Security Testing Jobs in the South West

Security Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 279 250 265
Rank change year-on-year -29 +15 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 10 21 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.30% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.32% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 19
10th Percentile £64,375 - £37,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £24,146 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £66,125 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.64% +1.73% +23.81%
75th Percentile £92,188 £75,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,375 £80,750
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,707 6,522 7,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.15% 94.44% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,657 4,995
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,200 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the South West

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in the South West

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the South West

Security Testing
Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol -1 5 £60,000 -14.29%
Wiltshire -5 3 £72,500 +3.57% 1
Gloucestershire - 2 £97,500 - 1
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (30.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Security Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Security Solutions Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Security Penetration Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Security Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Testing Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Application Security
3 3 (30.00%) Business Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Culture Change
3 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) IT Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (20.00%) Fintech
4 2 (20.00%) Red Team
5 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Debt
5 1 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) HP Fortify
1 3 (30.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) Veracode