Ethical Hacking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ethical Hacking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 832 928 1059
Rank change year-on-year +96 +131 -312
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 66 52 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.051% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.054% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 52 49 97
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £57,100
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +18.21% -4.83%
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,291 £94,850 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £58,386 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +16.77% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ethical Hacking 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking.

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +110 56 £65,000 -15.58% 13
Work from Home +87 42 £56,500 -33.92% 7
London +121 31 £72,500 -4.92% 6
UK excluding London 0 31 £56,500 -3.23% 11
North of England +60 13 £56,500 -18.35% 1
West Midlands +6 10 £55,000 +22.22%
Midlands -9 10 £55,000 +22.22%
North West - 7 £62,500 -
Yorkshire +93 6 £56,500 -18.35% 1
Scotland -58 3 £50,000 -23.08% 2
South East +4 1 - - 2
Isle of Man -17 1 - - 1
South West -23 1 £67,500 -21.05% 3
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 - 1

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (53.03%) Azure
2 21 (31.82%) Azure Sentinel
2 21 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (27.27%) AWS
4 16 (24.24%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (15.15%) GCP
7 4 (6.06%) Amazon S3
8 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
9 2 (3.03%) PaaS
10 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (34.85%) Firewall
2 19 (28.79%) Wireshark
3 17 (25.76%) Network Security
4 16 (24.24%) LAN
4 16 (24.24%) WAN
5 14 (21.21%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.52%) DNS
6 1 (1.52%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) MongoDB
2 4 (6.06%) InfluxDB
2 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JMeter
1 4 (6.06%) Metasploit
1 4 (6.06%) Postman
1 4 (6.06%) SoapUI
2 2 (3.03%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.52%) AppScan
3 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (37.88%) Finance
2 13 (19.70%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.67%) Legal
4 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.61%) Law
5 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 7 (10.61%) Retail
6 4 (6.06%) Banking
6 4 (6.06%) Welsh Language
7 2 (3.03%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 26 (39.39%) Security Engineer
2 19 (28.79%) Penetration Tester
2 19 (28.79%) Senior
2 19 (28.79%) Tester
3 11 (16.67%) Information Security Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) Lead
4 9 (13.64%) Analyst
4 9 (13.64%) Team Leader
5 6 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Security Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Tester
7 4 (6.06%) Test Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.55%) Threat Hunter
8 3 (4.55%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Kafka
1 4 (6.06%) OAuth
1 4 (6.06%) OAuth2
1 4 (6.06%) SOAP
1 4 (6.06%) XML
2 1 (1.52%) Node.js
2 1 (1.52%) React
2 1 (1.52%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.79%) Management Information System
2 16 (24.24%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (19.70%) Security Posture
4 8 (12.12%) Cyberattack
5 7 (10.61%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (9.09%) Onboarding
7 5 (7.58%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (7.58%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (6.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (6.06%) Public Cloud
9 3 (4.55%) Virtual Team
10 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
11 1 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (1.52%) CSOC
11 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (1.52%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (28.79%) Windows
2 14 (21.21%) Android
2 14 (21.21%) Apple iOS
3 10 (15.15%) Unix
4 4 (6.06%) CentOS
4 4 (6.06%) Linux
4 4 (6.06%) Solaris
4 4 (6.06%) Ubuntu
4 4 (6.06%) zOS
5 1 (1.52%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (78.79%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (59.09%) Information Security
3 32 (48.48%) Penetration Testing
4 26 (39.39%) Security Operations
5 25 (37.88%) SIEM
5 25 (37.88%) Vulnerability Management
6 23 (34.85%) Roadmaps
7 20 (30.30%) Agile
7 20 (30.30%) Identity Access Management
8 18 (27.27%) Cloud Security
8 18 (27.27%) Key Management
8 18 (27.27%) Process Improvement
8 18 (27.27%) Zero Trust
9 17 (25.76%) Security Management
10 16 (24.24%) Cryptography
10 16 (24.24%) Data Loss Prevention
11 15 (22.73%) Information Security Management
12 14 (21.21%) Project Roadmap
12 14 (21.21%) Regulatory Compliance
12 14 (21.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (30.30%) Python
2 16 (24.24%) PowerShell
3 5 (7.58%) Bash
3 5 (7.58%) SQL
4 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (54.55%) CISSP
2 31 (46.97%) CEH
3 19 (28.79%) CISM
4 18 (27.27%) OSCP
4 18 (27.27%) SSCP
5 16 (24.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 16 (24.24%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (21.21%) CCSP
6 14 (21.21%) GIAC
6 14 (21.21%) SANS
7 10 (15.15%) Degree
8 9 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (10.61%) GPEN
9 7 (10.61%) Security Cleared
10 6 (9.09%) CREST Certified
11 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
12 4 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (6.06%) CCSAM
12 4 (6.06%) CRISC
12 4 (6.06%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (46.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (36.36%) NIST
3 19 (28.79%) PCI DSS
4 9 (13.64%) GRC
5 5 (7.58%) GDPR
5 5 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (6.06%) Accessibility
7 3 (4.55%) ISO 22301
8 2 (3.03%) QA
9 1 (1.52%) COBIT
9 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (21.21%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.52%) Snort
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (21.21%) Nmap
3 4 (6.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (6.06%) Grafana
3 4 (6.06%) Nessus
4 1 (1.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (30.30%) Splunk
3 18 (27.27%) Qualys
4 14 (21.21%) Rapid7
4 14 (21.21%) Thycotic
5 4 (6.06%) Oracle
6 1 (1.52%) Alibaba
6 1 (1.52%) Google
6 1 (1.52%) Trustwave