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 15 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
15 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 534 787
Rank change year-on-year +11 +253 -263
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 63 112 60
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.28% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.29% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 55 53 51
10th Percentile £39,500 £40,400 £51,750
25th Percentile £48,125 £52,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -3.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £121,250 £85,000
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
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 32,407 39,036 68,066
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.06% 95.93% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 24,817 27,718 41,828
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £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 £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 15 May 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 15 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 59 (93.65%) Penetration Testing
2 42 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (46.03%) OSCP
4 25 (39.68%) CREST Certified
5 22 (34.92%) Information Security
6 21 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (31.75%) Red Team
7 20 (31.75%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (30.16%) Social Skills
9 18 (28.57%) Security Testing
10 17 (26.98%) Data Privacy
10 17 (26.98%) Mobile App
11 16 (25.40%) Firewall
12 15 (23.81%) CHECK Team Member
13 14 (22.22%) GRC
13 14 (22.22%) Security Posture
13 14 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
13 14 (22.22%) PCI DSS
14 12 (19.05%) Cyber Scheme
14 12 (19.05%) Test Strategy
14 12 (19.05%) Mentoring
15 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
15 11 (17.46%) Application Security
15 11 (17.46%) Wireless
16 10 (15.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 10 (15.87%) Apple iOS
16 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared
16 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
16 10 (15.87%) Android
17 9 (14.29%) NIST

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 8 (12.70%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) AWS
2 4 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.76%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.40%) Firewall
2 11 (17.46%) Wireless
3 8 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.76%) Wireshark
5 2 (3.17%) Internet
5 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.17%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Metasploit
2 5 (7.94%) Burp Suite
General
1 20 (31.75%) Presentation Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.70%) Law
4 8 (12.70%) Legal
5 6 (9.52%) Marketing
5 6 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.17%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.98%) Mobile App
2 14 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.35%) IoT
4 3 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.76%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.17%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.59%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.87%) Android
1 10 (15.87%) Apple iOS
2 5 (7.94%) Kali Linux
3 2 (3.17%) Unix
3 2 (3.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (93.65%) Penetration Testing
2 42 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (34.92%) Information Security
4 21 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (31.75%) Red Team
6 18 (28.57%) Security Testing
7 17 (26.98%) Data Privacy
8 14 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
9 12 (19.05%) Mentoring
9 12 (19.05%) Test Strategy
10 11 (17.46%) Application Security
11 10 (15.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 9 (14.29%) Cloud Security
12 9 (14.29%) OWASP
13 8 (12.70%) API Testing
13 8 (12.70%) Data Protection
13 8 (12.70%) Offensive Security
13 8 (12.70%) Project Management
14 7 (11.11%) Computer Science
14 7 (11.11%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) Python
2 5 (7.94%) Bash
3 3 (4.76%) Java
3 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 29 (46.03%) OSCP
2 25 (39.68%) CREST Certified
3 15 (23.81%) CHECK Team Member
4 12 (19.05%) Cyber Scheme
5 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared
5 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
6 9 (14.29%) Degree
7 8 (12.70%) CHECK Team Leader
8 6 (9.52%) CEH
8 6 (9.52%) GIAC
8 6 (9.52%) GPEN
8 6 (9.52%) PCI QSA
8 6 (9.52%) Tigerscheme
9 5 (7.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (7.94%) OSCE
10 3 (4.76%) CISSP
10 3 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
11 2 (3.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.22%) GRC
1 14 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 9 (14.29%) NIST
3 6 (9.52%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (4.76%) GDPR
4 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Nessus
2 5 (7.94%) Nmap
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.76%) Qualys
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