Penetration Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Penetration Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 707 669 790
Rank change year-on-year -38 +121 -129
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 49 93 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.15% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.17% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 26 41 41
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,188 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £62,813 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -8.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,563 54,796 67,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.22% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,186 31,100 42,983
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
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 Penetration Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South West -9 22 £45,000 -5.26% 2
North of England +24 10 £50,000 -16.67%
Midlands +11 10 £55,000 -12.00% 1
West Midlands +28 9 £55,000 -12.00% 1
Yorkshire +89 5 £38,750 -35.42%
North West +2 5 £50,000 -20.00%
South East -8 3 £57,500 +15.00%
Northern Ireland +30 2 £68,750 -5.17% 1
Scotland -69 2 £65,000 -13.33%
East Midlands -13 1 £60,000 -
Penetration Tester
UK

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 39 (79.59%) Penetration Testing
2 37 (75.51%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (63.27%) OSCP
4 17 (34.69%) Mobile App
4 17 (34.69%) Degree
5 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
5 16 (32.65%) Incident Response
6 15 (30.61%) Security Posture
6 15 (30.61%) Information Security
7 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (26.53%) CREST Certified
8 13 (26.53%) Red Team
8 13 (26.53%) Computer Science
9 12 (24.49%) Risk Analysis
9 12 (24.49%) CHECK Team Member
9 12 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (22.45%) Data Privacy
11 10 (20.41%) Law
12 9 (18.37%) Wireless
12 9 (18.37%) Ethical Hacking
12 9 (18.37%) Security Testing
12 9 (18.37%) Metasploit
12 9 (18.37%) API Testing
12 9 (18.37%) Burp Suite
13 8 (16.33%) Kali Linux
13 8 (16.33%) GRC
13 8 (16.33%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (16.33%) Test Strategy
13 8 (16.33%) Data Protection
13 8 (16.33%) Nmap

Penetration Tester Skill Set
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 9 (18.37%) Wireless
2 5 (10.20%) Wireless Security
3 4 (8.16%) Firewall
3 4 (8.16%) Internet
3 4 (8.16%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Burp Suite
1 9 (18.37%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.04%) AppScan
General
1 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (20.41%) Law
4 8 (16.33%) Legal
4 8 (16.33%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.08%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.69%) Mobile App
2 15 (30.61%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.16%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (8.16%) IoT
4 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.33%) Kali Linux
2 5 (10.20%) Android
2 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
2 5 (10.20%) Windows
3 4 (8.16%) Unix
4 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (79.59%) Penetration Testing
2 37 (75.51%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (32.65%) Incident Response
4 15 (30.61%) Information Security
5 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (26.53%) Computer Science
6 13 (26.53%) Red Team
7 12 (24.49%) Risk Analysis
8 11 (22.45%) Data Privacy
9 9 (18.37%) API Testing
9 9 (18.37%) Ethical Hacking
9 9 (18.37%) Security Testing
10 8 (16.33%) Data Protection
10 8 (16.33%) Test Strategy
11 7 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 6 (12.24%) Mentoring
13 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
13 4 (8.16%) Cryptography
13 4 (8.16%) Malware Analysis
13 4 (8.16%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) Python
2 4 (8.16%) Bash
2 4 (8.16%) C#
2 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 31 (63.27%) OSCP
2 17 (34.69%) Degree
3 13 (26.53%) CREST Certified
4 12 (24.49%) CHECK Team Member
5 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.12%) CHECK Team Leader
7 3 (6.12%) OSCE
8 2 (4.08%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.04%) CCSAM
9 1 (2.04%) CCSAS
9 1 (2.04%) CGEIT
9 1 (2.04%) CISA
9 1 (2.04%) CISM
9 1 (2.04%) CISSP
9 1 (2.04%) CRISC
9 1 (2.04%) GPEN
9 1 (2.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) GRC
2 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Nmap
2 5 (10.20%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (6.12%) Qualys
2 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.04%) Trustwave