Penetration Testing Contracts in Wokingham

Penetration Testing
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 7 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 3.95% 5.71% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 5.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £704 - -
25th Percentile £712 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £737 - -
75th Percentile £756 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £664 £530 £648
% change year-on-year +25.28% -18.15% +16.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wokingham

Penetration Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 68 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 93.22% 97.14% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 55 40
10th Percentile £350 £310 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £675 £680 £754
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.13
Median hourly rate £14.30 - £27.25
75th Percentile - - £28.38
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Wokingham

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Wokingham.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Wokingham

Penetration Testing
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MSI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Auditor
1 6 (85.71%) Security Auditor
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Linux Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Containerisation
1 6 (85.71%) Security Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (14.29%) Release Management
2 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM