Security Testing Contracts in the South East

Security Testing
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 187 185
Rank change year-on-year +42 -2 +70
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 18 17 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.55% 0.30% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.36% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 19
10th Percentile £384 £391 £383
25th Percentile £472 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% +7.62%
75th Percentile £703 £575 £644
90th Percentile £752 £648 £743
England median daily rate £495 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -17.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £48.75 -
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,978 4,700 5,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 90.57% 82.75% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 2,737 3,584
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £623
90th Percentile £672 £700 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 445 240
10th Percentile £13.38 £13.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.32 £22.11
Median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% - +122.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £67.81 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
% change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the South East

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in the South East

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in the South East

Security Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Testing in the South East

Security Testing
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 Security Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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
Thames Valley +20 11 £675 +22.73% 4
Berkshire +23 9 £698 +22.73% 4
Hampshire +37 5 £400 -27.27% 6
Oxfordshire +1 2 £575 +121.15% 1
Surrey - 2 - - 1
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Burp Suite
1 1 (5.56%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Auditor
1 6 (33.33%) Security Auditor
2 5 (27.78%) Information Specialist
3 4 (22.22%) Tester
4 3 (16.67%) Information Security Specialist
4 3 (16.67%) Security Specialist
5 2 (11.11%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 2 (11.11%) QA Tester
5 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Lead
6 1 (5.56%) Network Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (5.56%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 5 (27.78%) Information Assurance
5 4 (22.22%) Information Security
5 4 (22.22%) Performance Testing
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
6 3 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (16.67%) Cryptography
6 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (16.67%) Exploratory Testing
6 3 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) Test Management
6 3 (16.67%) Validation
6 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) C
1 1 (5.56%) C++
1 1 (5.56%) Java
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (16.67%) CISM
4 3 (16.67%) CISSP
5 2 (11.11%) CEH
6 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.56%) Degree
6 1 (5.56%) GPEN
6 1 (5.56%) GWAPT
6 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.56%) OSCE
6 1 (5.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) NCSC
2 3 (16.67%) QA
3 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (11.11%) NIST
4 1 (5.56%) GDPR
4 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) BT
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft