Security Testing Jobs in England

Security Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security 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 658 505 525
Rank change year-on-year -153 +20 +65
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 183 477 830
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.53% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.56% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 164 217 331
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,495 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.39% +7.14% +11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £106,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,603 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.04% +0.71% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security 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%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Security Testing in England

Security 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 Security 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 -55 71 £75,000 -8.46% 18
North of England +23 44 £60,000 -11.11% 13
Midlands +9 33 £50,000 -23.08% 7
North West -9 29 £61,206 -18.39% 6
West Midlands +5 27 £50,000 -23.08% 5
South East -60 23 £45,000 -16.67% 7
Yorkshire +92 15 £50,000 +25.00% 7
South West -34 9 £72,500 +7.41% 6
East Midlands -12 6 £52,500 +26.02% 2
East of England +2 1 £65,000 - 2
Security Testing
UK

Security 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 9 (4.92%) Confluence
2 7 (3.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 42 (22.95%) Azure
2 30 (16.39%) AWS
3 13 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.46%) SaaS
5 5 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 5 (2.73%) Amazon S3
5 5 (2.73%) AWS Fargate
5 5 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (2.73%) Azure Pipelines
5 5 (2.73%) GCP
5 5 (2.73%) Serverless
6 4 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.64%) IaaS
7 3 (1.64%) PaaS
7 3 (1.64%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.85%) Network Security
2 15 (8.20%) Firewall
3 14 (7.65%) Wireless
4 6 (3.28%) SD-WAN
4 6 (3.28%) WAN
5 2 (1.09%) 5G
5 2 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.09%) VoIP
5 2 (1.09%) WPA
6 1 (0.55%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.55%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.55%) HTTP
6 1 (0.55%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.46%) DynamoDB
2 10 (5.46%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.64%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.55%) GIS
4 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (20.22%) Burp Suite
2 34 (18.58%) Metasploit
3 11 (6.01%) JIRA
4 10 (5.46%) MSTest
5 9 (4.92%) JUnit
6 7 (3.83%) IntelliJ
6 7 (3.83%) Mockito
6 7 (3.83%) SoapUI
7 6 (3.28%) Postman
8 5 (2.73%) Git
9 4 (2.19%) Selenium
10 3 (1.64%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.64%) Gradle
11 2 (1.09%) Appium
11 2 (1.09%) TestNG
11 2 (1.09%) TestRail
11 2 (1.09%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.55%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.55%) eggPlant
12 1 (0.55%) JMeter
General
1 66 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 58 (31.69%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.57%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.93%) Finance
5 18 (9.84%) Retail
6 10 (5.46%) Legal
7 9 (4.92%) Marketing
8 8 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.73%) Automotive
9 5 (2.73%) Law
10 2 (1.09%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.09%) Health Technology
10 2 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.55%) Games
11 1 (0.55%) iGaming
11 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (27.32%) Tester
2 45 (24.59%) Penetration Tester
3 35 (19.13%) Senior
4 31 (16.94%) Consultant
4 31 (16.94%) Security Consultant
5 11 (6.01%) Senior Consultant
5 11 (6.01%) Senior Security Consultant
5 11 (6.01%) Senior Testing Consultant
5 11 (6.01%) Testing Consultant
6 10 (5.46%) Analyst
6 10 (5.46%) Information Security Consultant
6 10 (5.46%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 10 (5.46%) Senior Tester
7 9 (4.92%) Architect
7 9 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 9 (4.92%) Lead
7 9 (4.92%) Security Architect
7 9 (4.92%) Security Manager
8 8 (4.37%) Developer
8 8 (4.37%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.46%) JSON
1 10 (5.46%) XML
2 8 (4.37%) .NET
2 8 (4.37%) REST
3 5 (2.73%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.73%) Blazor
3 5 (2.73%) SOAP
4 3 (1.64%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.09%) Playwright
6 1 (0.55%) EDI
6 1 (0.55%) Kafka
6 1 (0.55%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (0.55%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.85%) Management Information System
2 25 (13.66%) Mobile App
3 21 (11.48%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (7.65%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (7.65%) Product Ownership
5 11 (6.01%) Security Posture
6 10 (5.46%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (4.37%) Cyberattack
8 7 (3.83%) IoT
9 6 (3.28%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (3.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (2.19%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.19%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.64%) NHS
12 1 (0.55%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.55%) Media Streaming
12 1 (0.55%) Over-the-Top Content
12 1 (0.55%) STB
Operating Systems
1 34 (18.58%) Kali Linux
2 29 (15.85%) Linux
3 4 (2.19%) Windows
4 2 (1.09%) Android
4 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (44.26%) Information Security
2 80 (43.72%) Cybersecurity
3 68 (37.16%) Penetration Testing
4 67 (36.61%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (29.51%) Application Security
6 49 (26.78%) Computer Science
7 46 (25.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 44 (24.04%) Agile
9 42 (22.95%) Red Team
9 42 (22.95%) Test Automation
10 31 (16.94%) Mentoring
11 29 (15.85%) Reverse Engineering
12 28 (15.30%) Critical Thinking
12 28 (15.30%) Malware Analysis
13 26 (14.21%) Software Testing
14 22 (12.02%) Regression Testing
14 22 (12.02%) Test Scripting
15 21 (11.48%) Functional Testing
15 21 (11.48%) Risk Management
15 21 (11.48%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.38%) SQL
2 14 (7.65%) C#
3 12 (6.56%) Java
4 8 (4.37%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.83%) Python
6 5 (2.73%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.19%) C
8 1 (0.55%) Bicep
8 1 (0.55%) C++
8 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 49 (26.78%) Degree
2 43 (23.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (16.94%) CREST Certified
4 24 (13.11%) CISSP
5 20 (10.93%) Security Cleared
6 19 (10.38%) OSCP
7 12 (6.56%) SC Cleared
8 9 (4.92%) CHECK Team Leader
9 8 (4.37%) CISM
10 7 (3.83%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (3.83%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (3.83%) CISMP
11 6 (3.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (3.28%) AWS Certification
11 6 (3.28%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.28%) CCSK
11 6 (3.28%) Cyber Scheme
11 6 (3.28%) OSCE
11 6 (3.28%) PCI QSA
11 6 (3.28%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (15.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (10.93%) GDPR
3 19 (10.38%) NIST
4 17 (9.29%) GRC
5 16 (8.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (7.10%) QA
7 12 (6.56%) PCI DSS
8 11 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (4.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (3.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (3.83%) SOC 2
11 6 (3.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (2.73%) COBIT
13 4 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (2.19%) ISO 9001
13 4 (2.19%) NCSC
14 3 (1.64%) Accessibility
15 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (5.46%) Docker
2 5 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.28%) Nessus
2 6 (3.28%) Nmap
2 6 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (1.64%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.55%) Ansible
5 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.83%) Adobe
2 7 (3.83%) MuleSoft
2 7 (3.83%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.28%) Qualys
4 3 (1.64%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.64%) Splunk
4 3 (1.64%) Veracode
5 2 (1.09%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (1.09%) Meraki
6 1 (0.55%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.55%) Google
6 1 (0.55%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.55%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.55%) VMware