Ethical Hacking Jobs in England

Ethical Hacking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Ethical Hacking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 779 880 1016
Rank change year-on-year +101 +136 -297
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 54 47 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.063% 0.051% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.053% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 44 45 92
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £91,991 £98,050 £99,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,250 £58,000
% change year-on-year -9.43% +14.22% -10.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ethical Hacking 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 73,151 88,568 126,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.83% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,953 52,310 73,829
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,958 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England.

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +132 32 £71,250 +5.56% 17
North of England +51 13 £56,500 -18.35% 10
West Midlands +29 8 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Midlands +11 8 £55,000 +22.22% 6
North West - 7 £62,500 - 4
Yorkshire +92 6 £56,500 -18.35% 5
South East +6 1 - - 4
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (57.41%) Azure
2 18 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 18 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.93%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (25.93%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (25.93%) Microsoft Purview
4 13 (24.07%) AWS
5 10 (18.52%) GCP
6 4 (7.41%) Amazon S3
7 3 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.70%) PaaS
9 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.33%) Firewall
1 18 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 17 (31.48%) Network Security
3 14 (25.93%) LAN
3 14 (25.93%) TCP/IP
3 14 (25.93%) WAN
4 1 (1.85%) DNS
4 1 (1.85%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.85%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (44.44%) Finance
2 14 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.37%) Legal
4 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.96%) Law
5 7 (12.96%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.96%) Retail
6 4 (7.41%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (37.04%) Security Engineer
2 18 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
2 18 (33.33%) Tester
3 15 (27.78%) Senior
4 11 (20.37%) Information Security Engineer
5 9 (16.67%) Lead
5 9 (16.67%) Team Leader
6 5 (9.26%) Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Security Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Tester
7 4 (7.41%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Incident Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Security Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Senior Incident Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) Kafka
2 1 (1.85%) Node.js
2 1 (1.85%) React
2 1 (1.85%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) Management Information System
1 17 (31.48%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (20.37%) Security Posture
3 8 (14.81%) Cyberattack
4 7 (12.96%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (9.26%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (9.26%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (7.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
6 4 (7.41%) Public Cloud
7 3 (5.56%) Virtual Team
8 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (1.85%) CSOC
9 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 14 (25.93%) Android
2 14 (25.93%) Apple iOS
3 6 (11.11%) Unix
4 4 (7.41%) CentOS
4 4 (7.41%) Linux
4 4 (7.41%) Solaris
4 4 (7.41%) Ubuntu
4 4 (7.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (68.52%) Information Security
3 25 (46.30%) Penetration Testing
4 24 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
5 23 (42.59%) Roadmaps
6 22 (40.74%) Security Operations
6 22 (40.74%) SIEM
7 18 (33.33%) Cloud Security
7 18 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
7 18 (33.33%) Key Management
7 18 (33.33%) Process Improvement
7 18 (33.33%) Zero Trust
8 16 (29.63%) Agile
8 16 (29.63%) Cryptography
8 16 (29.63%) Data Loss Prevention
9 15 (27.78%) Information Security Management
9 15 (27.78%) Security Management
10 14 (25.93%) Privileged Access Management
10 14 (25.93%) Regulatory Compliance
10 14 (25.93%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (37.04%) Python
2 16 (29.63%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.26%) Bash
4 1 (1.85%) SQL
4 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (55.56%) CISSP
2 29 (53.70%) CEH
3 17 (31.48%) OSCP
4 16 (29.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 16 (29.63%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (25.93%) CCSP
5 14 (25.93%) SANS
5 14 (25.93%) SSCP
6 13 (24.07%) CISM
7 8 (14.81%) GIAC
8 7 (12.96%) Degree
8 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
9 6 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (11.11%) CREST Certified
9 6 (11.11%) GPEN
10 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
11 4 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (7.41%) CCSAM
12 3 (5.56%) Master's Degree
13 2 (3.70%) CEPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (46.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (44.44%) NIST
3 17 (31.48%) PCI DSS
4 9 (16.67%) GRC
5 5 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (7.41%) GDPR
7 2 (3.70%) QA
8 1 (1.85%) COBIT
8 1 (1.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.85%) Snort
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (25.93%) Nmap
2 4 (7.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (5.56%) Nessus
4 1 (1.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (33.33%) Qualys
2 18 (33.33%) Splunk
3 14 (25.93%) Rapid7
3 14 (25.93%) Thycotic
4 1 (1.85%) Alibaba
4 1 (1.85%) Google