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 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 296 354 544
Rank change year-on-year +58 +190 -172
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 228 284 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.97% 0.83% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.87% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 206 227 258
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £81,928 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +21.37% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,750 £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 21,502 32,794 65,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.13% 95.33% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 15,970 23,578 33,920
10th Percentile £37,800 £43,477 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,565 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +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 9 May 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 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
Central London +76 46 £80,000 -18.37% 6
West London -5 5 £50,000 -11.89% 2
South London - 1 £46,250 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.37%) Azure
2 38 (16.67%) AWS
3 35 (15.35%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (7.46%) GCP
5 11 (4.82%) Google Workspace
6 7 (3.07%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.07%) IaaS
6 7 (3.07%) PaaS
7 6 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.75%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.75%) SaaS
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.88%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.44%) AWS CodeCommit
10 1 (0.44%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 61 (26.75%) Firewall
2 37 (16.23%) Network Security
3 20 (8.77%) Wireless
4 19 (8.33%) DNS
5 14 (6.14%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (4.82%) Broadband
6 11 (4.82%) Intrusion Detection
6 11 (4.82%) NAS
7 4 (1.75%) DKIM
8 3 (1.32%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.88%) DHCP
9 2 (0.88%) VPN
10 1 (0.44%) FTP
10 1 (0.44%) LAN
10 1 (0.44%) SMTP
10 1 (0.44%) SNMP
10 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.44%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (14.91%) Metasploit
2 31 (13.60%) Burp Suite
3 8 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.75%) Git
4 4 (1.75%) JIRA
5 3 (1.32%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.32%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.44%) GitLab
7 1 (0.44%) Selenium
General
1 80 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 56 (24.56%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (18.86%) Finance
4 25 (10.96%) Law
5 22 (9.65%) Legal
6 18 (7.89%) Banking
7 16 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (6.14%) Games
9 13 (5.70%) Retail
10 12 (5.26%) Marketing
11 9 (3.95%) Telecoms
12 8 (3.51%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.75%) International Banking
14 3 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.44%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 76 (33.33%) Tester
2 75 (32.89%) Penetration Tester
3 37 (16.23%) Senior
4 36 (15.79%) Lead
5 29 (12.72%) Analyst
6 24 (10.53%) Team Leader
7 22 (9.65%) Security Analyst
8 21 (9.21%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 21 (9.21%) Senior Tester
9 19 (8.33%) Consultant
10 15 (6.58%) Security Engineer
11 13 (5.70%) Test Team Leader
12 12 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 11 (4.82%) IT Consultant
13 11 (4.82%) Security Manager
13 11 (4.82%) Security Specialist
14 8 (3.51%) CISSP Analyst
14 8 (3.51%) Compliance Specialist
14 8 (3.51%) Security Consultant
14 8 (3.51%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.32%) RESTful
1 3 (1.32%) WPF
2 2 (0.88%) Kafka
2 2 (0.88%) OAuth
2 2 (0.88%) OAuth2
2 2 (0.88%) OpenID
3 1 (0.44%) .NET
3 1 (0.44%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.44%) HTML
3 1 (0.44%) JSON
3 1 (0.44%) Loki
3 1 (0.44%) React
3 1 (0.44%) SignalR
3 1 (0.44%) Spring
3 1 (0.44%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.65%) Cyber Threat
2 21 (9.21%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.89%) Mobile App
4 17 (7.46%) Cyberattack
4 17 (7.46%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.82%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 8 (3.51%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.75%) CESG
9 4 (1.75%) PKI
9 4 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.32%) IoT
10 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.11%) Linux
2 34 (14.91%) Windows
3 31 (13.60%) Kali Linux
4 15 (6.58%) Windows Server
5 12 (5.26%) Apple iOS
6 11 (4.82%) Android
6 11 (4.82%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.07%) Unix
8 2 (0.88%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.44%) VMS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (71.93%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (34.65%) Information Security
3 69 (30.26%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (28.07%) Computer Science
5 54 (23.68%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 50 (21.93%) Red Team
6 50 (21.93%) Security Testing
7 49 (21.49%) Application Security
8 38 (16.67%) SIEM
9 32 (14.04%) Reverse Engineering
10 31 (13.60%) Incident Response
11 29 (12.72%) Critical Thinking
11 29 (12.72%) Mentoring
12 28 (12.28%) Malware Analysis
13 26 (11.40%) Project Management
14 25 (10.96%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 23 (10.09%) Security Operations
16 22 (9.65%) Presales
17 21 (9.21%) Data Protection
17 21 (9.21%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.58%) Bash
2 8 (3.51%) Python
3 6 (2.63%) Java
4 5 (2.19%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.75%) C#
6 3 (1.32%) SQL
7 1 (0.44%) Bicep
7 1 (0.44%) C++
7 1 (0.44%) Go
7 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (27.63%) Degree
2 51 (22.37%) CISSP
3 48 (21.05%) CREST Certified
4 46 (20.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (10.53%) CISM
6 23 (10.09%) OSCP
7 22 (9.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 21 (9.21%) CISA
9 19 (8.33%) CEH
9 19 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
10 18 (7.89%) CHECK Team Leader
11 12 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (5.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 12 (5.26%) CCSP
11 12 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (4.39%) Cyber Scheme
12 10 (4.39%) GIAC
12 10 (4.39%) Network+ Certification
12 10 (4.39%) Security Cleared
13 9 (3.95%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (18.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (12.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 28 (12.28%) NIST
3 22 (9.65%) SOC 2
4 17 (7.46%) QA
5 16 (7.02%) PCI DSS
6 13 (5.70%) GRC
7 10 (4.39%) GDPR
8 9 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (3.07%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.75%) COBIT
10 4 (1.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.88%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.88%) NCSC
12 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (10.96%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.19%) Docker
3 5 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (4.82%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.51%) QRadar
3 7 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.07%) Nessus
3 7 (3.07%) SCCM
4 6 (2.63%) Ansible
4 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.19%) CASB
5 5 (2.19%) Terraform
6 4 (1.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.75%) DatAdvantage
7 3 (1.32%) Nmap
8 2 (0.88%) WSUS
9 1 (0.44%) Grafana
9 1 (0.44%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 45 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.33%) Google
2 19 (8.33%) VMware
3 11 (4.82%) Apple
3 11 (4.82%) Qualys
4 8 (3.51%) Cisco
5 6 (2.63%) Rapid7
6 5 (2.19%) IBM
6 5 (2.19%) Kenna
7 4 (1.75%) Alibaba
7 4 (1.75%) Darktrace
7 4 (1.75%) Varonis
8 3 (1.32%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.32%) Splunk
9 2 (0.88%) arcserve
9 2 (0.88%) Veeam
10 1 (0.44%) BMC
10 1 (0.44%) Dell
10 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.44%) Remedy