Penetration Testing
South East > West Sussex
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 44 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex | - | - | 1.30% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 1.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -25.93% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £658 | £530 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.06% | -7.83% | -19.30% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex
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 West Sussex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 123 | 234 | 270 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex | 86.62% | 91.05% | 87.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 76 | 174 | 215 |
| 10th Percentile | £216 | £313 | £181 |
| 25th Percentile | £327 | £403 | £301 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £444 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.39% | -5.26% | +1.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £523 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £632 | £588 | £698 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £501 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.20% | -1.76% | +2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.39 | £13.63 | £18.74 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.95 | £18.20 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £18.82 | £21.50 | £22.16 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.47% | -2.98% | -36.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.25 | £22.25 | £22.40 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.15 | £28.05 | £24.19 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £47.50 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.05% | -3.06% | +127.91% |
Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex
Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.
Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in West Sussex.