Offensive Security Jobs in London

Offensive Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Offensive Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Offensive Security over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 563 806
Rank change year-on-year +96 +243 -265
Permanent jobs citing Offensive Security 31 69 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.19% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.20% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 22 28 22
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £51,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% -2.29% +34.62%
75th Percentile £98,750 £96,563 £110,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,000 -
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -15.20% +3.64% +26.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Offensive Security 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,460 33,929 63,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.37% 95.38% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 16,009 24,266 34,417
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,125 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Offensive Security in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Offensive Security within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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 -
Offensive Security
England

Offensive Security
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 17 (54.84%) Azure
2 9 (29.03%) AWS
2 9 (29.03%) GCP
3 8 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (19.35%) Banking
1 6 (19.35%) Finance
1 6 (19.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 6 (19.35%) Retail Banking
2 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Senior
2 11 (35.48%) Penetration Tester
2 11 (35.48%) Tester
3 8 (25.81%) Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) IT Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) IT Security Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) Security Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Architect
4 6 (19.35%) Head of Testing
4 6 (19.35%) IT Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) IT Security Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Security Operations Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Architect
4 6 (19.35%) Senior IT Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Senior IT Security Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Security Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 6 (19.35%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Cyberattack
2 3 (9.68%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.45%) Client/Server
3 2 (6.45%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (90.32%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (45.16%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (35.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 8 (25.81%) Incident Response
4 8 (25.81%) Red Team
4 8 (25.81%) Security Operations
4 8 (25.81%) Task Automation
5 6 (19.35%) Agile
5 6 (19.35%) Architecture Governance
5 6 (19.35%) Asset Management
5 6 (19.35%) Business Development
5 6 (19.35%) Coaching
5 6 (19.35%) Customer Experience
5 6 (19.35%) Customer-Centricity
5 6 (19.35%) Ethical Hacking
5 6 (19.35%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (19.35%) Presales
5 6 (19.35%) Security Architecture
5 6 (19.35%) Software Delivery
5 6 (19.35%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Bash
2 3 (9.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) OSCP
2 6 (19.35%) CEH
2 6 (19.35%) GIAC
2 6 (19.35%) GPEN
3 3 (9.68%) CISSP
3 3 (9.68%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (6.45%) CREST Certified
4 2 (6.45%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.45%) OSCE
4 2 (6.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) GDPR
1 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (9.68%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (25.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) CrowdStrike