Red Teaming
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 369 | 348 | 407 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -21 | +59 | +113 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Red Team | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.013% | 0.088% | 0.073% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.015% | 0.11% | 0.083% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 11 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £554 | £550 | £572 |
| 25th Percentile | £597 | £588 | £586 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £713 | £600 | £675 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -11.11% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £847 | £650 | £720 |
| 90th Percentile | £901 | - | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £575 | £600 | £586 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +2.39% | +11.62% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London
Red Team 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 the UK excluding London.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 13,711 | 15,015 | 19,299 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 89.13% | 82.67% | 88.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,197 | 8,901 | 12,879 |
| 10th Percentile | £237 | £250 | £260 |
| 25th Percentile | £365 | £387 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £695 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,412 | 1,411 | 1,220 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.81 | £13.60 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.95 | £16.30 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.63 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -46.75% | +6.25% | +77.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £75.00 | £77.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.90% | -4.71% | +54.55% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Red Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Red Team.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Team in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Red Team.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Red Team within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 August 2025. 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| North West | -8 | 1 | £550 | +7.32% | 4 |
| North of England | -25 | 1 | £550 | -12.00% | 5 |
| South East | - | 1 | £875 | - | 13 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:
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