Security Penetration Tester Jobs in London

Penetration/Security Tester
England > London

The median Penetration/Security Tester salary in London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
7 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 608 873
Rank change year-on-year +107 +265 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Penetration Tester 7 22 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.064% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.067% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 8
10th Percentile - - £44,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 £50,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £87,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +60.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £121,563 £57,625
90th Percentile - £122,500 £59,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £87,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -31.43% +60.55% +40.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 22,079 32,746 65,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 94.99% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,593 24,087 34,614
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Penetration Tester in London

Security Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Penetration Tester in London

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Security Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Security Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (85.71%) OSCP
2 6 (85.71%) Security Testing
2 6 (85.71%) PCI DSS
2 6 (85.71%) PCI QSA
2 6 (85.71%) OWASP
2 6 (85.71%) Security Architecture
2 6 (85.71%) Marketing
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 6 (85.71%) Wireless
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) Data Privacy
2 6 (85.71%) Tigerscheme
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Scheme
2 6 (85.71%) CHECK Team Leader
2 6 (85.71%) CHECK Team Member
2 6 (85.71%) CREST Certified
2 6 (85.71%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (85.71%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Thought Leadership
2 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 6 (85.71%) GRC
2 6 (85.71%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Application Security
2 6 (85.71%) Cloud Security

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
General
1 6 (85.71%) Marketing
1 6 (85.71%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (85.71%) Application Security
2 6 (85.71%) Cloud Security
2 6 (85.71%) Data Privacy
2 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 6 (85.71%) OWASP
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Security Architecture
2 6 (85.71%) Security Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Thought Leadership
2 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CHECK Team Leader
1 6 (85.71%) CHECK Team Member
1 6 (85.71%) CREST Certified
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Scheme
1 6 (85.71%) OSCP
1 6 (85.71%) PCI QSA
1 6 (85.71%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (85.71%) GRC
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
1 6 (85.71%) PCI DSS