Security Testing Job Trends in Portsmouth

Security Testing
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.21% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary - £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +47.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 323 247 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 67.57% 93.56% 72.91%
Number of salaries quoted 237 125 375
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £29,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +8.25% -3.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST