Penetration Testing Jobs in England

Penetration Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 462 547
Rank change year-on-year +28 +85 -128
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 461 552 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.62% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.65% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 365 380 568
10th Percentile £38,845 £43,723 £37,395
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,438 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,750 £105,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,569
% change year-on-year -3.70% +11.44% +0.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,224 85,386 129,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.41% 95.61% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 53,820 50,634 73,490
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,095
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,410 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 +69 225 £72,500 -11.51% 49
South East -3 65 £43,750 -37.50% 17
Midlands +1 53 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North of England +12 49 £57,500 +9.52% 19
South West -13 48 £62,500 +22.55% 19
North West +11 37 £60,000 +12.15% 12
West Midlands -13 31 £55,000 -8.33% 10
East Midlands -1 22 £65,000 - 2
Yorkshire +63 12 £44,250 -13.85% 6
East of England -9 8 £41,250 -25.00%
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.22%) Apache
3 1 (0.22%) Confluence
3 1 (0.22%) IIS
3 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 102 (22.13%) Azure
2 68 (14.75%) AWS
3 48 (10.41%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.77%) Cloud Computing
4 22 (4.77%) GCP
5 11 (2.39%) Google Workspace
6 9 (1.95%) Entra ID
6 9 (1.95%) SaaS
7 8 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (1.74%) Cloudflare
7 8 (1.74%) PaaS
8 7 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.52%) IaaS
9 6 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.87%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.65%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 120 (26.03%) Firewall
2 71 (15.40%) Network Security
3 36 (7.81%) Wireless
4 32 (6.94%) DNS
5 27 (5.86%) Intrusion Detection
6 18 (3.90%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (3.47%) TCP/IP
8 14 (3.04%) VPN
9 11 (2.39%) Broadband
9 11 (2.39%) NAS
10 10 (2.17%) Internet
10 10 (2.17%) Wireshark
11 9 (1.95%) SSL
12 7 (1.52%) LAN
13 6 (1.30%) BGP
13 6 (1.30%) WAN
14 5 (1.08%) HTTP
14 5 (1.08%) NGFW
14 5 (1.08%) OSPF
14 5 (1.08%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.30%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (8.68%) Metasploit
2 39 (8.46%) Burp Suite
3 9 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.74%) Git
5 6 (1.30%) JIRA
6 3 (0.65%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.65%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.22%) GitLab
8 1 (0.22%) Selenium
8 1 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 148 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 89 (19.31%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (15.40%) Finance
4 43 (9.33%) Legal
5 28 (6.07%) Law
5 28 (6.07%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (5.42%) Games
6 25 (5.42%) Telecoms
7 23 (4.99%) Retail
8 21 (4.56%) Aerospace
9 19 (4.12%) Marketing
10 18 (3.90%) Banking
10 18 (3.90%) Public Sector
11 14 (3.04%) Military
12 13 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 12 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.52%) Automotive
14 7 (1.52%) Aviation
15 5 (1.08%) Electronics
16 4 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (24.73%) Penetration Tester
1 114 (24.73%) Tester
2 64 (13.88%) Analyst
2 64 (13.88%) Lead
2 64 (13.88%) Senior
3 46 (9.98%) Security Analyst
4 36 (7.81%) Consultant
5 32 (6.94%) Team Leader
6 30 (6.51%) Security Engineer
7 29 (6.29%) Security Manager
8 24 (5.21%) Security Consultant
9 23 (4.99%) Senior Penetration Tester
9 23 (4.99%) Senior Tester
10 21 (4.56%) Architect
10 21 (4.56%) Test Team Leader
11 20 (4.34%) Security Tester
12 19 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 19 (4.12%) Security Penetration Tester
13 16 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 16 (3.47%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.17%) OAuth
2 8 (1.74%) Laravel
2 8 (1.74%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.30%) Web Services
4 4 (0.87%) EDI
4 4 (0.87%) OpenID
5 3 (0.65%) RESTful
5 3 (0.65%) WPF
6 2 (0.43%) Kafka
6 2 (0.43%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) .NET
7 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.22%) HTML
7 1 (0.22%) JSON
7 1 (0.22%) Loki
7 1 (0.22%) React
7 1 (0.22%) SignalR
7 1 (0.22%) Spring
7 1 (0.22%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (11.50%) Cyber Threat
2 40 (8.68%) Management Information System
3 37 (8.03%) Security Posture
4 31 (6.72%) Cyberattack
5 28 (6.07%) Mobile App
6 26 (5.64%) Onboarding
7 23 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (3.90%) Operational Technology
9 15 (3.25%) Data Centre
10 14 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
10 14 (3.04%) IoT
11 13 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.39%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 8 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
16 6 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
17 5 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
17 5 (1.08%) Product Ownership
17 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (15.62%) Windows
2 58 (12.58%) Linux
3 42 (9.11%) Kali Linux
4 22 (4.77%) Windows Server
5 20 (4.34%) Apple iOS
6 19 (4.12%) Android
7 12 (2.60%) Mac OS
8 10 (2.17%) Unix
9 3 (0.65%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.22%) VMS
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (74.19%) Cybersecurity
2 139 (30.15%) Information Security
3 116 (25.16%) Computer Science
4 111 (24.08%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (21.48%) Incident Response
6 89 (19.31%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 84 (18.22%) Application Security
8 81 (17.57%) Red Team
9 68 (14.75%) Security Testing
10 67 (14.53%) SIEM
11 62 (13.45%) Vulnerability Management
12 55 (11.93%) Mentoring
13 51 (11.06%) OWASP
14 49 (10.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 48 (10.41%) Security Operations
16 44 (9.54%) Patch Management
16 44 (9.54%) Risk Management
17 42 (9.11%) Malware Analysis
18 39 (8.46%) Data Protection
19 37 (8.03%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.85%) Python
2 32 (6.94%) Bash
3 13 (2.82%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.95%) Java
5 8 (1.74%) PHP
5 8 (1.74%) Rust
5 8 (1.74%) SQL
6 7 (1.52%) C#
6 7 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.43%) Go
7 2 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.22%) Bicep
8 1 (0.22%) C++
8 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (26.46%) Degree
2 96 (20.82%) CISSP
3 68 (14.75%) CREST Certified
4 65 (14.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (12.58%) OSCP
6 53 (11.50%) CISM
7 33 (7.16%) CEH
8 31 (6.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 30 (6.51%) Security Cleared
10 26 (5.64%) CISA
10 26 (5.64%) GIAC
11 24 (5.21%) CHECK Team Leader
12 22 (4.77%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (4.77%) SC Cleared
13 20 (4.34%) CHECK Team Member
14 19 (4.12%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (3.69%) GPEN
16 12 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (2.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 12 (2.60%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (19.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (11.28%) NIST
3 51 (11.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (6.51%) GRC
5 25 (5.42%) PCI DSS
6 23 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 23 (4.99%) QA
6 23 (4.99%) SOC 2
7 21 (4.56%) GDPR
8 9 (1.95%) NCSC
9 7 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.52%) DO-254
10 6 (1.30%) COBIT
10 6 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.30%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.65%) JTAG
13 2 (0.43%) SLA
14 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.52%) Docker
5 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (4.34%) Nessus
2 13 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.82%) WSUS
3 12 (2.60%) Ansible
4 11 (2.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 11 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.95%) Nmap
5 9 (1.95%) QRadar
6 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.52%) SCCM
8 6 (1.30%) CASB
9 5 (1.08%) Suricata
9 5 (1.08%) Terraform
10 4 (0.87%) DatAdvantage
10 4 (0.87%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.65%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.43%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.22%) Grafana
13 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 84 (18.22%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.42%) VMware
3 22 (4.77%) Qualys
4 21 (4.56%) Cisco
5 20 (4.34%) Google
6 13 (2.82%) Splunk
7 11 (2.39%) Apple
8 8 (1.74%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.52%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.30%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.30%) IBM
10 6 (1.30%) Kenna
11 5 (1.08%) Alibaba
11 5 (1.08%) Juniper
11 5 (1.08%) Veeam
12 4 (0.87%) Darktrace
12 4 (0.87%) HP
12 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.87%) Varonis
13 3 (0.65%) LogRhythm