Security Testing Contracts in England

Security Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 478 553
Rank change year-on-year +93 +75 -59
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 155 174 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.36% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.40% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 108 165
10th Percentile £425 £445 £363
25th Percentile £525 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £713 £738 £669
90th Percentile £780 £804 £805
UK median daily rate £600 £588 £550
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
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 Security Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +107 95 £648 +7.92% 18
South East +11 27 £550 -8.33% 11
North of England +22 12 £475 -15.56% 15
North West +19 11 £475 -5.00% 6
South West +17 8 £590 -1.67% 7
Midlands +10 4 £425 -41.38% 8
West Midlands +9 3 £588 -18.97% 6
East of England +7 3 £700 -15.15% 5
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 8
East Midlands +13 1 £355 -40.83% 2
Security Testing
UK

Security Testing
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 11 (7.10%) Apache
1 11 (7.10%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (6.45%) nginx
3 4 (2.58%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.29%) CMS
5 1 (0.65%) Confluence
5 1 (0.65%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 43 (27.74%) Azure
2 34 (21.94%) AWS
3 22 (14.19%) Serverless
4 21 (13.55%) SaaS
5 16 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (9.03%) PaaS
7 13 (8.39%) IaaS
8 12 (7.74%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (6.45%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 7 (4.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (3.87%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (3.23%) Azure API Management
12 5 (3.23%) Azure Functions
12 5 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (3.23%) Entra ID
12 5 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (3.23%) OpenShift
13 4 (2.58%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.32%) VPN
2 15 (9.68%) BGP
3 14 (9.03%) Firewall
4 11 (7.10%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (7.10%) MPLS
5 10 (6.45%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (3.23%) LAN
7 4 (2.58%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (2.58%) IPsec
7 4 (2.58%) OSPF
7 4 (2.58%) WAN
7 4 (2.58%) Wireless
7 4 (2.58%) WLAN
8 3 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (1.94%) Cisco Wireless
8 3 (1.94%) DNS
9 1 (0.65%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.65%) Network Security
9 1 (0.65%) VLAN
9 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.97%) NoSQL
2 13 (8.39%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.45%) MongoDB
3 10 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.52%) Oracle Database
5 6 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.94%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.65%) Big Data
7 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.65%) HDInsight
7 1 (0.65%) MySQL
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (12.26%) Git
1 19 (12.26%) JIRA
2 17 (10.97%) GitLab
3 14 (9.03%) TestRail
4 13 (8.39%) Visual Studio
5 11 (7.10%) Jenkins
5 11 (7.10%) Robot Framework
6 8 (5.16%) Postman
7 7 (4.52%) NUnit
8 5 (3.23%) Selenium
9 4 (2.58%) Burp Suite
9 4 (2.58%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.94%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.94%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.94%) FitNesse
10 3 (1.94%) JMeter
10 3 (1.94%) LoadRunner
10 3 (1.94%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.65%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 35 (22.58%) Finance
2 31 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.74%) Banking
4 12 (7.74%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.10%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.58%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.94%) Back Office
8 3 (1.94%) Electronics
8 3 (1.94%) Front Office
8 3 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.94%) Marketing
9 1 (0.65%) Automotive
9 1 (0.65%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.65%) Law
9 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (18.71%) Architect
1 29 (18.71%) Senior
2 24 (15.48%) Test Engineer
3 20 (12.90%) Developer
3 20 (12.90%) Security Architect
4 13 (8.39%) Security Engineer
5 12 (7.74%) Senior Test Engineer
5 12 (7.74%) Tester
6 10 (6.45%) Full Stack Developer
7 9 (5.81%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (5.81%) Cloud Architect
7 9 (5.81%) Consultant
7 9 (5.81%) Network Engineer
7 9 (5.81%) Senior Architect
8 8 (5.16%) Cloud Security Architect
8 8 (5.16%) Project Manager
8 8 (5.16%) Security Consultant
8 8 (5.16%) Security Manager
8 8 (5.16%) Security Project Manager
8 8 (5.16%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (13.55%) REST
2 18 (11.61%) SOAP
3 14 (9.03%) CSS
4 13 (8.39%) HTML
5 12 (7.74%) Sass
6 11 (7.10%) Laravel
6 11 (7.10%) NETCONF
6 11 (7.10%) RESTCONF
6 11 (7.10%) WebSockets
7 10 (6.45%) .NET
7 10 (6.45%) YANG
8 9 (5.81%) AngularJS
8 9 (5.81%) Playwright
9 7 (4.52%) GraphQL
10 6 (3.87%) Node.js
11 5 (3.23%) ARM Templates
11 5 (3.23%) XML
12 4 (2.58%) OpenAPI
12 4 (2.58%) RAML
12 4 (2.58%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.61%) Security Posture
2 15 (9.68%) IoT
3 13 (8.39%) Mobile App
4 11 (7.10%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.23%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.58%) PKI
7 3 (1.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.94%) PMI
8 2 (1.29%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.29%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.29%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.65%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.65%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.97%) Linux
2 10 (6.45%) Unix
3 8 (5.16%) Windows
4 6 (3.87%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (3.87%) Solaris
4 6 (3.87%) VMS
5 5 (3.23%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (43.87%) Test Automation
2 54 (34.84%) CI/CD
3 46 (29.68%) Agile
4 45 (29.03%) DevOps
5 44 (28.39%) Application Security
6 33 (21.29%) DevSecOps
7 31 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 30 (19.35%) Static Application Security Testing
9 25 (16.13%) Performance Testing
10 24 (15.48%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 24 (15.48%) Scrum
10 24 (15.48%) SDLC
11 23 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (14.19%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (12.90%) TDD
14 19 (12.26%) Integration Testing
15 18 (11.61%) Load Testing
15 18 (11.61%) Vulnerability Management
16 17 (10.97%) Information Security
16 17 (10.97%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.71%) SQL
2 24 (15.48%) Python
3 16 (10.32%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.39%) PHP
5 11 (7.10%) TypeScript
6 8 (5.16%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.87%) Java
8 4 (2.58%) C#
9 3 (1.94%) C
10 2 (1.29%) Bash
10 2 (1.29%) C++
10 2 (1.29%) Perl
10 2 (1.29%) Ruby
10 2 (1.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (16.77%) Degree
2 15 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (9.03%) Security Cleared
4 13 (8.39%) SC Cleared
5 11 (7.10%) CISSP
6 9 (5.81%) CISM
7 6 (3.87%) ISTQB
8 5 (3.23%) CISA
9 4 (2.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (1.94%) CREST Certified
10 3 (1.94%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.29%) CEH
11 2 (1.29%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (1.29%) ISEB
11 2 (1.29%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.29%) OSCP
12 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.65%) CRISC
12 1 (0.65%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.71%) Accessibility
2 20 (12.90%) NIST
3 13 (8.39%) QA
4 9 (5.81%) PCI DSS
5 8 (5.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.58%) GDPR
6 4 (2.58%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.94%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (1.29%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.65%) GRC
System Software
1 27 (17.42%) Docker
2 7 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.87%) KVM
3 6 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.23%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (14.19%) Terraform
2 12 (7.74%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.81%) Ansible
4 3 (1.94%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.94%) SCCM
5 2 (1.29%) Grafana
5 2 (1.29%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.65%) Graylog
6 1 (0.65%) Kibana
6 1 (0.65%) Nagios
6 1 (0.65%) Nessus
6 1 (0.65%) Nmap
6 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.65%) Puppet
6 1 (0.65%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 22 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.61%) Oracle
3 11 (7.10%) VMware
4 8 (5.16%) SAP
5 4 (2.58%) Cisco
5 4 (2.58%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.58%) Google
5 4 (2.58%) Juniper
5 4 (2.58%) MuleSoft
5 4 (2.58%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.58%) Qualys
5 4 (2.58%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.58%) WSO2
6 3 (1.94%) CA
6 3 (1.94%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.94%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (1.94%) Rapid7
6 3 (1.94%) Sophos
6 3 (1.94%) Veracode
7 2 (1.29%) Databricks