Security Penetration Tester Jobs in England

Penetration/Security Tester
UK > England

The median Penetration/Security Tester salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 865 1170
Rank change year-on-year +23 +305 -255
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Penetration Tester 21 29 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.035% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.039% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 10 20 16
10th Percentile £36,500 £56,250 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +60.55% +40.65%
75th Percentile £68,750 £121,563 £59,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £122,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £87,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +60.55% -31.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Penetration Tester in England

Security Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Penetration Tester in England

Security Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Penetration Tester in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Penetration Tester in England

Security Penetration Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Penetration Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
South West -31 10 £45,000 -
London +82 8 £65,000 -25.71%
North of England +9 2 £30,000 -55.56%
Yorkshire +65 1 £30,000 -
North West -24 1 - -
Midlands -37 1 £60,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
Security Penetration Tester
UK

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Security 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 England region featuring Security Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (90.48%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (76.19%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (71.43%) OSCP
5 14 (66.67%) CHECK Team Member
6 10 (47.62%) Computer Science
6 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
7 9 (42.86%) Risk Analysis
7 9 (42.86%) Degree
7 9 (42.86%) Incident Response
8 8 (38.10%) Security Testing
8 8 (38.10%) CREST Certified
9 7 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (33.33%) Wireless
9 7 (33.33%) Marketing
9 7 (33.33%) OWASP
9 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
10 6 (28.57%) PCI DSS
10 6 (28.57%) PCI QSA
10 6 (28.57%) Firewall
10 6 (28.57%) Information Security
10 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (28.57%) Application Security
10 6 (28.57%) Tigerscheme
10 6 (28.57%) Cyber Scheme
10 6 (28.57%) CHECK Team Leader
10 6 (28.57%) GRC
10 6 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (28.57%) Thought Leadership

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
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 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Wireless
2 6 (28.57%) Firewall
3 1 (4.76%) HTTP
3 1 (4.76%) SSH
3 1 (4.76%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.76%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Marketing
2 7 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Games
3 1 (4.76%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) IoT
2 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Android
1 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.76%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (90.48%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (76.19%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (47.62%) Computer Science
5 9 (42.86%) Incident Response
5 9 (42.86%) Risk Analysis
6 8 (38.10%) Security Testing
7 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
7 7 (33.33%) OWASP
8 6 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (28.57%) Application Security
8 6 (28.57%) Data Privacy
8 6 (28.57%) Information Security
8 6 (28.57%) Security Architecture
8 6 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (9.52%) Red Team
10 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (4.76%) Containerisation
10 1 (4.76%) White-Box Testing
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) OSCP
2 14 (66.67%) CHECK Team Member
3 9 (42.86%) Degree
4 8 (38.10%) CREST Certified
5 6 (28.57%) CHECK Team Leader
5 6 (28.57%) Cyber Scheme
5 6 (28.57%) PCI QSA
5 6 (28.57%) Tigerscheme
6 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.76%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (28.57%) GRC
1 6 (28.57%) NIST
1 6 (28.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Nessus
1 1 (4.76%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Google
1 1 (4.76%) Qualys