Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Security Testing
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 0.64% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £570 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 104 61 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 66.24% 78.21% 80.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 33 37
10th Percentile £325 £200 £105
25th Percentile £441 £210 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £666 £450 £550
90th Percentile £725 £584 £650
East of England median daily rate £477 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.70% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £17.27 £53.33 £11.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £64.05 £12.69
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +139.32% +88.71%
75th Percentile £23.69 - £53.69
90th Percentile £24.38 - £68.34
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £50.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -54.74% +31.16% +53.65%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Security Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Security Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing Security Testing

Security 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 Security Testing within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 17 April 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 - - 1
Security Testing
East of England

Security 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery