GPEN Contracts in Tyne and Wear

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GPEN 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.85% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £605 - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £645 - -
North East median daily rate £625 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

GPEN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 81 143 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 34.32% 52.96% 36.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 114 113
10th Percentile £321 £318 £262
25th Percentile £388 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +2.27% +7.84%
75th Percentile £578 £669 £625
90th Percentile £650 £760 £713
North East median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 0
10th Percentile £13.51 £18.15 -
25th Percentile £13.99 £18.38 -
Median hourly rate £36.50 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.18% - -
75th Percentile £50.00 £27.00 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £31.05 -
North East median hourly rate £21.89 £26.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -15.83% -47.47% +288.24%

GPEN
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £625 -
GPEN
North East

GPEN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory