Penetration Tester Contracts in London

Penetration Tester
England > London

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in London is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 464 607
Rank change year-on-year +84 +143 -136
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 6 23 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.088% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.093% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 5
10th Percentile £573 £485 £431
25th Percentile £625 £528 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £875
90th Percentile - £798 £890
England median daily rate £650 £625 £563
% change year-on-year +4.00% +11.11% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,330 24,760 37,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 95.17% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 17,998 27,187
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 281 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +13.45%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in London

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in London

Penetration Tester
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London +37 1 £725 +81.25%
Penetration Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 London region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) CREST Certified
3 3 (50.00%) Application Security
3 3 (50.00%) OSCP
3 3 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) C++
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) C
4 2 (33.33%) CEH
4 2 (33.33%) Python
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) OWASP
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Red Team
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Research
4 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) White-Box Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Black-Box Testing
5 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (16.67%) ECSA
5 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Application Security
2 3 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) OWASP
3 2 (33.33%) Red Team
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Research
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) Malware Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Social Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Perl
2 1 (16.67%) Ruby
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 3 (50.00%) OSCP
3 2 (33.33%) CEH
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (16.67%) ECSA
4 1 (16.67%) GIAC
4 1 (16.67%) GPEN
4 1 (16.67%) MCP
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 1 (16.67%) SAP