Offensive Security Contract Job Trends in the South East

Offensive Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Offensive Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Offensive Security 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.017% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £610 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -2.40% -3.85% -5.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Offensive Security 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,756 2,758 4,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.31% 91.54% 84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,099 1,757 2,740
10th Percentile £281 £256 £243
25th Percentile £408 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £623
90th Percentile £713 £675 £700
England median daily rate £509 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 172 435
10th Percentile £15.36 £13.85 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.69 £16.05 £18.26
Median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £81.05 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Offensive Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Offensive Security job vacancy trend in the South East

Offensive Security
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Offensive Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Offensive Security

Offensive Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Offensive Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Berkshire - 1 £400 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £400 - 1
Offensive Security
England

Offensive Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap