Penetration Tester Jobs in County Antrim

Penetration Tester
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Penetration Tester salary in County Antrim is £68,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 95 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 0.32% 0.25% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.26% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £54,125 - -
25th Percentile £58,438 £71,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% - -
75th Percentile £75,938 £73,750 -
90th Percentile £78,375 - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £68,750 £72,500 -
% change year-on-year -5.17% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in County Antrim. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in County Antrim with a recognized job title 601 759 518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.55% 94.99% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 289 429 285
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £70,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £44,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% +12.99% +10.63%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in County Antrim

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in County Antrim.

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in County Antrim

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in County Antrim

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in County Antrim over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Tester in County Antrim

Penetration Tester
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 27 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
Belfast +32 2 £68,750 -5.17% 1
Penetration Tester
Northern Ireland

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the County Antrim region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Kali Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Trustwave
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CGEIT
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) GPEN
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Nmap
2 1 (50.00%) AppScan
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (50.00%) AppScan
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) OWASP
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) CGEIT
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) GPEN
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
2 1 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Trustwave