GPEN Jobs in England

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 796 899 1127
Rank change year-on-year +103 +228 -292
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 19 28 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.030% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.078% 0.093% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 15
10th Percentile - £66,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £87,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £92,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,800 £94,600 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +1.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,242 30,268 34,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.67% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,736 13,656 16,740
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in England

GPEN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GPEN in England

GPEN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GPEN in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GPEN in England

GPEN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +125 9 £57,500 -36.11%
South East +23 8 £72,500 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
GPEN
UK

GPEN
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) AWS
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
1 3 (15.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Network Security
2 3 (15.79%) Wireshark
3 2 (10.53%) 802.11
3 2 (10.53%) Bluetooth
3 2 (10.53%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
1 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber-Physical System
3 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Automotive
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Security Assurance Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Security Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Penetration Tester
2 6 (31.58%) Tester
3 3 (15.79%) Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Security Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Security Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Testing Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Testing Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Threat Hunter
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Security Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (15.79%) Virtual Team
3 2 (10.53%) CAN bus
3 2 (10.53%) Cyberattack
3 2 (10.53%) IoT
3 2 (10.53%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (84.21%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (68.42%) Red Team
4 10 (52.63%) Purple Team
5 8 (42.11%) Application Security
5 8 (42.11%) Computer Science
5 8 (42.11%) Content Development
5 8 (42.11%) DevSecOps
5 8 (42.11%) Information Security
5 8 (42.11%) OWASP
5 8 (42.11%) Risk Management
5 8 (42.11%) Security Management
5 8 (42.11%) Security Operations
5 8 (42.11%) Software Engineering
5 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (31.58%) Ethical Hacking
6 6 (31.58%) Offensive Security
7 5 (26.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (15.79%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Bash
1 3 (15.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) CISSP
1 14 (73.68%) GIAC
2 11 (57.89%) CEH
3 8 (42.11%) CISM
3 8 (42.11%) Degree
4 6 (31.58%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (31.58%) OSCP
5 3 (15.79%) CREST Certified
6 2 (10.53%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (10.53%) ECSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) GDPR
1 9 (47.37%) NIST
2 8 (42.11%) GRC
3 6 (31.58%) NIST 800
4 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 9 (47.37%) Nessus
2 6 (31.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Qualys
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft