Penetration Testing Jobs in London

Penetration Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 295 362 567
Rank change year-on-year +67 +205 -179
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 221 261 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.91% 0.81% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.86% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 203 215 260
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £40,973
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £81,928 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +18.74% +6.15%
75th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,784 30,521 71,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.99% 95.21% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15,935 22,372 34,275
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the London 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
Central London +68 44 £80,000 -18.37% 5
West London -1 4 £50,000 -11.89% 1
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.90%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 55 (24.89%) Azure
2 36 (16.29%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (15.38%) AWS
4 18 (8.14%) GCP
5 11 (4.98%) Google Workspace
6 9 (4.07%) SaaS
7 6 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.71%) IaaS
7 6 (2.71%) PaaS
8 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.81%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (0.90%) Azure Storage
10 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.45%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 57 (25.79%) Firewall
2 38 (17.19%) Network Security
3 22 (9.95%) Wireless
4 19 (8.60%) DNS
5 16 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (4.98%) Broadband
6 11 (4.98%) NAS
7 7 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.81%) DKIM
8 4 (1.81%) LAN
8 4 (1.81%) WAN
9 3 (1.36%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.90%) VPN
11 1 (0.45%) DHCP
11 1 (0.45%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (15.84%) Metasploit
2 33 (14.93%) Burp Suite
3 8 (3.62%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.26%) JIRA
5 4 (1.81%) Git
6 3 (1.36%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.36%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 79 (35.75%) Social Skills
2 54 (24.43%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (19.46%) Finance
4 23 (10.41%) Law
5 21 (9.50%) Banking
6 19 (8.60%) Legal
7 15 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (6.33%) Games
8 14 (6.33%) Marketing
8 14 (6.33%) Retail
9 9 (4.07%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.62%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.81%) International Banking
11 4 (1.81%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Advertising
13 1 (0.45%) iGaming
13 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (36.65%) Tester
2 80 (36.20%) Penetration Tester
3 40 (18.10%) Senior
4 36 (16.29%) Lead
5 25 (11.31%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 25 (11.31%) Senior Tester
6 24 (10.86%) Team Leader
7 21 (9.50%) Analyst
8 17 (7.69%) Security Engineer
9 14 (6.33%) Consultant
9 14 (6.33%) Security Analyst
10 13 (5.88%) Test Team Leader
11 11 (4.98%) IT Consultant
12 10 (4.52%) Security Specialist
13 9 (4.07%) Architect
14 8 (3.62%) Compliance Specialist
14 8 (3.62%) Security Manager
14 8 (3.62%) Security Tester
15 7 (3.17%) SCCM Specialist
15 7 (3.17%) Security Compliance Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.36%) RESTful
1 3 (1.36%) WPF
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth2
2 2 (0.90%) OpenID
3 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.45%) HTML
3 1 (0.45%) JSON
3 1 (0.45%) Kafka
3 1 (0.45%) Loki
3 1 (0.45%) SignalR
3 1 (0.45%) Web Services
3 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.50%) Mobile App
2 18 (8.14%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.79%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (5.88%) Cyberattack
5 11 (4.98%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.71%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.26%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.26%) IoT
7 5 (2.26%) PKI
8 4 (1.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.36%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.36%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.36%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.65%) Linux
2 36 (16.29%) Windows
3 32 (14.48%) Kali Linux
4 17 (7.69%) Windows Server
5 13 (5.88%) Apple iOS
6 12 (5.43%) Android
7 11 (4.98%) Mac OS
7 11 (4.98%) Unix
8 4 (1.81%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.45%) VMS
9 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (69.68%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (33.03%) Information Security
3 69 (31.22%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (28.05%) Computer Science
5 53 (23.98%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 51 (23.08%) Red Team
7 49 (22.17%) Security Testing
8 44 (19.91%) Application Security
9 34 (15.38%) SIEM
10 33 (14.93%) Reverse Engineering
11 30 (13.57%) Incident Response
11 30 (13.57%) Malware Analysis
12 29 (13.12%) Critical Thinking
12 29 (13.12%) Mentoring
13 28 (12.67%) Project Management
14 25 (11.31%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 22 (9.95%) Presales
16 21 (9.50%) OWASP
17 20 (9.05%) Cloud Security
17 20 (9.05%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.69%) Bash
2 13 (5.88%) Python
3 6 (2.71%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.26%) Java
5 4 (1.81%) C#
6 2 (0.90%) SQL
7 1 (0.45%) C++
7 1 (0.45%) Go
7 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 66 (29.86%) Degree
2 48 (21.72%) CREST Certified
3 46 (20.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (17.19%) CISSP
5 24 (10.86%) OSCP
6 21 (9.50%) CISM
7 20 (9.05%) CHECK Team Leader
8 19 (8.60%) CISA
9 15 (6.79%) CEH
10 12 (5.43%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (4.98%) CompTIA CySA+
11 11 (4.98%) GIAC
12 9 (4.07%) Master's Degree
12 9 (4.07%) Security Cleared
13 8 (3.62%) Cyber Scheme
13 8 (3.62%) SC Cleared
14 7 (3.17%) CHECK Team Member
15 6 (2.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 6 (2.71%) OSCE
15 6 (2.71%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (11.31%) NIST
3 23 (10.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (7.24%) PCI DSS
4 16 (7.24%) QA
5 15 (6.79%) SOC 2
6 12 (5.43%) GRC
7 10 (4.52%) GDPR
8 7 (3.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (2.26%) COBIT
10 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.90%) NCSC
11 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.45%) GxP
11 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.45%) SLA
11 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (10.41%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.26%) Docker
5 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (4.98%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (4.52%) QRadar
3 8 (3.62%) Ansible
3 8 (3.62%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.62%) Nessus
4 7 (3.17%) CASB
4 7 (3.17%) SCCM
5 6 (2.71%) Terraform
6 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.26%) Nmap
7 4 (1.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.81%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.45%) Grafana
8 1 (0.45%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (21.27%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.05%) Google
3 18 (8.14%) VMware
4 11 (4.98%) Apple
4 11 (4.98%) Qualys
5 10 (4.52%) Cisco
6 7 (3.17%) IBM
6 7 (3.17%) Kenna
6 7 (3.17%) Rapid7
7 5 (2.26%) Alibaba
8 4 (1.81%) Darktrace
8 4 (1.81%) Varonis
9 3 (1.36%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.36%) Splunk
10 1 (0.45%) arcserve
10 1 (0.45%) Remedy
10 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.45%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.45%) Veeam