Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Penetration Tester
South East > Surrey

As of 27 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Penetration Tester daily rate in Surrey.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £413 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 366 441 685
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.83% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 292 547
10th Percentile £204 £203 £181
25th Percentile £256 £269 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 21 36
10th Percentile £25.15 £15.96 £19.87
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.00 £44.07
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -60.77% +36.96%
75th Percentile £73.79 £68.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £90.09 £75.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £56.75 £51.66
% change year-on-year -55.94% +9.84% +37.76%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Penetration Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in Surrey

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Surrey

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap