Penetration Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Penetration Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Penetration Tester salary in Work from Home 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 524 550 782
Rank change year-on-year +26 +232 -260
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 67 119 60
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.28% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.29% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 55 58 49
10th Percentile £39,500 £39,250 £51,750
25th Percentile £48,125 £51,375 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £121,250 £85,000
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,452 41,087 65,821
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.98% 96.07% 97.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24,937 29,216 41,930
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Penetration Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Penetration Tester.

Penetration Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Penetration Tester over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Penetration Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 63 (94.03%) Penetration Testing
2 43 (64.18%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (46.27%) OSCP
4 27 (40.30%) CREST Certified
5 24 (35.82%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (35.82%) Information Security
6 23 (34.33%) Red Team
7 22 (32.84%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (31.34%) Social Skills
8 21 (31.34%) Mobile App
9 19 (28.36%) Security Testing
10 18 (26.87%) Firewall
11 17 (25.37%) Data Privacy
12 16 (23.88%) CHECK Team Member
13 14 (20.90%) Security Posture
13 14 (20.90%) GRC
13 14 (20.90%) PCI DSS
13 14 (20.90%) Ethical Hacking
13 14 (20.90%) Wireless
14 13 (19.40%) Cyber Scheme
14 13 (19.40%) Mentoring
15 12 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
15 12 (17.91%) Android
15 12 (17.91%) Apple iOS
16 11 (16.42%) Metasploit
16 11 (16.42%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 11 (16.42%) Degree
16 11 (16.42%) Test Strategy
16 11 (16.42%) Application Security
17 10 (14.93%) OWASP

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (10.45%) Azure
2 4 (5.97%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.48%) AWS
3 3 (4.48%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (26.87%) Firewall
2 14 (20.90%) Wireless
3 8 (11.94%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (5.97%) Internet
4 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.97%) Wireless Security
5 3 (4.48%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 11 (16.42%) Metasploit
2 8 (11.94%) Burp Suite
General
1 22 (32.84%) Presentation Skills
2 21 (31.34%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.93%) Law
5 8 (11.94%) Legal
6 6 (8.96%) Marketing
6 6 (8.96%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.99%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 21 (31.34%) Mobile App
2 14 (20.90%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.97%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (5.97%) IoT
4 3 (4.48%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.48%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.99%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Android
1 12 (17.91%) Apple iOS
2 7 (10.45%) Kali Linux
3 5 (7.46%) Windows
4 4 (5.97%) Unix
5 1 (1.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (94.03%) Penetration Testing
2 43 (64.18%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (35.82%) Information Security
3 24 (35.82%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (34.33%) Red Team
5 19 (28.36%) Security Testing
6 17 (25.37%) Data Privacy
7 14 (20.90%) Ethical Hacking
8 13 (19.40%) Mentoring
9 11 (16.42%) Application Security
9 11 (16.42%) Test Strategy
9 11 (16.42%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 10 (14.93%) OWASP
11 9 (13.43%) API Testing
11 9 (13.43%) Cloud Security
11 9 (13.43%) Incident Response
12 8 (11.94%) Computer Science
12 8 (11.94%) Data Protection
12 8 (11.94%) Offensive Security
12 8 (11.94%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) Python
2 7 (10.45%) Bash
3 4 (5.97%) C#
4 3 (4.48%) Java
4 3 (4.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 31 (46.27%) OSCP
2 27 (40.30%) CREST Certified
3 16 (23.88%) CHECK Team Member
4 13 (19.40%) Cyber Scheme
5 11 (16.42%) Degree
6 9 (13.43%) CHECK Team Leader
7 8 (11.94%) SC Cleared
7 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
8 6 (8.96%) CEH
8 6 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (8.96%) GIAC
8 6 (8.96%) GPEN
8 6 (8.96%) PCI QSA
8 6 (8.96%) Tigerscheme
9 5 (7.46%) OSCE
10 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
11 3 (4.48%) CISSP
11 3 (4.48%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (2.99%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.90%) GRC
1 14 (20.90%) PCI DSS
2 9 (13.43%) NIST
3 6 (8.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (4.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (11.94%) Nmap
2 7 (10.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) Qualys
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