Penetration Testing Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Penetration Testing
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £700 £300 £650
% change year-on-year +133.33% -53.85% -10.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 116 66 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 80.00% 94.29% 82.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 53 59
10th Percentile £300 £162 £273
25th Percentile £413 £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +14.75%
75th Percentile £619 £700 £588
90th Percentile £644 £888 £613
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 7
10th Percentile £17.57 £13.01 -
25th Percentile £20.31 £15.36 £10.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.16 £11.73
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% +46.31% -
75th Percentile £47.50 £33.73 £26.99
90th Percentile £77.50 £62.69 £51.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £23.42 £18.50
% change year-on-year +45.13% +26.59% -32.73%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 5 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Malvern - 1 £575 - 2
Penetration Testing
West Midlands

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk