The first table below looks at the demand for the Penetration Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Penetration Tester
Rank 150 - 150
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 25 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.696% - 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.736% - 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Average salary £55,000 - £46,250
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +10.52%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3395 3072 2927
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.54% 97.06% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2688 2543 2452
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Penetration Tester
Yorkshire

Penetration Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Tester across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire Penetration Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Tester across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Penetration Tester Salary Trend

Penetration Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leeds - 2 £55,000 - 1
Penetration Tester
Yorkshire

Penetration Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title 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 with Penetration Tester in their job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 28 (96.55%) Security Testing
3 15 (51.72%) Vulnerability Management
3 15 (51.72%) CISSP
4 14 (48.28%) GCIH
4 14 (48.28%) Wireless
4 14 (48.28%) CISA
4 14 (48.28%) CISM
4 14 (48.28%) Firewall
4 14 (48.28%) Data Protection
4 14 (48.28%) HIPAA
4 14 (48.28%) Reverse Engineering
4 14 (48.28%) Digital Forensics
4 14 (48.28%) Open Source
4 14 (48.28%) Degree
4 14 (48.28%) Computer Science
4 14 (48.28%) CEH
4 14 (48.28%) Network Design
4 14 (48.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 14 (48.28%) GWAPT
4 14 (48.28%) GPEN
4 14 (48.28%) OSCP
4 14 (48.28%) OSCE
5 13 (44.83%) Security Cleared
5 13 (44.83%) Blog
5 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
5 13 (44.83%) Network Security
6 1 (3.448%) Security Management
6 1 (3.448%) Nessus
6 1 (3.448%) Information Security

Penetration Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Penetration Tester in their job title 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 with Penetration Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 14 (48.28%) Wireless
1 14 (48.28%) Firewall
2 13 (44.83%) Network Security
3 1 (3.448%) Wireshark
Miscellaneous
1 14 (48.28%) Open Source
1 14 (48.28%) Computer Science
2 13 (44.83%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) Windows
1 1 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 28 (96.55%) Security Testing
3 15 (51.72%) Vulnerability Management
4 14 (48.28%) Data Protection
4 14 (48.28%) Reverse Engineering
4 14 (48.28%) Digital Forensics
4 14 (48.28%) Network Design
4 14 (48.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (3.448%) Security Management
5 1 (3.448%) Information Security
5 1 (3.448%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) CISSP
2 14 (48.28%) GCIH
2 14 (48.28%) CISA
2 14 (48.28%) CISM
2 14 (48.28%) Degree
2 14 (48.28%) CEH
2 14 (48.28%) GWAPT
2 14 (48.28%) GPEN
2 14 (48.28%) OSCP
2 14 (48.28%) OSCE
3 13 (44.83%) Security Cleared
3 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.448%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (48.28%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) Nessus
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Posted: 17 June 2013
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