Ethical Hacking Contracts in England

Ethical Hacking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Ethical Hacking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 594 756
Rank change year-on-year +104 +162 -120
Contract jobs citing Ethical Hacking 53 44 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.093% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.10% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 28 10
10th Percentile £523 £475 £418
25th Percentile £548 £521 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £573 £515
Median % change year-on-year +6.99% +11.17% -10.04%
75th Percentile £663 £743 £567
90th Percentile £770 £808 £625
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £63.30
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year - +13.98% -
75th Percentile - £77.56 £68.30
90th Percentile - £77.68 -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year - +13.98% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ethical Hacking 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,587 42,714 64,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.77% 89.96% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 29,972 45,670
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 1,513 1,726
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England.

Daily rate trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England.

Hourly rate trend for Ethical Hacking in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
London +86 22 £585 -8.41% 6
North of England +38 13 £650 - 3
South West +5 6 £600 +20.00% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £650 - 2
North West +23 5 £750 +15.38% 1
Midlands +25 4 £645 - 1
West Midlands +19 4 £645 -
South East +4 2 £600 +5.26% 11
North East - 2 £625 -
East of England - 1 £500 - 1
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.89%) Confluence
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (33.96%) Azure
2 17 (32.08%) AWS
3 9 (16.98%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (5.66%) GCP
5 2 (3.77%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Firewall
2 8 (15.09%) SD-WAN
2 8 (15.09%) WAN
3 6 (11.32%) Wireless
4 3 (5.66%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.77%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (3.77%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.77%) Network Security
6 1 (1.89%) DNS
6 1 (1.89%) HTTP
6 1 (1.89%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.89%) Internet
6 1 (1.89%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.89%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 15 (28.30%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (22.64%) Finance
4 7 (13.21%) Banking
5 5 (9.43%) Legal
6 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Games
7 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Analyst
1 10 (18.87%) Consultant
1 10 (18.87%) Security Consultant
2 8 (15.09%) Ethical Hacker
2 8 (15.09%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (13.21%) Penetration Tester
3 7 (13.21%) Tester
4 5 (9.43%) Cloud Consultant
4 5 (9.43%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 5 (9.43%) Security Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (7.55%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Information Officer
6 3 (5.66%) Information Security Officer
6 3 (5.66%) Security Officer
7 2 (3.77%) Applications Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Developer
7 2 (3.77%) IT Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) IT Security Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (5.66%) Kafka
3 1 (1.89%) JSON
3 1 (1.89%) React
3 1 (1.89%) REST
3 1 (1.89%) RESTful
3 1 (1.89%) Three.js
3 1 (1.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Cyber Defence
2 9 (16.98%) Management Information System
3 8 (15.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 8 (15.09%) PKI
4 7 (13.21%) Operational Technology
4 7 (13.21%) Security Posture
5 6 (11.32%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (11.32%) Mobile App
6 5 (9.43%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
9 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.89%) Cybercrime
10 1 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (33.96%) Linux
2 11 (20.75%) Windows
3 7 (13.21%) Kali Linux
4 2 (3.77%) Mac OS X
4 2 (3.77%) zOS
5 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (54.72%) Cybersecurity
1 29 (54.72%) Penetration Testing
2 23 (43.40%) SIEM
3 18 (33.96%) Cloud Security
4 13 (24.53%) Identity Access Management
4 13 (24.53%) Information Security
5 12 (22.64%) Application Security
5 12 (22.64%) Incident Response
6 10 (18.87%) Computer Science
6 10 (18.87%) Data Encryption
6 10 (18.87%) Key Management
6 10 (18.87%) Security Auditing
7 9 (16.98%) Agile
7 9 (16.98%) Database Security
7 9 (16.98%) DevSecOps
7 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (15.09%) DevOps
8 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (15.09%) Knowledge Transfer
8 8 (15.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.30%) Python
2 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
3 6 (11.32%) C++
4 5 (9.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (5.66%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.89%) Bash
6 1 (1.89%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (50.94%) Security Cleared
2 22 (41.51%) SC Cleared
3 21 (39.62%) CEH
4 18 (33.96%) Degree
5 14 (26.42%) OSCP
6 13 (24.53%) CISSP
7 10 (18.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (16.98%) CREST Certified
9 8 (15.09%) GIAC
10 7 (13.21%) GPEN
11 6 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (11.32%) DV Cleared
12 4 (7.55%) CCNP
12 4 (7.55%) CCSP
12 4 (7.55%) CISM
13 3 (5.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (5.66%) CCSK
14 2 (3.77%) CCNA
14 2 (3.77%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (28.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 9 (16.98%) NIST
3 6 (11.32%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.89%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Snort
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Terraform
2 6 (11.32%) Kibana
2 6 (11.32%) logstash
3 2 (3.77%) Ansible
4 1 (1.89%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.89%) Nessus
4 1 (1.89%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 16 (30.19%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Cisco
3 5 (9.43%) Splunk
4 4 (7.55%) Qualys
5 3 (5.66%) F5
6 1 (1.89%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.89%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.89%) Imperva
6 1 (1.89%) Remedy
6 1 (1.89%) SAP
6 1 (1.89%) Symantec