Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Security Testing
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 74 102
Rank change year-on-year -60 +28 +18
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 7 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.32% 0.45% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.49% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £381 - -
25th Percentile £419 £263 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £275 £415
Median % change year-on-year +77.27% -33.73% -25.39%
75th Percentile £597 £288 £423
90th Percentile £659 - -
England median daily rate £550 £608 £600
% change year-on-year -9.58% +1.38% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 818 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 88.88% 91.09% 86.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,271 514 918
10th Percentile £306 £233 £259
25th Percentile £403 £362 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £669
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 28 54
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.34 £11.17
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.93 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.69 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +60.67% +27.00%
75th Percentile £55.75 £28.75 £22.56
90th Percentile £68.75 £58.04 £53.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in Yorkshire

Security Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
West Yorkshire -24 5 £488 +77.27% 2
North Yorkshire - 1 £363 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £700 - 2
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 1 (14.29%) Akamai
4 1 (14.29%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) HTTP
3 1 (14.29%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
1 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) IAM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Java Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Java Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior QA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Private Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Application Security
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) OWASP
2 3 (42.86%) SDLC
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Secrets Management
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (28.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (57.14%) CCSP
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) OSCP
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
1 4 (57.14%) PCI DSS
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) GDPR
3 2 (28.57%) PSD2
4 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
4 1 (14.29%) COBIT
4 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) F5
1 1 (14.29%) Imperva
1 1 (14.29%) Splunk