Penetration Tester Contracts in Wiltshire

Penetration Tester
South West > Wiltshire

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in Wiltshire is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South West median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 878 1,058 871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 94.38% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 883 623
10th Percentile £263 £325 £301
25th Percentile £461 £454 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year - +8.91% +6.32%
75th Percentile £650 £662 £615
90th Percentile £725 £723 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 23
10th Percentile - £36.75 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.25 £62.75 £25.25
Median hourly rate £16.50 £65.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.81% +19.09% +14.58%
75th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £69.05
90th Percentile - £84.50 £69.81
South West median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
% change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in Wiltshire

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in Wiltshire

Penetration Tester
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Swindon - 3 £600 -
Penetration Tester
South West

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Ruby
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS