Security Testing Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Security Testing skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Testing over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank 561 792 710
Rank change year-on-year
+231 -82
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 312 120 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.291% 0.099% 0.127%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.381% 0.133% 0.173%
Number of salaries quoted 197 91 128
Average salary £50,000 £53,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.54% +33.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £61,750
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 81989 90252 89637
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.37% 74.53% 73.64%
Number of salaries quoted 67243 76728 74976
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Testing within the UK.

Security Testing Salary Trend

Security Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Testing over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Security Testing Salary Histogram

Security Testing
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +205 296 £50,000 -9.09%
London +100 107 £55,000 -
South East +72 85 £50,000 -9.09%
Hampshire +36 42 £45,000 -35.71%
East of England +35 31 £70,000 +16.66%
Cambridgeshire +35 28 £70,000 -
Yorkshire +18 25 £36,500 +29.20%
West Yorkshire +19 24 £36,500 +9.77%
Southampton - 24 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire - 24 £50,000 -
West Midlands +2 21 £50,000 -
Brentford - 21 - -
Oxford - 20 £50,000 -
Basingstoke 0 15 £45,000 -35.71%
Peterborough +4 12 £70,000 -
North West +14 11 £45,000 -18.18%
Coventry -3 11 £55,000 +10.00%
South West -10 11 £51,400 -2.09%
Berkshire +12 10 £50,000 +42.85%
Manchester -7 8 £45,000 -18.18%
Cambridge - 7 £40,000 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 6 £40,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 6 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 6 £27,000 -
Cheltenham +18 5 £51,400 +58.15%
Gloucestershire +13 5 £51,400 +97.69%
Swindon - 5 £41,050 -
Wiltshire - 5 £41,050 -
Nottingham - 4 £50,000 -
Surrey +11 3 £42,500 -5.55%

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Security Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Security Testing.

1 239 (38.61%) QA
2 220 (35.54%) Selenium
3 191 (30.86%) Penetration Testing
4 161 (26.01%) SQL
5 156 (25.20%) Performance Testing
6 148 (23.91%) Information Security
7 146 (23.59%) Automated Testing
8 129 (20.84%) Degree
9 124 (20.03%) Windows
10 120 (19.39%) Test Scripting
11 117 (18.90%) .NET
12 116 (18.74%) E-Commerce
13 110 (17.77%) Management Information System
14 108 (17.45%) Linux
15 107 (17.29%) Security Cleared
16 102 (16.48%) Agile Software Development
17 99 (15.99%) ISEB
18 94 (15.19%) Internet
19 93 (15.02%) C#
20 92 (14.86%) SC Cleared
21 91 (14.70%) Microsoft
22 90 (14.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
23 89 (14.38%) JavaScript
24 88 (14.22%) Java
24 88 (14.22%) Manual Testing
25 86 (13.89%) TDD
26 83 (13.41%) Finance
27 82 (13.25%) Firewall
28 80 (12.92%) CISSP
29 78 (12.60%) Integration Testing

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Security Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 117 (18.90%) .NET
2 71 (11.47%) CSS
3 70 (11.31%) soapUI
4 64 (10.34%) SOAP
5 55 (8.885%) HTML
6 53 (8.562%) Web Services
7 48 (7.754%) XML
8 41 (6.624%) Ajax
9 33 (5.331%) jQuery
10 28 (4.523%) JSON
11 27 (4.362%) HTML5
12 25 (4.039%) JSP
13 24 (3.877%) Gherkin
14 17 (2.746%) WCF
15 16 (2.585%) ASP.NET
16 14 (2.262%) RESTful
16 14 (2.262%) REST
17 12 (1.939%) Spring
17 12 (1.939%) ASP
17 12 (1.939%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 31 (5.008%) IIS
2 25 (4.039%) Apache
3 20 (3.231%) MS Exchange
4 19 (3.069%) SharePoint
5 18 (2.908%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.969%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.969%) WebLogic Integration
7 5 (0.808%) Drupal
7 5 (0.808%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.646%) nginx
9 3 (0.485%) CMS
9 3 (0.485%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.323%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.162%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.162%) LiveSite
11 1 (0.162%) WordPress
11 1 (0.162%) MQSeries
Applications
1 51 (8.239%) MS Excel
2 16 (2.585%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.808%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.162%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.162%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (0.162%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 94 (15.19%) Internet
2 82 (13.25%) Firewall
3 53 (8.562%) Wireless
4 50 (8.078%) HTTP
5 45 (7.270%) Intrusion Detection
6 42 (6.785%) TCP/IP
7 27 (4.362%) Network Security
8 24 (3.877%) Wireshark
9 23 (3.716%) VoIP
9 23 (3.716%) FTP
9 23 (3.716%) WAN
10 22 (3.554%) tcpdump
11 21 (3.393%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (3.069%) LAN
13 18 (2.908%) Cisco IOS
13 18 (2.908%) DNS
14 17 (2.746%) LDAP
14 17 (2.746%) Broadband
15 15 (2.423%) SMTP
16 8 (1.292%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.300%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.262%) TOAD
3 10 (1.616%) NoSQL
3 10 (1.616%) SQL Server 2012
4 6 (0.969%) MS Access
5 5 (0.808%) MySQL
5 5 (0.808%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (0.646%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.646%) Redis
7 3 (0.485%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.162%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 220 (35.54%) Selenium
2 52 (8.401%) WebDriver
3 51 (8.239%) JIRA
4 48 (7.754%) WATIR
5 42 (6.785%) Jasmine
6 41 (6.624%) Cucumber
6 41 (6.624%) SpecFlow
7 40 (6.462%) QuickTest Pro
8 38 (6.139%) Visual Studio
9 27 (4.362%) Git (software)
10 19 (3.069%) Team Foundation Server
11 18 (2.908%) JMeter
12 15 (2.423%) AppScan
13 14 (2.262%) Fiddler
13 14 (2.262%) Hudson
14 13 (2.100%) Metasploit
14 13 (2.100%) ClearQuest
15 12 (1.939%) Redmine
16 11 (1.777%) JUnit
16 11 (1.777%) NUnit
General
1 83 (13.41%) Finance
2 55 (8.885%) Legal
3 38 (6.139%) Telecoms
4 34 (5.493%) Publishing
5 30 (4.847%) Retail
6 22 (3.554%) Electronics
7 19 (3.069%) Games
8 14 (2.262%) Military
9 11 (1.777%) Banking
10 10 (1.616%) Billing
10 10 (1.616%) Advertising
11 8 (1.292%) Law
12 7 (1.131%) Marketing
13 6 (0.969%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.485%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.323%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.323%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.323%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.323%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.162%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 120 (19.39%) Tester
2 112 (18.09%) Analyst
3 70 (11.31%) Penetration Tester
4 64 (10.34%) QA Manager
5 63 (10.18%) Test Analyst
6 55 (8.885%) QA Engineer
7 50 (8.078%) Test Manager
8 47 (7.593%) Security Tester
9 42 (6.785%) Security Analyst
10 41 (6.624%) Team Leader
10 41 (6.624%) Security Manager
11 39 (6.300%) Consultant
12 33 (5.331%) Security Consultant
13 32 (5.170%) Test Engineer
13 32 (5.170%) Security Engineer
14 31 (5.008%) Senior Tester
15 24 (3.877%) Support Engineer
16 21 (3.393%) Security Support Engineer
17 20 (3.231%) Developer
17 20 (3.231%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 110 (17.77%) Management Information System
2 62 (10.02%) Computer Science
3 49 (7.916%) Client/Server
4 45 (7.270%) Open Source
5 44 (7.108%) CESG
6 28 (4.523%) SaaS
7 19 (3.069%) Chip and PIN
8 16 (2.585%) Firmware
8 16 (2.585%) Mainframe
8 16 (2.585%) Cryptography
9 15 (2.423%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.100%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.777%) Video on Demand
11 11 (1.777%) Blog
12 10 (1.616%) N-Tier
13 7 (1.131%) W3C
13 7 (1.131%) Statistics
14 6 (0.969%) PKI
14 6 (0.969%) Digital Media
14 6 (0.969%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 124 (20.03%) Windows
2 108 (17.45%) Linux
3 61 (9.855%) UNIX
4 24 (3.877%) HPUX
5 23 (3.716%) Solaris
6 22 (3.554%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (2.585%) Apple iOS
8 15 (2.423%) Android
9 11 (1.777%) Mac OS X
10 8 (1.292%) SUSE
11 5 (0.808%) VMS
12 4 (0.646%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.323%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.162%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (30.86%) Penetration Testing
2 156 (25.20%) Performance Testing
3 148 (23.91%) Information Security
4 146 (23.59%) Automated Testing
5 120 (19.39%) Test Scripting
6 116 (18.74%) E-Commerce
7 102 (16.48%) Agile Software Development
8 90 (14.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 88 (14.22%) Manual Testing
10 86 (13.89%) TDD
11 78 (12.60%) Integration Testing
12 76 (12.28%) Scrum
13 69 (11.15%) Web Testing
13 69 (11.15%) SIEM
14 66 (10.66%) Unit Testing
15 56 (9.047%) Test Automation
16 46 (7.431%) Usability Testing
16 46 (7.431%) Software Testing
17 45 (7.270%) Ethical Hacking
18 44 (7.108%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 161 (26.01%) SQL
2 93 (15.02%) C#
3 89 (14.38%) JavaScript
4 88 (14.22%) Java
5 42 (6.785%) PHP
6 41 (6.624%) Perl
7 35 (5.654%) VB
8 30 (4.847%) Ruby
9 21 (3.393%) C++
10 16 (2.585%) C
11 15 (2.423%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.777%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.454%) Python
13 9 (1.454%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.292%) Groovy
15 6 (0.969%) FoxPro (VFP)
16 4 (0.646%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.646%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.485%) VB6
18 1 (0.162%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (20.84%) Degree
2 107 (17.29%) Security Cleared
3 99 (15.99%) ISEB
4 92 (14.86%) SC Cleared
5 80 (12.92%) CISSP
6 74 (11.95%) ISTQB
7 52 (8.401%) CEH
8 46 (7.431%) CISM
9 43 (6.947%) GIAC
10 37 (5.977%) DV Cleared
11 30 (4.847%) GCIA
12 28 (4.523%) GCIH
13 27 (4.362%) CISA
13 27 (4.362%) GWAPT
14 17 (2.746%) GPEN
15 16 (2.585%) OSCP
15 16 (2.585%) OSCE
16 11 (1.777%) CSSLP
16 11 (1.777%) ISEB Practitioner
17 10 (1.616%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (38.61%) QA
2 49 (7.916%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (7.916%) PCI DSS
3 39 (6.300%) COBIT
4 24 (3.877%) JSP 440
5 16 (2.585%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.646%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 2 (0.323%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.323%) WAI
8 1 (0.162%) COSO
8 1 (0.162%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (2.423%) Nmap
2 12 (1.939%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (1.939%) Snort
3 9 (1.454%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.485%) NDS
4 3 (0.485%) UAG
5 2 (0.323%) MetaFrame
6 1 (0.162%) NFS
Systems Management
1 43 (6.947%) HP Quality Center
2 34 (5.493%) Nessus
3 23 (3.716%) CORE IMPACT
4 21 (3.393%) McAfee ePO
5 13 (2.100%) AppDetective
6 5 (0.808%) WebInspect
7 3 (0.485%) SCCM
8 2 (0.323%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.162%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 91 (14.70%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.724%) Cisco
3 49 (7.916%) HP
4 30 (4.847%) IBM
5 27 (4.362%) Juniper
5 27 (4.362%) Qualys
6 22 (3.554%) VMware
7 21 (3.393%) McAfee
7 21 (3.393%) LogLogic
8 19 (3.069%) Oracle
9 18 (2.908%) Red Hat
10 10 (1.616%) Symantec
11 9 (1.454%) Citrix
12 7 (1.131%) Facebook
13 6 (0.969%) Twitter
13 6 (0.969%) ATG
13 6 (0.969%) TIBCO
14 5 (0.808%) Siebel
15 4 (0.646%) Zend
15 4 (0.646%) Telerik
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Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
Quality Assurance Manager
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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Senior Test Analyst
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Head of Quality Assurance (QA)
Staines, South East
Raise the profile of QA across IS, gaining buy-in at all levels... - Agrees with projects the mechanisms whereby project managers and QA Analysts work together to ensure...
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Salary: Salary : Basic + Car allowance + Medical + Bonus + Benefits
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Test Co-ordinator - Application Security
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Test Co -Ordinator / Project Manager / Senior QA Lead/ Senior Tester/ Application Security- Nottingham - FTSE 100 client... This position is a suitable career move for an application biased Project...
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Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per month
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Penetration Testing Consultant
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You will be required to: *Act as a team member and/or lead on penetration testing delivery projects covering: oInfrastructure vulnerability assessment and PCI ASV scanning oInfrastructure penetration...
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Salary: £40000 - £42000 per annum + car allowance
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Senior Security Consultant (Penetration Tester)
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Salary: £excellent + big bonus + car + benefits
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IT Security Analyst - Windows, UAG / RSA / SecureID (Dyson)
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Principal Software Engineer (Testing)
London
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Salary: Competitive
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Software Security Advisor
Oxford, South East
Candidates should come from a strong software development background with expertise in either Java or C++ as well hands-on experience with security testing tools such as Checkmarx...
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
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Information Security Team Lead
Coventry
Leads a team of technical resources engaged in delivering IT Security Services ie diagnosing and fixing faults, preventative maintenance to reduce the incidence of faults, and developing techniques...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
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Bristol, Avon
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Information Security and Compliance Manager
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