Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in Warwick

Penetration Tester
Warwickshire > Warwick

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in Warwick is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 0.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Warwickshire median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwick. 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 Warwick with a recognized job title 257 166 120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.41% 93.26% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 78 81
10th Percentile £350 £413 £150
25th Percentile £402 £500 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.53%
75th Percentile £600 £632 £675
90th Percentile £688 £729 £738
Warwickshire median daily rate £535 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -2.68% +7.32% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 1
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.91% +19.10% +37.17%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £32.53 -
Warwickshire median hourly rate £40.46 £23.82 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.86% +19.10% +21.21%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

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 Warwick.

Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in Warwick

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick

For the 6 months to 5 December 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 Warwick region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes