GPEN Jobs in the UK excluding London

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 750 742 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 10 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.015% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.051% 0.041% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £55,250 - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +1.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,504 21,909 22,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.49% 36.36% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 8,086 10,279
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in the UK excluding London

GPEN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GPEN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GPEN in the UK excluding London

GPEN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GPEN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GPEN in the UK excluding London

GPEN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +19 8 £72,500 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -
Midlands - 1 - -
GPEN
UK

GPEN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) 802.11
2 1 (10.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (10.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (10.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) AppScan
1 1 (10.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (10.00%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Automotive
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber-Physical System
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 8 (80.00%) Security Manager
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) CAN bus
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (90.00%) Risk Management
3 8 (80.00%) Application Security
3 8 (80.00%) Computer Science
3 8 (80.00%) Content Development
3 8 (80.00%) DevSecOps
3 8 (80.00%) OWASP
3 8 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (80.00%) Purple Team
3 8 (80.00%) Red Team
3 8 (80.00%) Security Management
3 8 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
6 1 (10.00%) Agile
6 1 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) CISM
1 9 (90.00%) CISSP
2 8 (80.00%) Degree
2 8 (80.00%) GIAC
3 1 (10.00%) CEH
3 1 (10.00%) CGEIT
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (10.00%) CRISC
3 1 (10.00%) ECSA
3 1 (10.00%) OSCP
3 1 (10.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) GRC
2 6 (60.00%) GDPR
2 6 (60.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Nessus
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Qualys
2 1 (10.00%) Trustwave