Penetration Testing Jobs in Cardiff

Penetration Testing
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 61 90
Rank change year-on-year 0 +29 -14
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.30% 0.70% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.72% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £58,500 £46,530 £36,100
25th Percentile £63,750 £51,581 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% +33.33% -48.57%
75th Percentile £82,750 - £47,500
90th Percentile £87,100 - -
South Wales median annual salary £74,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +23.33% +33.33% -48.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 523 555 814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 79.60% 97.20% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 470 393 616
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £34,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £40,000 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,842 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.31% -2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,496 £49,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% -7.15% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Cardiff

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Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Cardiff

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Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Cardiff over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Security
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Social Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST