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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GPEN 7 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 1.98% - 20.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.50% - 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £407 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £459 - -
90th Percentile £503 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £500 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 200 63 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 56.50% 55.75% 68.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 44 27
10th Percentile £219 £223 £350
25th Percentile £306 £298 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.11% -26.32% -20.83%
75th Percentile £486 £489 £588
90th Percentile £519 £595 £705
Berkshire median daily rate £463 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -15.91% +9.89% -9.00%

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GPEN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

GPEN job vacancy trend in Wokingham

GPEN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 7 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 7 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 7 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 7 (100.00%) OWASP
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Red Team
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Bash
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CEH
1 7 (100.00%) OSCP
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Nmap