Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Telford

Security Testing
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Telford requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -38 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 1.85% 1.98% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 2.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £445 £383 -
25th Percentile £490 £404 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.80% - -
75th Percentile £538 £473 -
90th Percentile £539 £494 -
Shropshire median daily rate £525 £438 -
% change year-on-year +19.80% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 332 95 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 87.83% 94.06% 55.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 63 22
10th Percentile £402 £313 -
25th Percentile £450 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £449
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +6.24% -16.85%
75th Percentile £538 £530 £500
90th Percentile £562 £567 £536
Shropshire median daily rate £500 £477 £410
% change year-on-year +4.82% +16.34% -24.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £10.42
Median % change year-on-year - - -81.05%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £10.42
% change year-on-year +106.49% +16.89% -71.59%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Telford

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Cucumber
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
2 2 (28.57%) Gatling
3 1 (14.29%) Git
3 1 (14.29%) GitLab
3 1 (14.29%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) JUnit
3 1 (14.29%) REST Assured
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Tester
2 3 (42.86%) Manual Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Gherkin
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Java EE
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
2 1 (14.29%) Playwright
2 1 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (14.29%) React
2 1 (14.29%) RESTful
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Test Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Pair Programming
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
3 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
4 2 (28.57%) OWASP
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 2 (28.57%) System Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) Groovy
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Scala
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Actian
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) Tenable