Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in Woking

Penetration Tester
Surrey > Woking

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in Woking is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Woking 5.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £508 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £515 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Woking

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Woking. 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 Woking with a recognized job title 17 16 19
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.12% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 8
10th Percentile £453 £353 £337
25th Percentile £463 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £419
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% +8.66% +109.38%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £505
90th Percentile £652 £581 £693
Surrey median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £26.73
Surrey median hourly rate £67.50 £24.66 £18.35
% change year-on-year +173.72% +34.39% -59.22%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Woking

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 Woking.

Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in Woking

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Woking

For the 6 months to 16 March 2026, 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 Woking region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
Penetration Tester jobs