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 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 710 654 810
Rank change year-on-year -56 +156 -129
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 45 92 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.16% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.17% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 26 38 37
10th Percentile £37,500 £25,619 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,188 £48,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +41.18%
75th Percentile £62,813 £68,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,750 £82,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% -11.76%

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 67,720 52,840 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,860 30,029 42,498
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 16 May 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 16 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 West -26 19 £45,000 -5.26% 4
North of England +38 11 £50,000 -16.67% 4
Midlands -10 9 £55,000 -12.00% 2
West Midlands +6 8 £55,000 -12.00% 2
North West -2 6 £50,000 -20.00% 2
Yorkshire +78 5 £38,750 -35.42% 2
South East -12 3 £57,500 +15.00% 1
Scotland -84 2 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Northern Ireland +25 1 £57,500 -20.69% 1
East Midlands -7 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 16 May 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 37 (82.22%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (77.78%) Penetration Testing
3 29 (64.44%) OSCP
4 16 (35.56%) Degree
4 16 (35.56%) Incident Response
5 15 (33.33%) Security Posture
5 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 14 (31.11%) Computer Science
7 13 (28.89%) Information Security
7 13 (28.89%) Mobile App
7 13 (28.89%) Risk Analysis
8 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (26.67%) CHECK Team Member
9 11 (24.44%) Data Privacy
9 11 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (22.22%) CREST Certified
10 10 (22.22%) Red Team
11 9 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
11 9 (20.00%) Security Testing
12 8 (17.78%) Test Strategy
12 8 (17.78%) Data Protection
12 8 (17.78%) Legal
12 8 (17.78%) API Testing
12 8 (17.78%) GRC
13 7 (15.56%) Law
14 6 (13.33%) Wireless
14 6 (13.33%) Python
14 6 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 6 (13.33%) Metasploit
14 6 (13.33%) Burp Suite

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.22%) AWS
1 1 (2.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) Wireless
2 3 (6.67%) Wireless Security
3 2 (4.44%) Firewall
3 2 (4.44%) Internet
3 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.22%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Burp Suite
1 6 (13.33%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.22%) AppScan
General
1 15 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.78%) Legal
4 7 (15.56%) Law
5 6 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.44%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 15 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 13 (28.89%) Mobile App
3 4 (8.89%) IoT
4 3 (6.67%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.44%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.22%) Mainframe
6 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.33%) Kali Linux
2 3 (6.67%) Android
2 3 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.44%) Unix
3 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (82.22%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (77.78%) Penetration Testing
3 16 (35.56%) Incident Response
4 14 (31.11%) Computer Science
5 13 (28.89%) Information Security
5 13 (28.89%) Risk Analysis
6 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (24.44%) Data Privacy
8 10 (22.22%) Red Team
9 9 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
9 9 (20.00%) Security Testing
10 8 (17.78%) API Testing
10 8 (17.78%) Data Protection
10 8 (17.78%) Test Strategy
11 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
11 6 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 4 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (8.89%) Social Engineering
12 4 (8.89%) Software Testing
13 3 (6.67%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) Python
2 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.67%) Java
4 2 (4.44%) Bash
4 2 (4.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 29 (64.44%) OSCP
2 16 (35.56%) Degree
3 12 (26.67%) CHECK Team Member
4 10 (22.22%) CREST Certified
5 5 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.67%) OSCE
7 2 (4.44%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (2.22%) CCSAM
8 1 (2.22%) CCSAS
8 1 (2.22%) CGEIT
8 1 (2.22%) CISA
8 1 (2.22%) CISM
8 1 (2.22%) CISSP
8 1 (2.22%) CRISC
8 1 (2.22%) Cyber Scheme
8 1 (2.22%) GPEN
8 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.78%) GRC
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) Nmap
2 4 (8.89%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (6.67%) Qualys
2 1 (2.22%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.22%) Trustwave