Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Penetration Testing
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 46 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 1.33% 0.59% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 0.68% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £763 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £775 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.61% - -
75th Percentile £388 £788 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £775 £638
% change year-on-year -51.61% +21.57% +38.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

Penetration 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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 455 293 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 86.34% 86.69% 90.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 162 215
10th Percentile £300 £413 £220
25th Percentile £400 £500 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £551 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +7.51% +2.50%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £618
90th Percentile £726 £661 £728
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 20
10th Percentile £16.10 - £13.47
25th Percentile £16.19 £14.70 £16.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% +56.69%
75th Percentile £32.50 £35.00 £28.42
90th Percentile £35.60 - £34.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £21.59 £24.65
% change year-on-year -5.05% -12.41% +39.11%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 25 January 2026. 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
Warwick -7 7 £375 -51.61%
Penetration Testing
West Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 7 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (71.43%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Test Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Testing Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) API Testing
1 2 (28.57%) OWASP
1 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NCSC
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes