Penetration Testing Jobs in the South East
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills 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 Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South East region.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Testing
Rank 302 327 346
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +19
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 125 112 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.570% 0.471% 0.338%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.780% 0.643% 0.476%
Number of salaries quoted 94 77 70
Average salary £45,000 £38,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88% -14.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £63,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,750
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -6.43%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 16033 17428 15958
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.09% 73.34% 71.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13035 14941 13658
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Penetration Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

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

South East Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 47 £42,500 +10.38%
Berkshire +3 32 £50,000 +33.33%
Surrey +2 16 £42,500 +14.09%
Oxfordshire -11 11 £45,000 -
Kent - 11 £35,000 -
West Sussex -6 4 £35,000 +2.94%
Buckinghamshire +1 3 £52,500 +31.25%
East Sussex - 3 £27,500 -
Middlesex -1 2 £45,000 -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Penetration Testing also 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 that cited Penetration Testing.

1 98 (38.43%) Linux
2 90 (35.29%) Information Security
3 83 (32.55%) Windows
4 74 (29.02%) Ethical Hacking
5 73 (28.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 70 (27.45%) Firewall
7 68 (26.67%) Security Testing
8 66 (25.88%) TCP/IP
9 61 (23.92%) UNIX
10 60 (23.53%) Management Information System
11 58 (22.75%) Finance
12 53 (20.78%) CISSP
13 52 (20.39%) Microsoft
14 50 (19.61%) Internet
15 48 (18.82%) PHP
16 47 (18.43%) SIEM
17 43 (16.86%) CEH
17 43 (16.86%) Java
17 43 (16.86%) Security Cleared
18 42 (16.47%) PCI DSS
18 42 (16.47%) Intrusion Detection
19 40 (15.69%) Perl
20 38 (14.90%) Cisco
21 37 (14.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
22 36 (14.12%) Python
22 36 (14.12%) SC Cleared
22 36 (14.12%) Vulnerability Management
23 33 (12.94%) LDAP
24 32 (12.55%) Wireless
24 32 (12.55%) GIAC

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Penetration Testing also 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 that cited Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (7.451%) JSP
2 18 (7.059%) LAMP
3 12 (4.706%) XML
4 4 (1.569%) JMS
4 4 (1.569%) WSDL
4 4 (1.569%) Middleware
4 4 (1.569%) .NET
4 4 (1.569%) EJB
4 4 (1.569%) JDBC
4 4 (1.569%) Web Services
5 3 (1.176%) soapUI
5 3 (1.176%) HTML
5 3 (1.176%) SOAP
6 2 (0.784%) CSS
6 2 (0.784%) CSS3
6 2 (0.784%) HTML5
7 1 (0.392%) J2EE
7 1 (0.392%) ASP
7 1 (0.392%) COM
7 1 (0.392%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 22 (8.627%) MS Exchange
2 13 (5.098%) Apache
2 13 (5.098%) Exchange Server 2007
2 13 (5.098%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (3.137%) nginx
4 5 (1.961%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.784%) CMS
5 2 (0.784%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.784%) Drupal
5 2 (0.784%) Magento
6 1 (0.392%) ESB
6 1 (0.392%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.392%) IIS
6 1 (0.392%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (6.667%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.961%) MS Office
3 2 (0.784%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.784%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 5 (1.961%) SAP PSCD
Communications & Networking
1 70 (27.45%) Firewall
2 66 (25.88%) TCP/IP
3 50 (19.61%) Internet
4 42 (16.47%) Intrusion Detection
5 33 (12.94%) LDAP
6 32 (12.55%) Wireless
7 28 (10.98%) WAN
8 25 (9.804%) LAN
8 25 (9.804%) Network Security
9 23 (9.020%) tcpdump
10 20 (7.843%) DNS
11 19 (7.451%) VPN
11 19 (7.451%) FTP
11 19 (7.451%) HTTP
11 19 (7.451%) Wireshark
12 18 (7.059%) SMTP
13 10 (3.922%) VoIP
14 7 (2.745%) DHCP
14 7 (2.745%) SSL
14 7 (2.745%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.882%) MySQL
2 7 (2.745%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.961%) TOAD
4 2 (0.784%) dBASE
Development Applications
1 9 (3.529%) Selenium
2 5 (1.961%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.176%) Sahi
4 2 (0.784%) Subversion
4 2 (0.784%) AppScan
5 1 (0.392%) Rational DOORS
General
1 58 (22.75%) Finance
2 28 (10.98%) Legal
3 17 (6.667%) Electronics
4 16 (6.275%) Retail
5 13 (5.098%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.314%) Banking
7 9 (3.529%) Military
8 6 (2.353%) Marketing
9 4 (1.569%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.784%) Advertising
10 2 (0.784%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.392%) Law
11 1 (0.392%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.392%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 56 (21.96%) Analyst
2 45 (17.65%) Tester
2 45 (17.65%) Security Analyst
3 43 (16.86%) Penetration Tester
4 26 (10.20%) Security Engineer
5 21 (8.235%) Security Specialist
5 21 (8.235%) Administrator
5 21 (8.235%) Consultant
5 21 (8.235%) Security Tester
6 20 (7.843%) Systems Administrator
6 20 (7.843%) Security Consultant
7 16 (6.275%) Systems Analyst
8 14 (5.490%) Systems Tester
9 13 (5.098%) Team Leader
9 13 (5.098%) Security Manager
10 12 (4.706%) Linux Administrator
10 12 (4.706%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 11 (4.314%) Information Security Consultant
11 11 (4.314%) Test Engineer
11 11 (4.314%) Automation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 60 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 27 (10.59%) CESG
3 13 (5.098%) Cryptography
4 12 (4.706%) Client/Server
4 12 (4.706%) Firmware
4 12 (4.706%) Computer Science
5 11 (4.314%) Mathematics
5 11 (4.314%) Chip and PIN
6 9 (3.529%) PKI
6 9 (3.529%) SCADA
6 9 (3.529%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (2.745%) iPhone
8 6 (2.353%) Open Source
9 3 (1.176%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.176%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.784%) Statistics
11 1 (0.392%) Mobile Payment
11 1 (0.392%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.392%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 98 (38.43%) Linux
2 83 (32.55%) Windows
3 61 (23.92%) UNIX
4 17 (6.667%) Solaris
5 10 (3.922%) CentOS
5 10 (3.922%) SUSE
6 2 (0.784%) Android
7 1 (0.392%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (35.29%) Information Security
2 74 (29.02%) Ethical Hacking
3 73 (28.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 68 (26.67%) Security Testing
5 47 (18.43%) SIEM
6 36 (14.12%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (10.98%) Cyber Security
8 27 (10.59%) Incident Management
9 21 (8.235%) Business Continuity
9 21 (8.235%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (7.843%) Reverse Engineering
11 19 (7.451%) Risk Analysis
11 19 (7.451%) Security Management
11 19 (7.451%) Agile Software Development
12 17 (6.667%) Information Assurance
13 16 (6.275%) Change Management
13 16 (6.275%) Data Security
13 16 (6.275%) OOD
13 16 (6.275%) Change Control
14 14 (5.490%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.82%) PHP
2 43 (16.86%) Java
3 40 (15.69%) Perl
4 36 (14.12%) Python
5 18 (7.059%) C++
6 17 (6.667%) VB
7 15 (5.882%) Ruby
8 13 (5.098%) SQL
8 13 (5.098%) C#
9 8 (3.137%) C
10 7 (2.745%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.353%) Bash shell
12 4 (1.569%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.784%) PHP5
14 1 (0.392%) Jython
Qualifications
1 53 (20.78%) CISSP
2 43 (16.86%) CEH
2 43 (16.86%) Security Cleared
3 36 (14.12%) SC Cleared
4 32 (12.55%) GIAC
5 31 (12.16%) Degree
6 30 (11.76%) DV Cleared
7 24 (9.412%) CISM
8 22 (8.627%) GCIA
9 16 (6.275%) GCIH
10 14 (5.490%) ISEB
11 10 (3.922%) CHFI
12 9 (3.529%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (3.529%) CCNP
13 8 (3.137%) ISTQB
14 7 (2.745%) JNCIA
14 7 (2.745%) JNCIS
14 7 (2.745%) CCNA
14 7 (2.745%) CCSP
14 7 (2.745%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (16.47%) PCI DSS
2 37 (14.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (12.16%) QA
4 16 (6.275%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 15 (5.882%) JSP 440
6 8 (3.137%) COBIT
7 7 (2.745%) HIPAA
8 6 (2.353%) SLA
9 2 (0.784%) COSO
10 1 (0.392%) HMG Infosec
System Software
1 29 (11.37%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.882%) Snort
3 4 (1.569%) Nmap
4 3 (1.176%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.392%) NFS
Systems Management
1 16 (6.275%) Nessus
2 9 (3.529%) Nagios
3 7 (2.745%) Puppet
4 4 (1.569%) WebInspect
5 1 (0.392%) SCCM
5 1 (0.392%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (20.39%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.90%) Cisco
3 13 (5.098%) Juniper
3 13 (5.098%) Red Hat
4 12 (4.706%) Tripwire
5 11 (4.314%) McAfee
5 11 (4.314%) Qualys
5 11 (4.314%) LogLogic
6 8 (3.137%) CheckPoint
6 8 (3.137%) Oracle
6 8 (3.137%) SAP
7 7 (2.745%) HP
8 6 (2.353%) webMethods
9 5 (1.961%) VMware
9 5 (1.961%) Blue Coat
9 5 (1.961%) Citrix
10 4 (1.569%) Sourcefire
10 4 (1.569%) Nokia
11 3 (1.176%) Sun
11 3 (1.176%) IBM
Security Analyst
Hampshire
Providing support and management of customer networks, you will be involved with an extensive number of components for which you will be responsible, including areas such as firewall,...
TEKsystems
Salary: £42000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Information Security and Risk Consultant
Reading, Thames Valley
A blue chip client is looking for an experienced Information Security and Risk Consultant.
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Information Security Analyst / IT Security Analyst
Surrey
Experience of or a strong understanding of ISO27001, PCI DSS, Data Protection and Business Continuity... Knowledge of Penetration Testing and Vulnerability assessments... Working towards IT Security qualifications such...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum depending on experience + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Prinicipal Security Engineer
Hook, South East
Detailed Design and Engineering of security aspects of architecture.Essential Knowledge:- 5 years experience within a technical service provider environment - Good knowledge of LANs/WANs - Microsoft & Unix/Linux...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £50000.00 - £70000.00 per annum + +15% Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Penetration Testing Consultant
Reading, Berkshire
You will be required to: *Act as a team member and/or lead on penetration testing delivery projects covering: oInfrastructure vulnerability assessment and PCI ASV scanning oInfrastructure penetration...
OSM Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £42000 per annum + car allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Operations Centre Analysts
Winchester, Hampshire
Excellent knowledge of Security Information Event Management (SIEM) technologies - Hands-on understanding of some of the following systems/skill sets: o System hardening concepts and techniques o IDS/...
Colston Consulting
Salary: £40k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
Security Operations Centre Manager (SIEM)
Hampshire
An understanding of the following systems/skill sets: o System hardening concepts and techniques o IDS/IPS technologies o Network and access controls o LDAP, Unix, Active Directory,...
Colston Consulting
Salary: £60k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
Information Security Architect - Egham, Surrey to £75K plus benefits
Egham, Surrey
An Information Security Architect is required by our client, a leading global corporation... IT Professional Security Certifications - CISSP or CISA / equivalent would be advantageous... Stakeholder management skills. Aside...
Canary Wharf and City
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Systems Engineer
Woking, Surrey
A valid CCNA or equivalent knowledge/experience. Experience with Juniper Secure Access/MAGSeries Remote Access appliances... A sound understanding TCP/IP and networking concepts. A good understanding of...
Fidessa
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Security / Network
Woking, Surrey
A good understanding of WAN environments including MPLS, VPNs and point-to-point links... CheckPoint Application Control/DLP... VoIP in an Avaya environment... Vulnerability assessments/Penetration testing... Raise/...
Fidessa
Salary: Competitive Salary
Posted: 23 April 2013
Sys Admin Team Lead - Fareham/Southampton - Competitive salary
Fareham, South East
There are three primary functions of this role: to maintain, develop and support internal and external company systems required by the business. This is a hands-on role...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: flexi time, 25 days hol, and more
Posted: 16 May 2013
Sys Admin Team Lead - Fareham/Southampton - Competitive salary
Fareham, Hampshire
Key skills * Linux Administration (internal/external systems) * Cloud computing/infrastructure * Some Project management experience * Internet facing server and application security * Team mentoring/management * Strong experience with routing and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: flexi time, 25 days hol, and more
Posted: 16 May 2013
PHP Web Developer
Reading, Berkshire
The ideal candidate will have a vast amount of commercial experience building e-commerce and bespoke websites using PHP5, LAMP stack, Objected orientated methodologies, MySQL, and standards-compliant...
LA International
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
PHP Web Developer (Agency) - PHP5, LAMP, OOP, MYSQL, HTML &
Newbury, Berkshire
You will have substantial commercial experience building ecommerce and bespoke websites using PHP 5, LAMP stack, Objected orientated methodologies, MySQL and standards-compliant HTML and CSS... Technical Skill...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + healthcare, bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
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