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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 647 506 515
Rank change year-on-year -141 +9 +91
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 184 495 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.55% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.57% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 165 219 332
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,577 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.39% +7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £106,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £61,206 £70,000 £69,078
% change year-on-year -12.56% +1.34% +15.13%

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 73,307 86,321 126,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.46% 95.63% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53,944 51,052 72,863
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,332 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £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 9 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 9 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 -75 72 £75,000 -8.46% 16
North of England +43 44 £60,000 -11.11% 16
Midlands -9 33 £50,000 -23.08% 4
North West +2 30 £61,206 -18.39% 8
West Midlands +9 27 £50,000 -23.08% 3
South East -70 22 £45,000 -17.43% 4
Yorkshire +93 14 £50,000 +25.00% 8
South West -32 10 £72,500 +9.64% 4
East Midlands -12 6 £52,500 +26.02% 1
East of England +17 1 £65,000 - 4
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 (4.89%) Confluence
2 7 (3.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.28%) Azure
2 30 (16.30%) AWS
3 13 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.43%) SaaS
5 5 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 5 (2.72%) Amazon S3
5 5 (2.72%) AWS Fargate
5 5 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (2.72%) Azure Pipelines
5 5 (2.72%) GCP
5 5 (2.72%) Serverless
6 4 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.63%) IaaS
7 3 (1.63%) PaaS
7 3 (1.63%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.76%) Network Security
2 15 (8.15%) Firewall
3 14 (7.61%) Wireless
4 6 (3.26%) SD-WAN
4 6 (3.26%) 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 (0.54%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.54%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.54%) HTTP
6 1 (0.54%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.98%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.43%) DynamoDB
2 10 (5.43%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.63%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.54%) GIS
4 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (20.65%) Burp Suite
2 34 (18.48%) Metasploit
3 11 (5.98%) JIRA
4 10 (5.43%) MSTest
5 9 (4.89%) JUnit
6 7 (3.80%) IntelliJ
6 7 (3.80%) Mockito
6 7 (3.80%) SoapUI
7 6 (3.26%) Postman
8 5 (2.72%) Git
9 4 (2.17%) Selenium
10 3 (1.63%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.63%) Gradle
11 2 (1.09%) Appium
11 2 (1.09%) TestNG
11 2 (1.09%) TestRail
11 2 (1.09%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.54%) JMeter
General
1 67 (36.41%) Social Skills
2 58 (31.52%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.87%) Finance
5 18 (9.78%) Retail
6 11 (5.98%) Legal
7 9 (4.89%) Marketing
8 8 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.80%) Law
10 5 (2.72%) Automotive
11 2 (1.09%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (1.09%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Games
12 1 (0.54%) iGaming
12 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (27.72%) Tester
2 46 (25.00%) Penetration Tester
3 37 (20.11%) Senior
4 32 (17.39%) Consultant
4 32 (17.39%) Security Consultant
5 11 (5.98%) Senior Consultant
5 11 (5.98%) Senior Security Consultant
5 11 (5.98%) Senior Testing Consultant
5 11 (5.98%) Testing Consultant
6 10 (5.43%) Analyst
6 10 (5.43%) Information Security Consultant
6 10 (5.43%) Security Manager
6 10 (5.43%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 10 (5.43%) Senior Tester
7 9 (4.89%) Architect
7 9 (4.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 9 (4.89%) Lead
7 9 (4.89%) Security Architect
7 9 (4.89%) Security Tester
8 8 (4.35%) Security Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.43%) JSON
1 10 (5.43%) XML
2 8 (4.35%) .NET
2 8 (4.35%) REST
3 5 (2.72%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.72%) Blazor
3 5 (2.72%) SOAP
4 3 (1.63%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.54%) EDI
5 1 (0.54%) Kafka
5 1 (0.54%) Playwright
5 1 (0.54%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.54%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.76%) Management Information System
2 26 (14.13%) Mobile App
3 21 (11.41%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (7.61%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (7.61%) Product Ownership
5 12 (6.52%) Security Posture
6 10 (5.43%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (4.35%) Cyberattack
8 7 (3.80%) IoT
9 6 (3.26%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (3.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (2.17%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.17%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.63%) NHS
12 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.54%) Media Streaming
12 1 (0.54%) Over-the-Top Content
12 1 (0.54%) STB
Operating Systems
1 34 (18.48%) Kali Linux
2 29 (15.76%) Linux
3 3 (1.63%) Android
3 3 (1.63%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (45.11%) Information Security
2 81 (44.02%) Cybersecurity
3 70 (38.04%) Penetration Testing
4 67 (36.41%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (29.89%) Application Security
6 49 (26.63%) Computer Science
7 46 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 43 (23.37%) Agile
8 43 (23.37%) Red Team
9 40 (21.74%) Test Automation
10 31 (16.85%) Mentoring
11 29 (15.76%) Reverse Engineering
12 28 (15.22%) Critical Thinking
12 28 (15.22%) Malware Analysis
13 24 (13.04%) Software Testing
14 22 (11.96%) Regression Testing
14 22 (11.96%) Test Scripting
15 21 (11.41%) Functional Testing
15 21 (11.41%) OWASP
15 21 (11.41%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.33%) SQL
2 13 (7.07%) C#
3 12 (6.52%) Java
4 8 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.80%) Python
6 5 (2.72%) T-SQL
7 4 (2.17%) C
8 1 (0.54%) Bicep
8 1 (0.54%) C++
8 1 (0.54%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (26.09%) Degree
2 43 (23.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (16.85%) CREST Certified
4 24 (13.04%) CISSP
5 20 (10.87%) OSCP
6 19 (10.33%) Security Cleared
7 11 (5.98%) SC Cleared
8 9 (4.89%) CHECK Team Leader
9 8 (4.35%) CISM
10 7 (3.80%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (3.80%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (3.80%) CISMP
11 6 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (3.26%) AWS Certification
11 6 (3.26%) Azure Certification
11 6 (3.26%) CCSK
11 6 (3.26%) CCSP
11 6 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (3.26%) Cyber Scheme
11 6 (3.26%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (16.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (10.87%) GDPR
3 19 (10.33%) NIST
4 18 (9.78%) GRC
5 16 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (6.52%) PCI DSS
6 12 (6.52%) QA
7 11 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (4.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (4.35%) SOC 2
9 7 (3.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (3.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (2.72%) COBIT
12 4 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (2.17%) ISO 9001
12 4 (2.17%) NCSC
13 3 (1.63%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (5.43%) Docker
2 5 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.26%) Nessus
2 6 (3.26%) Nmap
2 6 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (1.63%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (17.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.80%) Adobe
2 7 (3.80%) MuleSoft
2 7 (3.80%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.26%) Qualys
4 3 (1.63%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.63%) Splunk
4 3 (1.63%) Veracode
5 2 (1.09%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (1.09%) Meraki
6 1 (0.54%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.54%) Google
6 1 (0.54%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.54%) SonicWALL
6 1 (0.54%) VMware