The first table below looks at the demand for the Penetration Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Tester
Rank 414 431 408
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 21 13 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.095% 0.054% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.057% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 13
Average salary £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +2.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £36,250 £46,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £68,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -10.52%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21074 22975 21253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.88% 95.23% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17479 19844 18264
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Penetration Tester
England

Penetration Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Tester across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Penetration Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Tester across the South East region.

South East Penetration Tester Salary Trend

Penetration Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire +12 11 - -
Surrey +19 4 £42,500 -
Berkshire +3 3 £50,000 +5.26%
Oxfordshire - 3 £45,000 -
Penetration Tester
England

Penetration Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Penetration Tester in their job title.

1 43 (97.73%) Penetration Testing
2 32 (72.73%) Security Testing
3 25 (56.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 25 (56.82%) Ethical Hacking
4 20 (45.45%) CEH
4 20 (45.45%) Legal
5 18 (40.91%) CISM
5 18 (40.91%) CISSP
6 15 (34.09%) Management Information System
6 15 (34.09%) Wireless
7 14 (31.82%) Internet
7 14 (31.82%) Java
7 14 (31.82%) Perl
7 14 (31.82%) PHP
7 14 (31.82%) VB
7 14 (31.82%) UNIX
7 14 (31.82%) Windows
7 14 (31.82%) Linux
7 14 (31.82%) TCP/IP
8 12 (27.27%) Business Continuity
8 12 (27.27%) Risk Management
8 12 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (25.00%) Finance
9 11 (25.00%) Cyber Security
9 11 (25.00%) CESG
10 8 (18.18%) Electronics
10 8 (18.18%) Chip and PIN
11 7 (15.91%) Change Management
11 7 (15.91%) Firewall
12 5 (11.36%) Degree

Penetration Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Penetration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 15 (34.09%) Wireless
2 14 (31.82%) Internet
2 14 (31.82%) TCP/IP
3 7 (15.91%) Firewall
4 3 (6.818%) VPN
General
1 20 (45.45%) Legal
2 11 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (18.18%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.09%) Management Information System
2 11 (25.00%) CESG
3 8 (18.18%) Chip and PIN
4 4 (9.091%) Open Source
4 4 (9.091%) Computer Science
5 3 (6.818%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (31.82%) UNIX
1 14 (31.82%) Windows
1 14 (31.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (97.73%) Penetration Testing
2 32 (72.73%) Security Testing
3 25 (56.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 25 (56.82%) Ethical Hacking
4 12 (27.27%) Business Continuity
4 12 (27.27%) Risk Management
4 12 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (25.00%) Cyber Security
6 7 (15.91%) Change Management
7 5 (11.36%) Security Management
7 5 (11.36%) Validation
7 5 (11.36%) PRINCE
7 5 (11.36%) ITIL
8 4 (9.091%) Reverse Engineering
8 4 (9.091%) Digital Forensics
8 4 (9.091%) Network Design
8 4 (9.091%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (6.818%) OWASP
10 2 (4.545%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.82%) Java
1 14 (31.82%) Perl
1 14 (31.82%) PHP
1 14 (31.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (45.45%) CEH
2 18 (40.91%) CISM
2 18 (40.91%) CISSP
3 5 (11.36%) Degree
4 4 (9.091%) CISA
4 4 (9.091%) GCIH
4 4 (9.091%) GWAPT
4 4 (9.091%) GPEN
4 4 (9.091%) OSCP
4 4 (9.091%) OSCE
5 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) COBIT
1 5 (11.36%) PCI DSS
2 4 (9.091%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.273%) COSO
3 1 (2.273%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (6.818%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 3 (6.818%) Citrix
2 1 (2.273%) HP