Security Tester Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Security Tester
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Security Tester daily rate in West Yorkshire is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Tester 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £359 - -
25th Percentile £361 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £408 - -
90th Percentile £421 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £388 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 792 738 1,305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.19% 93.54% 97.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 453 850
10th Percentile £300 £301 £299
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £613
90th Percentile £664 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £495 £510
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 17
10th Percentile £21.47 £16.94 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £16.92
Median hourly rate £27.50 £26.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -5.53%
75th Percentile £81.25 £39.69 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £28.10
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.04 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +7.27% +9.53% +11.63%

Security Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Security Tester job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Security Tester
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Security Tester
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds - 4 £388 - 1
Security Tester
Yorkshire

Security Tester Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Security 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Security Tester in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) JWT
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) OAuth
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SAML
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Splunk
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Storage
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) JWT
1 4 (100.00%) OAuth
1 4 (100.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Splunk