Penetration Testing Jobs in England

Penetration Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 478 564
Rank change year-on-year +33 +86 -129
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 453 522 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.62% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.65% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 359 370 553
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,477 £37,454
25th Percentile £48,125 £50,042 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,200 80,466 135,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.51% 95.48% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,193 48,975 73,419
10th Percentile £29,022 £34,324 £33,262
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in England.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +67 221 £75,000 -8.46% 53
South East -17 65 £43,750 -27.69% 20
Midlands -12 52 £55,000 -8.33% 9
North of England +9 48 £60,000 +14.29% 23
South West -20 45 £63,750 +25.00% 12
North West -4 36 £60,000 +14.29% 16
West Midlands -27 30 £55,000 -8.33% 8
East Midlands +1 22 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +33 12 £44,250 -15.71% 7
East of England -18 7 £40,000 -27.27% 4
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) Apache
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) IIS
4 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 105 (23.18%) Azure
2 65 (14.35%) AWS
3 46 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.86%) GCP
5 21 (4.64%) Cloud Computing
6 13 (2.87%) SaaS
7 11 (2.43%) Google Workspace
8 8 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (1.77%) Cloudflare
8 8 (1.77%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.55%) PaaS
10 6 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.32%) IaaS
11 4 (0.88%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.88%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.66%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 115 (25.39%) Firewall
2 67 (14.79%) Network Security
3 36 (7.95%) Wireless
4 31 (6.84%) DNS
5 24 (5.30%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (3.31%) TCP/IP
8 13 (2.87%) VPN
9 11 (2.43%) Broadband
9 11 (2.43%) NAS
10 10 (2.21%) Wireshark
11 9 (1.99%) Internet
11 9 (1.99%) LAN
11 9 (1.99%) SSL
11 9 (1.99%) WAN
12 8 (1.77%) NGFW
13 6 (1.32%) BGP
14 5 (1.10%) IPsec
14 5 (1.10%) OSPF
14 5 (1.10%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (8.61%) Burp Suite
1 39 (8.61%) Metasploit
2 8 (1.77%) Git
2 8 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.55%) JIRA
4 3 (0.66%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.66%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 145 (32.01%) Social Skills
2 83 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (15.89%) Finance
4 38 (8.39%) Legal
5 26 (5.74%) Law
5 26 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (5.52%) Games
6 25 (5.52%) Telecoms
7 23 (5.08%) Retail
8 21 (4.64%) Banking
9 20 (4.42%) Marketing
10 18 (3.97%) Public Sector
11 17 (3.75%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.21%) Military
13 9 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.55%) Automotive
16 5 (1.10%) Electronics
16 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 120 (26.49%) Penetration Tester
1 120 (26.49%) Tester
2 66 (14.57%) Senior
3 64 (14.13%) Lead
4 61 (13.47%) Analyst
5 43 (9.49%) Security Analyst
6 33 (7.28%) Consultant
7 31 (6.84%) Security Engineer
7 31 (6.84%) Team Leader
8 27 (5.96%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 27 (5.96%) Senior Tester
9 25 (5.52%) Security Manager
10 24 (5.30%) Architect
11 21 (4.64%) Security Consultant
12 20 (4.42%) Security Tester
12 20 (4.42%) Test Team Leader
13 19 (4.19%) Security Architect
13 19 (4.19%) Security Penetration Tester
14 15 (3.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 14 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.21%) OAuth
2 8 (1.77%) Laravel
2 8 (1.77%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.32%) Web Services
4 4 (0.88%) EDI
4 4 (0.88%) OpenID
5 3 (0.66%) RESTful
5 3 (0.66%) WPF
6 2 (0.44%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.22%) HTML
7 1 (0.22%) JSON
7 1 (0.22%) Kafka
7 1 (0.22%) Loki
7 1 (0.22%) SignalR
7 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.27%) Cyber Threat
2 36 (7.95%) Management Information System
3 34 (7.51%) Security Posture
4 31 (6.84%) Cyberattack
5 29 (6.40%) Mobile App
6 24 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (4.86%) Onboarding
8 19 (4.19%) Operational Technology
9 15 (3.31%) Data Centre
10 14 (3.09%) Cyber Defence
10 14 (3.09%) IoT
11 13 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.43%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.77%) Cyber Security Posture
14 6 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 6 (1.32%) Product Ownership
15 5 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (1.10%) PKI
15 5 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (15.89%) Windows
2 58 (12.80%) Linux
3 41 (9.05%) Kali Linux
4 22 (4.86%) Windows Server
5 21 (4.64%) Apple iOS
6 20 (4.42%) Android
7 12 (2.65%) Mac OS
7 12 (2.65%) Unix
8 4 (0.88%) Windows XP
9 3 (0.66%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.22%) VMS
10 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (73.29%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (29.58%) Information Security
3 112 (24.72%) Computer Science
3 112 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (21.85%) Incident Response
5 85 (18.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 82 (18.10%) Red Team
7 80 (17.66%) Application Security
8 66 (14.57%) Security Testing
8 66 (14.57%) SIEM
9 65 (14.35%) Vulnerability Management
10 54 (11.92%) Mentoring
11 50 (11.04%) OWASP
12 45 (9.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 44 (9.71%) Patch Management
14 43 (9.49%) Risk Management
15 42 (9.27%) Malware Analysis
16 41 (9.05%) Security Operations
17 37 (8.17%) Data Protection
17 37 (8.17%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 52 (11.48%) Python
2 32 (7.06%) Bash
3 14 (3.09%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.77%) Java
4 8 (1.77%) PHP
4 8 (1.77%) Rust
5 7 (1.55%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.55%) SQL
6 6 (1.32%) C#
7 2 (0.44%) Go
7 2 (0.44%) Ruby
8 1 (0.22%) C++
8 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 124 (27.37%) Degree
2 84 (18.54%) CISSP
3 70 (15.45%) CREST Certified
4 67 (14.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (13.25%) OSCP
6 49 (10.82%) CISM
7 34 (7.51%) Security Cleared
8 31 (6.84%) CEH
9 27 (5.96%) SC Cleared
10 26 (5.74%) GIAC
11 25 (5.52%) CHECK Team Leader
12 24 (5.30%) CISA
13 22 (4.86%) CHECK Team Member
13 22 (4.86%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (3.31%) GPEN
16 12 (2.65%) CompTIA CySA+
17 11 (2.43%) AWS Certification
18 10 (2.21%) Azure Certification
18 10 (2.21%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (18.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (10.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 47 (10.38%) NIST
3 29 (6.40%) GRC
4 25 (5.52%) PCI DSS
5 21 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 21 (4.64%) GDPR
6 20 (4.42%) QA
7 17 (3.75%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.99%) NCSC
9 7 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.32%) COBIT
10 6 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.32%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.66%) DO-254
11 3 (0.66%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.66%) JTAG
12 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.44%) SLA
13 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 44 (9.71%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.55%) Docker
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (4.42%) Nessus
2 14 (3.09%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.87%) Ansible
4 12 (2.65%) WSUS
5 11 (2.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 11 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (2.21%) QRadar
7 9 (1.99%) Nmap
8 7 (1.55%) CASB
8 7 (1.55%) SCCM
9 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.32%) Terraform
10 5 (1.10%) Suricata
11 4 (0.88%) DatAdvantage
11 4 (0.88%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.66%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.66%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.44%) CSIRT
14 1 (0.22%) Grafana
14 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 86 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.52%) VMware
3 21 (4.64%) Cisco
3 21 (4.64%) Qualys
4 20 (4.42%) Google
5 14 (3.09%) Splunk
6 11 (2.43%) Apple
7 9 (1.99%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.55%) IBM
8 7 (1.55%) Kenna
8 7 (1.55%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.32%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.10%) Alibaba
10 5 (1.10%) Juniper
11 4 (0.88%) Darktrace
11 4 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.88%) Varonis
11 4 (0.88%) Veeam
12 3 (0.66%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.66%) SonicWALL