GPEN Jobs in London

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 636 843
Rank change year-on-year +142 +207 -272
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 9 18 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.038% 0.049% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.19% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 14
10th Percentile - £66,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £87,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £90,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.11% +63.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £92,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £94,600 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,631 9,459 13,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.36% 25.80% 21.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,247 5,821 6,866
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,122
Median % change year-on-year - +3.65% +0.19%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £54,700 £57,780 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.33% +5.05% -

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in London

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Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GPEN in London.

Salary trend for GPEN in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GPEN in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GPEN in London

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Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
West London - 3 £50,000 -
GPEN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 1 (11.11%) 802.11
2 1 (11.11%) Bluetooth
2 1 (11.11%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber-Physical System
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (66.67%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Hunter
3 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Testing Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Testing Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 2 (22.22%) Cyberattack
3 1 (11.11%) CAN bus
3 1 (11.11%) IoT
3 1 (11.11%) SCADA
3 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
3 6 (66.67%) Offensive Security
4 5 (55.56%) Information Security
4 5 (55.56%) Red Team
5 4 (44.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 2 (22.22%) Coaching
7 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 2 (22.22%) OSINT
7 2 (22.22%) Purple Team
7 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
7 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
8 1 (11.11%) Agile
8 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
8 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CEH
2 6 (66.67%) GIAC
2 6 (66.67%) OSCP
3 5 (55.56%) CISSP
3 5 (55.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (22.22%) CREST Certified
5 1 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (11.11%) ECSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GDPR
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft