Penetration Testing Jobs in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 150 160
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 -11
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 13 44 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.42% 1.38% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 1.45% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 18
10th Percentile £61,625 £61,875 £34,850
25th Percentile £67,813 £64,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - +9.43% -8.62%
75th Percentile £85,313 £85,938 £71,250
90th Percentile £106,125 £98,875 £98,375
South East median annual salary £42,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.29% +16.67% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,681 3,026 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.51% 95.22% 91.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,875 1,674 2,003
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £81,650
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.91%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Berkshire

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Reading -7 13 £72,500 +20.83% 7
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (92.31%) Network Security
2 4 (30.77%) Firewall
3 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (15.38%) Internet
4 2 (15.38%) VPN
5 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (69.23%) Telecoms
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Security Assurance Manager
1 8 (61.54%) Security Manager
2 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Product Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (84.62%) Application Security
2 11 (84.62%) Computer Science
2 11 (84.62%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (76.92%) OWASP
3 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
4 9 (69.23%) Security Operations
4 9 (69.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (61.54%) Content Development
5 8 (61.54%) DevSecOps
5 8 (61.54%) Purple Team
5 8 (61.54%) Red Team
5 8 (61.54%) Risk Management
5 8 (61.54%) Security Management
6 4 (30.77%) SIEM
7 3 (23.08%) Data Security
7 3 (23.08%) Information Security
7 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
8 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
8 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) CISSP
1 11 (84.62%) Degree
2 8 (61.54%) CISM
2 8 (61.54%) GIAC
2 8 (61.54%) GPEN
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) CCNA
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (7.69%) GCIA
4 1 (7.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) NIST
2 8 (61.54%) GRC
3 6 (46.15%) GDPR
3 6 (46.15%) NIST 800
4 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
6 1 (7.69%) COBIT
6 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (46.15%) Nessus
2 2 (15.38%) Suricata
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Qualys
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Juniper
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
2 2 (15.38%) Splunk