Security Penetration Tester Contracts with Work from Home Options

Penetration/Security Tester
UK > Work from Home

As of 2 May 2024, 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 Work from Home.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 467 620
Rank change year-on-year +139 +153 -141
Contract jobs requiring a Security Penetration Tester 16 4 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.016% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.016% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £566 £345
25th Percentile - £609 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £715 £434
Median % change year-on-year - +64.84% -3.61%
75th Percentile - £798 £504
90th Percentile - - £540
UK median daily rate - £625 £434
% change year-on-year - +44.09% -3.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,262 24,476 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.36% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,547 17,287 30,849
10th Percentile £325 £356 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 563 608
10th Percentile £14.34 £18.50 £13.21
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.98 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Security Penetration Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Security Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Penetration Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Penetration Tester
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 Security Penetration Tester.

Security Penetration Tester daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Security Penetration Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Security Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Web Services
1 16 (100.00%) Broadband
1 16 (100.00%) Law
1 16 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 16 (100.00%) GIAC
1 16 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 16 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) OWASP
1 16 (100.00%) SaaS
1 16 (100.00%) PaaS
1 16 (100.00%) GPEN
1 16 (100.00%) OSCP
1 16 (100.00%) IaaS
1 16 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 16 (100.00%) SANS
1 16 (100.00%) Virgin Media
1 16 (100.00%) 5G
1 16 (100.00%) GDPR
1 16 (100.00%) NCSC
1 16 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 16 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 16 (100.00%) Application Security

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
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 (100.00%) IaaS
1 16 (100.00%) PaaS
1 16 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) 5G
1 16 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 16 (100.00%) Law
1 16 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Application Security
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 16 (100.00%) OWASP
1 16 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 16 (100.00%) GIAC
1 16 (100.00%) GPEN
1 16 (100.00%) OSCP
1 16 (100.00%) SANS
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) GDPR
1 16 (100.00%) NCSC
1 16 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Virgin Media