Penetration Testing Contracts in the North of England

Penetration Testing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 174 226
Rank change year-on-year +16 +52 -46
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 27 28 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.56% 0.51% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.57% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 17
10th Percentile £425 £500 £334
25th Percentile £600 £505 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +0.96% +28.00%
75th Percentile £669 £550 £615
90th Percentile £688 £638 £675
England median daily rate £585 £570 £588
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.98% +11.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Penetration Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,055 4,902 6,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 83.69% 90.08% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,411 3,372 4,591
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 209 251
10th Percentile £11.09 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.75 £13.57
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +30.96% +7.43%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.39 £34.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £56.38 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the North of England

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in the North of England

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Testing in the North of England

Penetration Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Penetration Testing in the North of England

Penetration Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West +20 20 £666 +21.09% 10
Yorkshire +6 5 £650 +23.81% 5
North East - 2 £625 -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 4 (14.81%) Azure
1 4 (14.81%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Network Security
2 6 (22.22%) Wireless
3 1 (3.70%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Burp Suite
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Legal
2 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.70%) Automotive
3 1 (3.70%) Banking
3 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Architect
1 14 (51.85%) Security Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Penetration Tester
2 5 (18.52%) Tester
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (3.70%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) JWT
1 1 (3.70%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Security Posture
2 6 (22.22%) Cyberattack
2 6 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 6 (22.22%) Operational Technology
3 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (7.41%) Insider Threat
6 1 (3.70%) Blockchain
6 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Linux
2 7 (25.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (51.85%) Risk Management
3 13 (48.15%) Cryptography
4 11 (40.74%) Information Security
4 11 (40.74%) Security Architecture
5 10 (37.04%) Business Strategy
5 10 (37.04%) IT Strategy
5 10 (37.04%) Project Delivery
5 10 (37.04%) Service Delivery
5 10 (37.04%) Technology Strategy
6 8 (29.63%) Application Security
6 8 (29.63%) Red Team
7 7 (25.93%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
8 6 (22.22%) Offensive Security
9 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
9 4 (14.81%) Test Strategy
10 3 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
10 3 (11.11%) Incident Response
10 3 (11.11%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) C++
1 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 6 (22.22%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) CEH
2 6 (22.22%) CREST Certified
2 6 (22.22%) GIAC
2 6 (22.22%) GPEN
2 6 (22.22%) OSCP
3 5 (18.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (14.81%) CISM
4 4 (14.81%) CISSP
5 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (74.07%) NIST
2 15 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.70%) NCSC
3 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) HP Fortify
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike