Penetration Tester Contracts in England

Penetration Tester
UK > England

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in England is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 613 766
Rank change year-on-year +79 +153 -145
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 17 24 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.051% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.053% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 7
10th Percentile £538 £506 £459
25th Percentile £600 £528 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +6.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £725 £728 £763
90th Percentile £738 £798 £885
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £553
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.07% +22.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in England.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in England.

Hourly rate trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
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 Penetration Tester within the England 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
London +81 5 £725 +16.00% 5
North of England - 5 £650 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 £650 - 2
South West - 3 £600 - 3
North East - 2 £625 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 2
Midlands - 1 £500 - 2
Penetration Tester
UK

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) Penetration Testing
1 13 (76.47%) OSCP
2 11 (64.71%) CREST Certified
3 10 (58.82%) Red Team
4 9 (52.94%) Application Security
4 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
5 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
5 8 (47.06%) C++
5 8 (47.06%) Python
6 7 (41.18%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (41.18%) CEH
6 7 (41.18%) Mobile App
6 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (41.18%) Offensive Security
7 6 (35.29%) GPEN
7 6 (35.29%) GIAC
8 5 (29.41%) Windows
8 5 (29.41%) Linux
8 5 (29.41%) Wireless
8 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
8 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
8 5 (29.41%) NIST
8 5 (29.41%) Operational Technology
9 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Research
9 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
9 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
9 3 (17.65%) Java
9 3 (17.65%) C
9 3 (17.65%) Legal
9 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment

Penetration Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Wireless
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
General
1 3 (17.65%) Legal
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Mobile App
2 5 (29.41%) Operational Technology
3 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
4 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Linux
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Penetration Testing
2 10 (58.82%) Red Team
3 9 (52.94%) Application Security
4 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (41.18%) Ethical Hacking
4 7 (41.18%) Offensive Security
5 3 (17.65%) DevOps
5 3 (17.65%) OWASP
5 3 (17.65%) Security Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Research
6 2 (11.76%) Agile
6 2 (11.76%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.76%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (11.76%) Security Operations
7 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) C++
1 8 (47.06%) Python
2 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
3 3 (17.65%) C
3 3 (17.65%) Java
4 2 (11.76%) Perl
4 2 (11.76%) Ruby
4 2 (11.76%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) OSCP
2 11 (64.71%) CREST Certified
3 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
4 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
5 7 (41.18%) CEH
6 6 (35.29%) GIAC
6 6 (35.29%) GPEN
7 1 (5.88%) CCNA
7 1 (5.88%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (5.88%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (5.88%) CISM
7 1 (5.88%) CISSP
7 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (5.88%) Degree
7 1 (5.88%) ECSA
7 1 (5.88%) MCP
7 1 (5.88%) OSCE
7 1 (5.88%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) NIST
2 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
1 1 (5.88%) SAP