Penetration Testing Jobs in Reading

Penetration Testing
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 104 113
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 -20
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 15 32 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.88% 1.98% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.05% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £115,000
90th Percentile £101,500 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +7.41% -6.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,513 1,563 1,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.38% 96.84% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 923 822 929
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,380 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £54,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.74% +4.55%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Reading

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Reading

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Reading over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Reading

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (26.67%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) PaaS
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (93.33%) Network Security
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
3 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (20.00%) Internet
4 3 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (53.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Security Assurance Manager
1 8 (53.33%) Security Manager
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Product Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (86.67%) Application Security
2 13 (86.67%) Computer Science
2 13 (86.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 11 (73.33%) OWASP
3 11 (73.33%) Security Operations
3 11 (73.33%) Software Engineering
4 9 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (53.33%) Content Development
5 8 (53.33%) DevSecOps
5 8 (53.33%) Purple Team
5 8 (53.33%) Red Team
5 8 (53.33%) Risk Management
5 8 (53.33%) Security Management
6 6 (40.00%) SIEM
7 4 (26.67%) Data Security
7 4 (26.67%) Information Security
7 4 (26.67%) Security Architecture
8 3 (20.00%) Asset Management
8 3 (20.00%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) CISSP
1 13 (86.67%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) CISM
2 8 (53.33%) GIAC
2 8 (53.33%) GPEN
3 3 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (13.33%) CCNA
4 2 (13.33%) CCNP
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (13.33%) GCIA
4 2 (13.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) NIST
2 8 (53.33%) GRC
3 6 (40.00%) GDPR
3 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (40.00%) NIST 800
4 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (6.67%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (40.00%) Nessus
2 3 (20.00%) Suricata
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Qualys
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Juniper
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (20.00%) Splunk