GPEN Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GPEN 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 1.51% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £416 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

GPEN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wokingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 84 54 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 42.21% 56.84% 55.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 47 20
10th Percentile £219 £239 £300
25th Percentile £320 £328 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £380 £538
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -29.30% -6.52%
75th Percentile £462 £500 £675
90th Percentile £538 £600 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -13.94% +10.67% +2.44%

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in Wokingham

GPEN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) OWASP
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap