Security Testing Jobs in the North West

Security Testing
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 259 274
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 -50
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 30 42 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.31% 0.52% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.55% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 29 25 18
10th Percentile £36,250 £49,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £72,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +9.43% +70.97%
75th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £115,000 £107,500 £83,500
England median annual salary £61,206 £71,250 £69,078
% change year-on-year -14.10% +3.15% +12.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,037 7,688 9,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.22% 95.76% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,125 3,977 5,396
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the North West

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in the North West

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the North West

Security Testing
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Manchester +26 19 £67,500 +6.09% 9
Merseyside +13 4 £37,500 -60.53%
Cheshire -22 4 £70,000 -9.68% 2
Lancashire - 3 £61,206 -
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 13 (43.33%) AWS
2 7 (23.33%) Azure
3 5 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (3.33%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 6 (20.00%) WAN
2 3 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (3.33%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) IntelliJ
1 7 (23.33%) JUnit
1 7 (23.33%) Mockito
2 5 (16.67%) Burp Suite
3 3 (10.00%) Gradle
3 3 (10.00%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Retail
3 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Senior
1 7 (23.33%) Tester
2 6 (20.00%) Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Security Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Compliance Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Java Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Java Software Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Risk Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Systems Tester
3 4 (13.33%) Technical Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (6.67%) Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) REST
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 6 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 3 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (10.00%) IoT
3 3 (10.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (10.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Information Security
2 10 (33.33%) Application Security
2 10 (33.33%) OWASP
3 6 (20.00%) Coaching
3 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (20.00%) Secure Coding
3 6 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (16.67%) Data Security
4 5 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Logistics
5 4 (13.33%) Regression Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Security Operations
5 4 (13.33%) Software Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) Java
2 6 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.33%) SQL
4 3 (10.00%) Python
5 2 (6.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 6 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 6 (20.00%) CCSK
1 6 (20.00%) CCSP
1 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (20.00%) CISM
1 6 (20.00%) CISSP
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) OSCP
2 4 (13.33%) PhD
2 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) CREST Certified
3 3 (10.00%) OSCE
4 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (23.33%) NIST
2 6 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (13.33%) ISO 9001
3 4 (13.33%) SOC 2
4 1 (3.33%) NCSC
4 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) Kubernetes
2 6 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (10.00%) Nessus
3 3 (10.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Qualys