GPEN Contracts with Work from Home Options

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 465 619
Rank change year-on-year +140 +154 -142
Contract jobs citing GPEN 19 6 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.023% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.092% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile - - £480
25th Percentile - £623 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +76.92%
75th Percentile £625 £628 £603
90th Percentile £640 - £631
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +76.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,204 6,536 8,880
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.56% 25.47% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,636 4,399 6,220
10th Percentile £325 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £731 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 293 228
10th Percentile £15.85 £20.00 £19.46
25th Percentile £24.63 £43.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +32.65% +22.50%
75th Percentile £66.25 £72.50 £65.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +8.50%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GPEN trend for jobs with a WFH option

GPEN
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GPEN.

GPEN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (84.21%) IaaS
1 16 (84.21%) PaaS
1 16 (84.21%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (84.21%) 5G
1 16 (84.21%) Broadband
2 3 (15.79%) Wireless
General
1 16 (84.21%) Law
1 16 (84.21%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Legal
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 19 (100.00%) Tester
2 16 (84.21%) Security Penetration Tester
2 16 (84.21%) Security Specialist
2 16 (84.21%) Security Tester
2 16 (84.21%) Testing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (84.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (15.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Application Security
1 19 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 19 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (84.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 16 (84.21%) OWASP
2 16 (84.21%) Security Testing
2 16 (84.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Ethical Hacking
3 3 (15.79%) Offensive Security
3 3 (15.79%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C++
1 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
1 3 (15.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 19 (100.00%) GIAC
1 19 (100.00%) OSCP
1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (84.21%) SANS
3 3 (15.79%) CEH
3 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (84.21%) GDPR
1 16 (84.21%) NCSC
1 16 (84.21%) PCI DSS
2 3 (15.79%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Virgin Media