Penetration Testing Jobs in South Wales

Penetration Testing
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 101 120
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 -39
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.069% 0.52% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.54% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £46,530 £36,100
25th Percentile - £51,581 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +33.33% -48.57%
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £90,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% +33.33% -28.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,150 1,101 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 79.20% 95.91% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 743 579 870
10th Percentile £28,290 £28,900 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,700 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,496 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% -9.01% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,348 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in South Wales

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in South Wales

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Cardiff +1 1 £90,000 +50.00% 3
Penetration Testing
Wales

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Security
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering