Penetration Tester Contracts in South Wales

Penetration Tester
Wales > South Wales

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in South Wales is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Wales median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 229 299 491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 88.99% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 218 377
10th Percentile £166 £169 £180
25th Percentile £250 £352 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £460 £460
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
75th Percentile £494 £563 £575
90th Percentile £625 £645 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 26
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.20 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £53.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in South Wales

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in South Wales

Penetration Tester
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cardiff - 2 £600 - 6
Penetration Tester
Wales

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme