Penetration Testing Jobs in Northern Ireland

Penetration Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 99 79
Rank change year-on-year +25 -20 -16
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.15% 0.24% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.24% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £71,250 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +222.22% -47.06%
75th Percentile - £73,750 £23,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Penetration 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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 619 818 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 89.97% 97.38% 91.09%
Number of salaries quoted 297 441 340
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £31,779
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Northern Ireland

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Northern Ireland

Penetration Testing
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 Penetration Testing within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 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 +23 1 £80,000 +10.34%
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
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%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap