Security Testing Contract Job Trends in South London

Security Testing
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 2.38% 1.31% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 1.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £506 £513 -
25th Percentile £506 £514 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% - -
75th Percentile £538 £635 -
90th Percentile - £689 -
London median daily rate £525 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -22.22% +3.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 204 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 86.19% 89.08% 84.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 137 157
10th Percentile £286 £233 £188
25th Percentile £450 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £595
90th Percentile £640 £776 £675
London median daily rate £528 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 17
10th Percentile £17.98 - £18.20
25th Percentile £54.41 £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate £61.22 £19.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +213.94% -35.00% -31.99%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £49.88
90th Percentile £66.62 £81.28 £69.50
London median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
% change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in South London

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Security Testing

Security Testing
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 Security Testing within the South London region over the 6 months to 23 December 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 0 5 £525 -0.94%
Security Testing
London

Security Testing
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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Security Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (80.00%) OWASP
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Application Security
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Decision Tree
2 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (60.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) CEH
2 4 (80.00%) CREST Certified
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
3 3 (60.00%) SANS
4 1 (20.00%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
1 4 (80.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC