The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Penetration Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Penetration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Penetration Tester
Rank 826 868 854
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 18 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.018% 0.001% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.001% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 8
Average salary £72,500 £47,500 £68,875
Average salary % change year-on-year
+52.63% -31.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £47,500 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 - -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Senior Penetration Tester
UK

Senior Penetration Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Senior Penetration Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester across the England region.

England Senior Penetration Tester Salary Trend

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Senior Penetration Tester Salary Histogram

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Yorkshire - 13 £55,000 - 1
London +40 3 £90,000 +89.47%
Senior Penetration Tester
UK

Senior Penetration Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Senior Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Penetration Tester in their job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (64.00%) Security Cleared
3 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
3 14 (56.00%) Security Testing
3 14 (56.00%) Network Security
4 13 (52.00%) Blog
5 10 (40.00%) Information Security
6 9 (36.00%) CISSP
7 5 (20.00%) CEH
8 4 (16.00%) Security Management
8 4 (16.00%) Windows
8 4 (16.00%) Linux
8 4 (16.00%) Security Architecture
9 3 (12.00%) GitHub
9 3 (12.00%) Finance
9 3 (12.00%) CISA
10 2 (8.000%) Python
10 2 (8.000%) VoIP
10 2 (8.000%) C
10 2 (8.000%) Perl
10 2 (8.000%) PHP
10 2 (8.000%) PCI DSS
10 2 (8.000%) Wireshark
10 2 (8.000%) SCADA
10 2 (8.000%) Android
10 2 (8.000%) OWASP
10 2 (8.000%) Metasploit
10 2 (8.000%) Reverse Engineering
11 1 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (4.000%) Wireless Security

Senior Penetration Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Senior Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Penetration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) Network Security
2 2 (8.000%) VoIP
2 2 (8.000%) Wireshark
3 1 (4.000%) Wireless Security
3 1 (4.000%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) GitHub
2 2 (8.000%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (12.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Banking
2 1 (4.000%) Financial Institution
2 1 (4.000%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Blog
2 2 (8.000%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
1 4 (16.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.000%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 14 (56.00%) Security Testing
3 10 (40.00%) Information Security
4 4 (16.00%) Security Management
4 4 (16.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (8.000%) OWASP
5 2 (8.000%) Reverse Engineering
6 1 (4.000%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (4.000%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) Python
1 2 (8.000%) C
1 2 (8.000%) Perl
1 2 (8.000%) PHP
2 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (36.00%) CISSP
4 5 (20.00%) CEH
5 3 (12.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 17799
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be responsible for leading penetration testing and security assessment consulting services... This role requires you to demonstrate: Experience of all aspects of penetration testing in a...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013