The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 235 232 169
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -63
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 11 19 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.150% 0.260% 0.870%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.196% 0.349% 1.259%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 52
Average salary £40,000 £65,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.46% +73.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,400 £29,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,250 £44,000
% change year-on-year
+1.91% -10.79%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5619 5451 4846
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.83% 74.47% 69.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4761 4795 4266
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the North West region.

North West Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +12 6 £32,500 -53.57% 1
Manchester -15 3 £43,750 +69.90% 2
Merseyside +19 2 £40,000 -40.74%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Penetration Testing also 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 that cited Penetration Testing.

1 20 (64.52%) Information Security
2 10 (32.26%) CISA
2 10 (32.26%) CISM
2 10 (32.26%) CISSP
3 8 (25.81%) Firewall
4 7 (22.58%) Network Security
5 6 (19.35%) Security Architecture
5 6 (19.35%) Banking
5 6 (19.35%) PKI
5 6 (19.35%) Identity Management
5 6 (19.35%) BS7799
6 5 (16.13%) Data Security
6 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (16.13%) Computer Forensics
6 5 (16.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (16.13%) CCNA
6 5 (16.13%) SaaS
6 5 (16.13%) PCI DSS
6 5 (16.13%) Database Security
7 4 (12.90%) Security Testing
7 4 (12.90%) Business Development
7 4 (12.90%) UNIX
7 4 (12.90%) Windows
7 4 (12.90%) SQL
7 4 (12.90%) Linux
8 3 (9.677%) Java
8 3 (9.677%) PHP
8 3 (9.677%) VPN
8 3 (9.677%) Finance

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Penetration Testing also 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 that cited Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.452%) JSON
1 2 (6.452%) XHTML
1 2 (6.452%) Flash
1 2 (6.452%) Web Services
1 2 (6.452%) XML
2 1 (3.226%) HTML
2 1 (3.226%) .NET
2 1 (3.226%) Ajax
2 1 (3.226%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) Amazon AWS
1 2 (6.452%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) Firewall
2 7 (22.58%) Network Security
3 3 (9.677%) VPN
4 1 (3.226%) DMZ
4 1 (3.226%) Internet
4 1 (3.226%) ADSL
4 1 (3.226%) VoIP
4 1 (3.226%) SNMP
4 1 (3.226%) DNS
4 1 (3.226%) HTTPS
4 1 (3.226%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) NoSQL
1 2 (6.452%) Hadoop
1 2 (6.452%) MySQL
1 2 (6.452%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (19.35%) Banking
2 3 (9.677%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Consultant
1 13 (41.94%) Security Consultant
2 7 (22.58%) Penetration Tester
2 7 (22.58%) Tester
3 5 (16.13%) Security Specialist
3 5 (16.13%) Information Security Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Information Security Specialist
3 5 (16.13%) Information Specialist
4 2 (6.452%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 2 (6.452%) Linux Administrator
4 2 (6.452%) Administrator
4 2 (6.452%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.226%) Information Architect
5 1 (3.226%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (3.226%) Architect
5 1 (3.226%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.226%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.226%) Ethical Hacker
5 1 (3.226%) Lead Architect
5 1 (3.226%) Information Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) PKI
2 5 (16.13%) SaaS
3 3 (9.677%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.226%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) UNIX
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
1 4 (12.90%) Linux
2 2 (6.452%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.452%) Android
2 2 (6.452%) Solaris
3 1 (3.226%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (64.52%) Information Security
2 6 (19.35%) Security Architecture
2 6 (19.35%) Identity Management
3 5 (16.13%) Data Security
3 5 (16.13%) Computer Forensics
3 5 (16.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 5 (16.13%) Database Security
4 4 (12.90%) Security Testing
4 4 (12.90%) Business Development
5 2 (6.452%) Ethical Hacking
5 2 (6.452%) Network Design
6 1 (3.226%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.226%) Service Management
6 1 (3.226%) Project Planning
6 1 (3.226%) Web Development
6 1 (3.226%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (3.226%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 3 (9.677%) Java
2 3 (9.677%) PHP
3 2 (6.452%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.452%) C
4 1 (3.226%) Python
4 1 (3.226%) C++
4 1 (3.226%) Perl
4 1 (3.226%) VB
4 1 (3.226%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.226%) Ruby
4 1 (3.226%) VB6
4 1 (3.226%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) CISA
1 10 (32.26%) CISM
1 10 (32.26%) CISSP
2 5 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (16.13%) CCNA
3 2 (6.452%) Degree
4 1 (3.226%) OSCP
4 1 (3.226%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) BS7799
2 5 (16.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (16.13%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle
2 1 (3.226%) Qualys
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Salary: 20,000 - 30,000 + commission + expenses
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Salary: Up to 45K
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