Penetration Tester Contracts in Yorkshire

Penetration Tester
England > Yorkshire

The median Penetration Tester daily rate in Yorkshire is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £551 - -
25th Percentile £553 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £578 - -
90th Percentile £584 - -
England median daily rate £575 £575 £495
% change year-on-year - +16.16% -1.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,254 1,830 2,790
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 95.21% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 1,198 1,899
10th Percentile £230 £225 £210
25th Percentile £391 £390 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £649 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 34 59
10th Percentile £15.27 £14.09 £10.20
25th Percentile £17.66 £17.47 £14.60
Median hourly rate £23.34 £21.31 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.53% +6.55% +14.29%
75th Percentile £38.75 £23.75 £23.13
90th Percentile £48.75 £40.40 £27.25
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in Yorkshire

Penetration Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Penetration Tester in Yorkshire

Penetration Tester
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
South Yorkshire - 2 £575 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £550 - 1
Penetration Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Yorkshire region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Nessus
1 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (50.00%) CEH
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Metasploit
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) OSCP
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CEH
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) OSCP
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Nessus