Penetration Testing Contracts in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 134 182
Rank change year-on-year +26 +48 -5
Contract jobs citing Penetration Testing 19 16 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.89% 0.58% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.64% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 13
10th Percentile £450 £508 £465
25th Percentile £500 £509 £555
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £540 £585
Median % change year-on-year +17.59% -7.69% +34.87%
75th Percentile £765 - £688
90th Percentile - - £725
Central London median daily rate £635 £540 £580
% change year-on-year +17.59% -6.90% +33.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,941 2,497 4,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.43% 89.92% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,193 1,754 2,734
10th Percentile £375 £363 £363
25th Percentile £470 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £690 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 51
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.00 £21.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.67% -35.15% +49.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £52.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.25 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.75 £43.24
% change year-on-year +6.87% -24.26% +26.25%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 3 (15.79%) Azure
1 3 (15.79%) GCP
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (5.26%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
2 1 (5.26%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Burp Suite
1 2 (10.53%) GitLab
1 2 (10.53%) Jenkins
1 2 (10.53%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Banking
3 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Military
4 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (5.26%) Police
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Consultant
1 4 (21.05%) Security Consultant
1 4 (21.05%) Tester
2 3 (15.79%) Applications Tester
2 3 (15.79%) Penetration Tester
2 3 (15.79%) Security Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Security Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Automation Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Information Security Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Information Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Security Penetration Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Automation Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Tester
4 1 (5.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) BYOD
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (42.11%) Information Security
3 7 (36.84%) Application Security
3 7 (36.84%) Security Testing
4 6 (31.58%) CI/CD
4 6 (31.58%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (26.32%) Secure Coding
5 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
6 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
6 4 (21.05%) DevSecOps
6 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
6 4 (21.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (15.79%) Agile
7 3 (15.79%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (15.79%) Incident Response
7 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (15.79%) Scrum
7 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
7 3 (15.79%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.26%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) C++
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (5.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) CISSP
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
3 3 (15.79%) CISM
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) CEH
4 2 (10.53%) CISA
4 2 (10.53%) CREST Certified
4 2 (10.53%) CRISC
4 2 (10.53%) OSCP
5 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.26%) CCSP
5 1 (5.26%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.26%) GIAC
5 1 (5.26%) GPEN
5 1 (5.26%) OSCE
5 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
5 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.79%) NIST
3 2 (10.53%) GDPR
3 2 (10.53%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.26%) GRC
4 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.26%) JSP 440
4 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Terraform
2 2 (10.53%) Nessus
3 1 (5.26%) Ansible
3 1 (5.26%) Nmap
3 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Google
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco
2 1 (5.26%) Kenna
2 1 (5.26%) VMware