Senior Penetration Tester Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Penetration Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Penetration Tester daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 - 476
Rank change year-on-year - - +154
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 - £600
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior Penetration Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Penetration Tester trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Penetration Tester.

Senior Penetration Tester daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Rust
2 2 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Assembly Language
2 2 (66.67%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching

Senior 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:

Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) FreeRTOS
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Assembly Language
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
149 Senior Penetration Tester jobs Nationwide