The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Penetration Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Penetration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Penetration Tester
Rank 604 - 628
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 5 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.011% - 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 8
Average salary £66,250 - £75,000
90% offered a salary of more than £57,250 - £62,500
10% offered a salary of more than £84,000 - £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £65,000 £83,750
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -22.38%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40744 50505 53832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.41% 93.86% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 34331 43869 45250
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Penetration Tester
England

Senior Penetration Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Senior Penetration Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester across the London region.

London Senior Penetration Tester Salary Trend

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Senior Penetration Tester Salary Histogram

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London - 1 £62,500 -
Senior Penetration Tester
England

Senior Penetration Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Penetration Tester in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (54.55%) CISSP
2 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 5 (45.45%) CEH
4 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 3 (27.27%) Financial Institution
4 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Android
5 2 (18.18%) OWASP
5 2 (18.18%) Metasploit
5 2 (18.18%) Reverse Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) GitHub
5 2 (18.18%) Python
5 2 (18.18%) VoIP
5 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 2 (18.18%) CISA
5 2 (18.18%) C
5 2 (18.18%) Perl
5 2 (18.18%) PHP
5 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (18.18%) Wireshark
5 2 (18.18%) SCADA
6 1 (9.091%) Blog
6 1 (9.091%) Security Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Network Security
6 1 (9.091%) PCI DSS
6 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
6 1 (9.091%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (9.091%) Network Design

Senior Penetration Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Penetration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) VoIP
1 2 (18.18%) Wireshark
2 1 (9.091%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Metasploit
1 2 (18.18%) GitHub
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) SCADA
2 1 (9.091%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) OWASP
3 2 (18.18%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (9.091%) Security Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (9.091%) Network Design
4 1 (9.091%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (9.091%) Security Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Security Management
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C
1 2 (18.18%) Perl
1 2 (18.18%) PHP
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CISSP
2 5 (45.45%) CEH
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CISA
5 1 (9.091%) CISM
5 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 17799
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.091%) PCI DSS