Penetration Testing Jobs in London

Penetration Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 364 532
Rank change year-on-year +84 +168 -169
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 239 291 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.01% 0.82% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.86% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 212 230 254
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £43,250
25th Percentile £56,625 £57,500 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £81,928 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.56% +21.37% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Penetration 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,572 33,876 64,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.33% 95.37% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 16,081 24,248 34,388
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,475 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +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%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London +74 45 £75,000 -21.05% 11
West London -1 5 £50,000 -5.66%
South London - 3 £50,950 -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
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 52 (21.76%) Azure
2 40 (16.74%) AWS
3 32 (13.39%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.69%) GCP
5 10 (4.18%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.51%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.51%) IaaS
7 6 (2.51%) PaaS
8 5 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.67%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.67%) SaaS
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.42%) AWS CodeCommit
11 1 (0.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.42%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.42%) Datadog
11 1 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.42%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 65 (27.20%) Firewall
2 36 (15.06%) Network Security
3 19 (7.95%) Wireless
4 18 (7.53%) DNS
5 14 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (5.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (4.18%) Broadband
7 10 (4.18%) NAS
8 4 (1.67%) DKIM
9 3 (1.26%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.84%) DHCP
10 2 (0.84%) VPN
11 1 (0.42%) FTP
11 1 (0.42%) LAN
11 1 (0.42%) SMTP
11 1 (0.42%) SNMP
11 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (14.23%) Metasploit
2 31 (12.97%) Burp Suite
3 8 (3.35%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.67%) Git
5 3 (1.26%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.26%) JIRA
5 3 (1.26%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.42%) GitLab
7 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 81 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.01%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (17.99%) Finance
4 27 (11.30%) Law
5 23 (9.62%) Legal
6 18 (7.53%) Banking
7 16 (6.69%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (6.28%) Retail
9 13 (5.44%) Games
10 12 (5.02%) Marketing
11 10 (4.18%) Public Sector
12 9 (3.77%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.67%) International Banking
14 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.42%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 77 (32.22%) Tester
2 75 (31.38%) Penetration Tester
3 40 (16.74%) Lead
4 39 (16.32%) Analyst
4 39 (16.32%) Senior
5 31 (12.97%) Security Analyst
6 26 (10.88%) Team Leader
7 21 (8.79%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 21 (8.79%) Senior Tester
8 19 (7.95%) Consultant
9 16 (6.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 14 (5.86%) Security Engineer
11 13 (5.44%) Security Specialist
11 13 (5.44%) Test Team Leader
12 11 (4.60%) CISSP Analyst
13 10 (4.18%) IT Consultant
13 10 (4.18%) Security Manager
14 9 (3.77%) Security Consultant
15 8 (3.35%) Compliance Specialist
15 8 (3.35%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.09%) .NET
2 3 (1.26%) RESTful
2 3 (1.26%) WPF
3 2 (0.84%) OAuth
3 2 (0.84%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.84%) OpenID
4 1 (0.42%) HTML
4 1 (0.42%) Kafka
4 1 (0.42%) Loki
4 1 (0.42%) React
4 1 (0.42%) SignalR
4 1 (0.42%) Spring
4 1 (0.42%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.30%) Cyber Threat
2 20 (8.37%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.53%) Management Information System
4 17 (7.11%) Cyberattack
4 17 (7.11%) Mobile App
5 11 (4.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 10 (4.18%) Security Posture
6 10 (4.18%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.09%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.67%) CESG
9 4 (1.67%) PKI
9 4 (1.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.26%) IoT
10 3 (1.26%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.84%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.74%) Linux
2 35 (14.64%) Windows
3 31 (12.97%) Kali Linux
4 16 (6.69%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.60%) Apple iOS
6 10 (4.18%) Android
6 10 (4.18%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.93%) Unix
8 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (71.55%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (35.15%) Information Security
3 70 (29.29%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (27.20%) Computer Science
5 53 (22.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 52 (21.76%) Application Security
7 50 (20.92%) Red Team
8 49 (20.50%) Security Testing
9 43 (17.99%) SIEM
10 33 (13.81%) Mentoring
11 32 (13.39%) Reverse Engineering
12 31 (12.97%) Incident Response
12 31 (12.97%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 29 (12.13%) Critical Thinking
14 28 (11.72%) Malware Analysis
14 28 (11.72%) Security Operations
15 25 (10.46%) Project Management
16 22 (9.21%) Data Protection
16 22 (9.21%) Presales
16 22 (9.21%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.44%) Bash
2 11 (4.60%) Python
3 7 (2.93%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.51%) C#
4 6 (2.51%) Java
4 6 (2.51%) SQL
5 4 (1.67%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.42%) Bicep
6 1 (0.42%) C++
6 1 (0.42%) Go
6 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (26.36%) Degree
2 59 (24.69%) CISSP
3 49 (20.50%) CREST Certified
4 46 (19.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (12.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 26 (10.88%) CISM
7 25 (10.46%) CompTIA CySA+
8 24 (10.04%) CISA
9 23 (9.62%) OSCP
10 21 (8.79%) CEH
11 18 (7.53%) CHECK Team Leader
12 16 (6.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 16 (6.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 16 (6.69%) CCSP
12 16 (6.69%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (5.86%) Network+ Certification
13 14 (5.86%) SC Cleared
13 14 (5.86%) Security Cleared
14 11 (4.60%) Cyber Scheme
15 10 (4.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (13.81%) NIST
3 31 (12.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (10.46%) SOC 2
5 21 (8.79%) QA
6 17 (7.11%) PCI DSS
7 13 (5.44%) GRC
8 12 (5.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (4.18%) GDPR
10 7 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (1.67%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.67%) COBIT
11 4 (1.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (1.26%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.84%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (10.04%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.26%) Docker
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (4.18%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (2.93%) Nessus
2 7 (2.93%) QRadar
2 7 (2.93%) SCCM
3 6 (2.51%) Ansible
3 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.09%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.67%) CASB
5 4 (1.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (1.67%) DatAdvantage
5 4 (1.67%) Terraform
6 3 (1.26%) Nmap
7 2 (0.84%) WSUS
8 1 (0.42%) Grafana
8 1 (0.42%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.53%) Google
2 18 (7.53%) VMware
3 11 (4.60%) Qualys
4 10 (4.18%) Apple
5 7 (2.93%) Cisco
6 5 (2.09%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.67%) Alibaba
7 4 (1.67%) Darktrace
7 4 (1.67%) IBM
7 4 (1.67%) Kenna
7 4 (1.67%) Varonis
8 3 (1.26%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.26%) Splunk
9 2 (0.84%) arcserve
9 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.84%) Veeam
10 1 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.42%) Dell
10 1 (0.42%) SonicWALL