Penetration Testing Contracts in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 103 131
Rank change year-on-year -15 +28 -22
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 3 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.16% 0.68% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.75% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - £499 -
25th Percentile £515 £545 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £648 £1,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.15% -48.20% +150.00%
75th Percentile £545 £753 -
90th Percentile - £781 -
South East median daily rate £530 £573 £713
% change year-on-year -7.42% -19.65% +43.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £83.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,694 1,590 2,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.77% 89.73% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 993 1,350
10th Percentile £235 £349 £267
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +7.41%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 53 38
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £26.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £63.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +199.64% -0.12%
75th Percentile £71.89 £74.79 £34.97
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £67.72
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Penetration Testing in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Reading -18 1 £530 -18.15% 2
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (66.67%) PaaS
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Product Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Data Security
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Product Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling