Security Testing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 241 395
Rank change year-on-year -13 +154 +76
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 50 104 82
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.50% 0.68% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.77% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 59 60
10th Percentile £287 £500 £450
25th Percentile £380 £550 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £738
90th Percentile £700 £730 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -16.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Security Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Testing.

Security Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Security Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Testing.

Security Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.00%) Confluence
1 2 (4.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.00%) Azure
2 12 (24.00%) AWS
3 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.00%) GitHub
3 5 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.00%) GCP
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (4.00%) IaaS
6 2 (4.00%) SaaS
7 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.00%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.00%) BrowserStack
7 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.00%) OCI
7 1 (2.00%) Sauce Labs
7 1 (2.00%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (2.00%) HTTP
3 1 (2.00%) Wireless
3 1 (2.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Power BI
1 5 (10.00%) Tableau
2 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Jenkins
1 7 (14.00%) REST Assured
2 6 (12.00%) Postman
3 5 (10.00%) Cypress.io
3 5 (10.00%) Selenium
4 4 (8.00%) JIRA
4 4 (8.00%) JMeter
5 3 (6.00%) Burp Suite
5 3 (6.00%) GitLab
6 2 (4.00%) Gatling
6 2 (4.00%) Git
6 2 (4.00%) JUnit
6 2 (4.00%) Metasploit
6 2 (4.00%) TestNG
7 1 (2.00%) HP UFT
7 1 (2.00%) LoadRunner
7 1 (2.00%) NUnit
7 1 (2.00%) Robot Framework
7 1 (2.00%) SonarQube
7 1 (2.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (18.00%) Finance
4 6 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (8.00%) Legal
7 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Law
8 1 (2.00%) Automotive
8 1 (2.00%) Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (16.00%) Tester
2 7 (14.00%) Analyst
2 7 (14.00%) Senior
3 6 (12.00%) Consultant
3 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (12.00%) Lead
3 6 (12.00%) Security Analyst
3 6 (12.00%) Security Consultant
3 6 (12.00%) Test Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Report Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Information Security Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Security Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Security Technical Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Technical Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Technical Security Consultant
6 3 (6.00%) Java Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Penetration Tester
6 3 (6.00%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.00%) Playwright
2 4 (8.00%) REST
3 3 (6.00%) Jest
3 3 (6.00%) Node.js
4 2 (4.00%) .NET
5 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.00%) ADO
5 1 (2.00%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.00%) Gherkin
5 1 (2.00%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.00%) Kafka
5 1 (2.00%) pytest
5 1 (2.00%) React
5 1 (2.00%) RESTful
5 1 (2.00%) web3js
5 1 (2.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.00%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.00%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.00%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.00%) EPoS
6 1 (2.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (2.00%) IoT
6 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.00%) SCADA
6 1 (2.00%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (2.00%) Linux
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.00%) Agile
2 18 (36.00%) CI/CD
3 15 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (30.00%) Test Automation
4 13 (26.00%) Application Security
4 13 (26.00%) DevOps
4 13 (26.00%) Penetration Testing
4 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (22.00%) Cloud Security
5 11 (22.00%) OWASP
5 11 (22.00%) Threat Modelling
6 10 (20.00%) Information Security
6 10 (20.00%) Performance Testing
6 10 (20.00%) Test Strategy
7 9 (18.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 8 (16.00%) DevSecOps
8 8 (16.00%) Non-Functional Testing
9 7 (14.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
9 7 (14.00%) Risk Management
9 7 (14.00%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) Python
2 8 (16.00%) Java
3 6 (12.00%) SQL
4 5 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.00%) Bash
5 3 (6.00%) PowerShell
6 2 (4.00%) C++
6 2 (4.00%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.00%) C
7 1 (2.00%) Perl
7 1 (2.00%) PHP
7 1 (2.00%) Ruby
7 1 (2.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) CISSP
2 6 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (12.00%) Degree
3 5 (10.00%) CEH
3 5 (10.00%) CREST Certified
3 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) OSCE
4 4 (8.00%) OSCP
5 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.00%) ISTQB
6 2 (4.00%) CISM
6 2 (4.00%) Cyber Scheme
6 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) SANS
7 1 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.00%) CRISC
7 1 (2.00%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) NIST
2 7 (14.00%) QA
3 3 (6.00%) Accessibility
3 3 (6.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (6.00%) GDPR
3 3 (6.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (4.00%) HIPAA
4 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.00%) NCSC
4 2 (4.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.00%) Nessus
3 1 (2.00%) Grafana
3 1 (2.00%) Kibana
3 1 (2.00%) Nmap
3 1 (2.00%) QRadar
3 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (2.00%) Cisco
3 1 (2.00%) Google
3 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.00%) Qualys
3 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.00%) Splunk