Security Testing Jobs in the South East

Security Testing
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 316 335
Rank change year-on-year -47 +19 -34
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 22 90 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.60% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.64% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 20 36 85
10th Percentile £36,875 £38,958 £39,250
25th Percentile £38,375 £41,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £64,375 £68,750 £88,750
England median annual salary £61,206 £70,000 £69,078
% change year-on-year -12.56% +1.34% +15.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Security 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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,091 14,165 18,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.79% 94.47% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,898 8,233 12,131
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the South East

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Testing in the South East

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the South East

Security Testing
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley -21 9 £38,500 -9.41% 1
Surrey +5 8 £52,500 -8.70% 1
Berkshire +5 8 £38,500 - 1
Sussex - 3 £32,500 -
Oxfordshire +8 1 £40,000 -
Kent -3 1 £70,000 +44.33%
Hampshire -26 1 £60,000 +48.15%
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 7 (31.82%) Confluence
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) IaaS
3 2 (9.09%) PaaS
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.09%) VoIP
2 2 (9.09%) Wireless
2 2 (9.09%) WPA
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Retail
3 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
5 5 (22.73%) Automotive
6 1 (4.55%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Consultant
1 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 7 (31.82%) Security Consultant
1 7 (31.82%) Service Owner
2 2 (9.09%) Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Support Analyst
2 2 (9.09%) Tester
3 1 (4.55%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) QA Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (4.55%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Technical Assurance Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Technical Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Management Information System
2 7 (31.82%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.55%) IoT
4 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (36.36%) Information Assurance
2 8 (36.36%) Risk Management
2 8 (36.36%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (31.82%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (31.82%) Project Management
3 7 (31.82%) SABSA
3 7 (31.82%) TOGAF
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
4 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 2 (9.09%) Information Security
5 2 (9.09%) Runbook
5 2 (9.09%) Security Operations
5 2 (9.09%) SIEM
5 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (4.55%) Email Filtering
6 1 (4.55%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) C#
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) CISSP
2 7 (31.82%) CESG Certified Professional
2 7 (31.82%) CISMP
2 7 (31.82%) CREST Certified
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) CISM
3 2 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) CASP
4 1 (4.55%) CEH
4 1 (4.55%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (4.55%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) GIAC
4 1 (4.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (36.36%) GRC
3 7 (31.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
5 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (4.55%) NCSC
5 1 (4.55%) NIST
5 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) Adobe
2 7 (31.82%) MuleSoft
2 7 (31.82%) Salesforce
3 2 (9.09%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (9.09%) Meraki
4 1 (4.55%) SonicWALL
4 1 (4.55%) Splunk