GPEN Jobs in Northern Ireland

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.14% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +1.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 241 254 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 34.93% 29.33% 32.79%
Number of salaries quoted 74 79 81
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,996 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -3.41% +17.33%
75th Percentile £62,200 £58,750 £62,250
90th Percentile £70,815 £74,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GPEN in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for GPEN in Northern Ireland

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 27 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
County Antrim - 1 £57,500 -
GPEN
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AppScan
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CGEIT
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Trustwave