Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Penetration Testing
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South West median daily rate £525 - £525

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 294 159 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.58% 94.64% 73.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 99 95
10th Percentile £357 £225 £200
25th Percentile £417 £378 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £630 £675 £600
90th Percentile £716 £775 £625
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 21 32
10th Percentile £25.10 £14.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -51.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £40.00
90th Percentile £61.25 £63.75 £59.93
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £29.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +98.28% -47.27% -4.35%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Somerset

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Penetration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Street - 1 £600 - 1
Penetration Testing
South West

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IAM Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft