Penetration Testing Contracts in Southampton

Penetration Testing
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 10 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 9.26% - 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.24% - 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £563
25th Percentile £620 - £564
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £581
75th Percentile £660 - £602
90th Percentile - - £604
Hampshire median daily rate £895 £650 £581
% change year-on-year +37.69% +11.83% -22.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

Penetration 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 102 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 82.41% 60.36% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 83
10th Percentile £200 £300 £240
25th Percentile £329 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +11.65% +14.76%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £595
90th Percentile £625 £713 £663
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £13.13 £21.99
25th Percentile - £66.88 £23.15
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +122.22% +104.08%
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - £52.65
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Southampton

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Southampton

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 8 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (70.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) Internet
2 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 6 (60.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) IT Manager
1 8 (80.00%) IT Services Manager
1 8 (80.00%) Service Manager
2 6 (60.00%) Senior
2 6 (60.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 6 (60.00%) Senior Manager
2 6 (60.00%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Services Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (70.00%) Case Management
2 7 (70.00%) Contract Management
2 7 (70.00%) Security Monitoring
3 6 (60.00%) Analytics
4 5 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
4 5 (50.00%) Server Management
4 5 (50.00%) Storage Management
5 2 (20.00%) Design for Test
5 2 (20.00%) Performance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) FMEA
6 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Security Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Test Assurance
6 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) BT