Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in South London

Penetration Tester
London > South London

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in South London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.56% 0.49% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.51% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £515 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% - -
75th Percentile £538 £545 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +13.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South London with a recognized job title 170 198 272
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 96.59% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 124 209
10th Percentile £253 £205 £184
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £716 £725 £672
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 20
10th Percentile - - £16.28
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.13
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -58.39% +6.23%
75th Percentile £47.28 £35.91 £55.20
90th Percentile £64.86 £61.41 £68.00
London median hourly rate £26.68 £38.75 £40.50
% change year-on-year -31.16% -4.32% +25.58%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Penetration Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in South London

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in South London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in South London

Penetration Tester
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the South London region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Croydon -4 1 £525 -0.94%
Penetration Tester
London

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South London region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800