Security Testing Jobs in the North of England

Security Testing
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 379 370
Rank change year-on-year +32 -9 -28
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 45 53 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.32% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.33% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 42 29 30
10th Percentile £37,525 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +51.15%
75th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,875 £107,500 £82,000
England median annual salary £61,206 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.39% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Security 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,812 16,101 17,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.06% 96.71% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 7,874 10,607
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the North of England

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Testing in the North of England

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the North of England

Security Testing
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 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
North West -3 29 £61,206 -21.02% 7
Yorkshire +78 16 £50,000 +25.00% 10
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (37.78%) AWS
2 13 (28.89%) Azure
3 10 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (17.78%) SaaS
5 3 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.67%) GCP
6 1 (2.22%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) SD-WAN
1 6 (13.33%) WAN
2 4 (8.89%) Firewall
3 3 (6.67%) Wireless
4 1 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) IntelliJ
1 7 (15.56%) JUnit
1 7 (15.56%) Mockito
2 6 (13.33%) Burp Suite
3 3 (6.67%) Gradle
3 3 (6.67%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Retail
4 3 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Finance
5 1 (2.22%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.22%) Law
5 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (26.67%) Consultant
1 12 (26.67%) Security Consultant
2 10 (22.22%) Information Security Consultant
3 7 (15.56%) Tester
4 6 (13.33%) Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Security Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Senior Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Senior Security Architect
5 5 (11.11%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Compliance Manager
6 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Java Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Java Software Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Penetration Tester
6 4 (8.89%) Risk Manager
6 4 (8.89%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Systems Tester
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Manager
7 3 (6.67%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (2.22%) .NET
2 1 (2.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (13.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.89%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.67%) IoT
4 3 (6.67%) Mobile App
4 3 (6.67%) NHS
4 3 (6.67%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.22%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Information Security
2 17 (37.78%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (28.89%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 12 (26.67%) Incident Response
4 12 (26.67%) Security Operations
5 10 (22.22%) Application Security
5 10 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 10 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 10 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
5 10 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 9 (20.00%) OWASP
6 9 (20.00%) Security Auditing
7 8 (17.78%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (17.78%) Risk Register
8 7 (15.56%) Mentoring
8 7 (15.56%) Test Automation
9 6 (13.33%) Coaching
9 6 (13.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) Java
2 7 (15.56%) SQL
3 6 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.67%) C#
4 3 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (13.33%) AWS Certification
1 6 (13.33%) Azure Certification
1 6 (13.33%) CCSK
1 6 (13.33%) CCSP
1 6 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (13.33%) CISM
1 6 (13.33%) CISSP
2 4 (8.89%) Degree
2 4 (8.89%) PhD
3 3 (6.67%) CREST Certified
3 3 (6.67%) OSCE
3 3 (6.67%) OSCP
3 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (35.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 16 (35.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (26.67%) NIST
3 10 (22.22%) GDPR
3 10 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 7 (15.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (11.11%) COBIT
6 4 (8.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (8.89%) ISO 9001
6 4 (8.89%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.22%) NCSC
7 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (15.56%) Kubernetes
2 6 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (6.67%) Nessus
3 3 (6.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Qualys
2 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.44%) Splunk