Ethical Hacking Contracts

Ethical Hacking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ethical Hacking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 653 822
Rank change year-on-year +122 +169 -156
Contract jobs citing Ethical Hacking 51 59 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.098% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.11% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 37 16
10th Percentile £535 £455 £463
25th Percentile £550 £495 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £565 £581
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £743 £742
90th Percentile £751 £850 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £645 £500 £539
% change year-on-year +29.00% -7.19% +5.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.75 £63.30
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year - +13.98% -
75th Percentile - £77.50 £68.30
90th Percentile - £78.20 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year - +13.98% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ethical Hacking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,651 54,096 80,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,333 37,469 56,726
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,787 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.34 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +86.50% -8.09%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking.

Daily rate trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking.

Hourly rate trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
England +117 46 £613 +8.41% 44
UK excluding London +49 20 £645 +29.00% 31
London +95 18 £585 -16.43% 20
Work from Home +116 15 £575 +6.48% 9
North of England - 12 £650 - 10
South West +9 5 £575 +15.00% 5
North West - 5 £750 - 4
Yorkshire - 5 £650 - 5
Midlands +39 4 £645 +43.33% 6
West Midlands +33 4 £645 +43.33% 4
Scotland +33 3 - - 3
South East +5 2 £600 -7.69% 4
North East - 2 £625 - 1

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (33.33%) Azure
2 15 (29.41%) AWS
3 12 (23.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.92%) Amazon S3
4 2 (3.92%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.69%) Firewall
2 7 (13.73%) Wireless
3 6 (11.76%) SD-WAN
3 6 (11.76%) WAN
4 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.96%) DNS
5 1 (1.96%) Internet
5 1 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.96%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.65%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Burp Suite
General
1 17 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Finance
4 6 (11.76%) Banking
4 6 (11.76%) Legal
5 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.96%) Games
6 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Analyst
2 11 (21.57%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (15.69%) Ethical Hacker
3 8 (15.69%) Penetration Tester
3 8 (15.69%) Tester
4 6 (11.76%) Consultant
4 6 (11.76%) Security Consultant
5 4 (7.84%) Security Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) Cloud Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) Cloud Security Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) Information Officer
6 3 (5.88%) Information Security Officer
6 3 (5.88%) Security Officer
7 2 (3.92%) Applications Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) SOC Engineer
8 1 (1.96%) Data Analyst
8 1 (1.96%) Security Analyst
8 1 (1.96%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.65%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (3.92%) Kafka
3 1 (1.96%) React
3 1 (1.96%) Three.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (29.41%) Cyber Defence
2 11 (21.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 10 (19.61%) Management Information System
4 9 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (15.69%) Mobile App
5 8 (15.69%) Operational Technology
6 6 (11.76%) PKI
6 6 (11.76%) Security Posture
7 5 (9.80%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
9 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.96%) Cybercrime
10 1 (1.96%) IoT
10 1 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (35.29%) Linux
2 11 (21.57%) Windows
3 7 (13.73%) Kali Linux
4 2 (3.92%) Mac OS X
4 2 (3.92%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (56.86%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (50.98%) Penetration Testing
3 20 (39.22%) SIEM
4 16 (31.37%) Cloud Security
5 15 (29.41%) Incident Response
6 14 (27.45%) Information Security
7 11 (21.57%) Application Security
8 10 (19.61%) Computer Science
8 10 (19.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (19.61%) Security Operations
8 10 (19.61%) Threat Intelligence
9 9 (17.65%) Agile
9 9 (17.65%) Case Management
9 9 (17.65%) Dashboard Development
9 9 (17.65%) DevSecOps
9 9 (17.65%) Incident Management
9 9 (17.65%) Protective Monitoring
9 9 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (17.65%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) Python
2 7 (13.73%) C++
2 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.96%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (60.78%) Security Cleared
2 26 (50.98%) SC Cleared
3 22 (43.14%) CEH
4 16 (31.37%) Degree
5 15 (29.41%) OSCP
6 13 (25.49%) CISSP
7 10 (19.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (19.61%) CREST Certified
8 9 (17.65%) DV Cleared
9 8 (15.69%) GIAC
9 8 (15.69%) GPEN
10 5 (9.80%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (7.84%) CCSP
11 4 (7.84%) CISM
12 3 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (5.88%) CCNP
12 3 (5.88%) CCSK
13 2 (3.92%) CCNA
13 2 (3.92%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 10 (19.61%) NIST
3 6 (11.76%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.96%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (13.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Snort
Systems Management
1 9 (17.65%) Kibana
1 9 (17.65%) logstash
2 7 (13.73%) Terraform
3 1 (1.96%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) Cisco
3 3 (5.88%) F5
3 3 (5.88%) Splunk
4 2 (3.92%) Qualys
4 2 (3.92%) Remedy
5 1 (1.96%) Imperva
5 1 (1.96%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) Symantec