Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Penetration Testing
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 25 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 -7 -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 8 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 3.85% 1.06% 4.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 1.27% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £397 - -
25th Percentile £407 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £440 - -
90th Percentile £448 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 - £644
% change year-on-year - - -0.96%

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 185 79 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 88.94% 84.04% 97.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 60 38
10th Percentile £310 £306 £382
25th Percentile £373 £350 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £669
90th Percentile £608 £600 £889
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.15 - -
90th Percentile £14.24 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £60.83 £60.63
% change year-on-year -38.71% +0.34% +21.25%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Penetration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
1 4 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (62.50%) Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Testing Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 4 (50.00%) OWASP
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Red Team
1 4 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) CEH
2 4 (50.00%) CISM
2 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) GPEN
2 4 (50.00%) OSCP
2 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
1 4 (50.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Nmap