Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Penetration Testing
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 78 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 77.91% 75.00% 87.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 34 58
10th Percentile £220 £207 £196
25th Percentile £325 £300 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -13.16% -20.83%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £628
90th Percentile £713 £664 £714
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 5
10th Percentile £14.34 £45.22 -
25th Percentile £17.21 £46.72 £11.25
Median hourly rate £23.75 £61.25 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.22% +337.50% -12.50%
75th Percentile £24.76 £70.00 £42.25
90th Percentile £25.15 - £64.40
East of England median hourly rate £20.35 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.86% +59.09% -5.46%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
Ipswich - 1 £550 - 4
Penetration Testing
East of England

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable