Security Penetration Tester Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Penetration/Security Tester
Berkshire > Wokingham

As of 4 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Penetration/Security Tester daily rate in Wokingham.

 6 months to
4 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Penetration Tester 1 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 0.32% - 20.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - 20.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 246 114 69
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.87% 96.61% 98.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 78 35
10th Percentile £288 £245 £308
25th Percentile £350 £335 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £378 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.58% -20.53% +8.20%
75th Percentile £519 £547 £613
90th Percentile £650 £600 £818
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £58.30 £61.65
% change year-on-year -30.64% -5.43% +52.21%

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Security 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 Wokingham region featuring Security Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap