slough

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800