Penetration Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Penetration Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 373 460
Rank change year-on-year -9 +87 -75
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 214 333 457
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.63% 0.81% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.84% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 189 206 340
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,625 £34,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,063 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.03% -11.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £95,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Penetration Testing 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,884 39,545 66,696
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.37% 96.08% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 23,455 27,516 41,159
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Penetration Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
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 Testing.

Penetration Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Penetration Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.95%) Azure
2 28 (13.08%) AWS
3 22 (10.28%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.14%) Google Workspace
5 8 (3.74%) GCP
6 5 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.87%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.87%) IaaS
7 4 (1.87%) PaaS
8 2 (0.93%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (0.93%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (0.93%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (0.93%) Azure Storage
8 2 (0.93%) OCI
9 1 (0.47%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 59 (27.57%) Firewall
2 27 (12.62%) Wireless
3 22 (10.28%) Network Security
4 17 (7.94%) DNS
5 11 (5.14%) Broadband
5 11 (5.14%) NAS
6 9 (4.21%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (2.80%) SSL
7 6 (2.80%) VPN
8 5 (2.34%) BGP
8 5 (2.34%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (2.34%) IPsec
8 5 (2.34%) LAN
8 5 (2.34%) NGFW
8 5 (2.34%) OSPF
8 5 (2.34%) VLAN
8 5 (2.34%) WAN
9 3 (1.40%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.93%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.80%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.34%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.87%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (3.74%) Metasploit
2 5 (2.34%) Burp Suite
2 5 (2.34%) Postman
3 4 (1.87%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.87%) JMeter
3 4 (1.87%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.40%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.40%) Git
4 3 (1.40%) JIRA
4 3 (1.40%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.93%) Selenium
General
1 75 (35.05%) Social Skills
2 35 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.55%) Finance
4 27 (12.62%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (12.15%) Legal
6 15 (7.01%) Marketing
7 13 (6.07%) Games
7 13 (6.07%) Military
8 12 (5.61%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.14%) Law
9 11 (5.14%) Retail
9 11 (5.14%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (3.27%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.27%) Aviation
11 7 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.87%) Welsh Language
13 3 (1.40%) Banking
13 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (27.10%) Penetration Tester
1 58 (27.10%) Tester
2 28 (13.08%) Lead
2 28 (13.08%) Senior
3 21 (9.81%) Consultant
4 17 (7.94%) Security Manager
4 17 (7.94%) Team Leader
4 17 (7.94%) Test Team Leader
5 14 (6.54%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 14 (6.54%) Senior Tester
6 12 (5.61%) Analyst
6 12 (5.61%) Business Development Manager
6 12 (5.61%) Business Manager
6 12 (5.61%) Development Manager
6 12 (5.61%) IT Consultant
6 12 (5.61%) Security Engineer
7 11 (5.14%) IT Manager
7 11 (5.14%) Security Analyst
7 11 (5.14%) Vulnerability Manager
8 9 (4.21%) Security Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.80%) OAuth
2 4 (1.87%) OAuth2
2 4 (1.87%) SOAP
2 4 (1.87%) XML
3 3 (1.40%) RESTful
3 3 (1.40%) WPF
4 2 (0.93%) OpenID
4 2 (0.93%) SAML
5 1 (0.47%) .NET
5 1 (0.47%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.47%) JSON
5 1 (0.47%) SignalR
5 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.88%) Security Posture
2 18 (8.41%) Mobile App
3 17 (7.94%) Management Information System
3 17 (7.94%) Onboarding
4 15 (7.01%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (5.14%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.27%) Cyberattack
8 5 (2.34%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.34%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.34%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.34%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.34%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.87%) CESG
9 4 (1.87%) IoT
9 4 (1.87%) PKI
9 4 (1.87%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.08%) Windows
2 18 (8.41%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.48%) Android
3 16 (7.48%) Apple iOS
4 11 (5.14%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.74%) Unix
6 5 (2.34%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.93%) AIX
7 2 (0.93%) Linux
7 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (71.50%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (27.57%) Information Security
3 39 (18.22%) Mentoring
4 37 (17.29%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (16.82%) Computer Science
6 32 (14.95%) Red Team
7 31 (14.49%) Security Testing
8 27 (12.62%) Data Protection
9 26 (12.15%) Data Privacy
9 26 (12.15%) Risk Management
9 26 (12.15%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 24 (11.21%) Presales
11 22 (10.28%) Application Security
11 22 (10.28%) Incident Response
11 22 (10.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 19 (8.88%) Ethical Hacking
12 19 (8.88%) Security Operations
13 18 (8.41%) OWASP
14 17 (7.94%) Project Management
14 17 (7.94%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.94%) Bash
1 17 (7.94%) Python
2 8 (3.74%) SQL
3 6 (2.80%) C#
3 6 (2.80%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.40%) Java
6 1 (0.47%) Bicep
6 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (21.50%) CREST Certified
2 40 (18.69%) CISSP
3 35 (16.36%) Degree
4 32 (14.95%) OSCP
5 25 (11.68%) CISM
6 22 (10.28%) Security Cleared
7 20 (9.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (8.88%) SC Cleared
9 17 (7.94%) GIAC
10 15 (7.01%) CHECK Team Member
11 14 (6.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (6.54%) Cyber Scheme
12 13 (6.07%) CEH
13 12 (5.61%) GPEN
14 11 (5.14%) CHECK Team Leader
14 11 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (3.27%) CISA
15 7 (3.27%) PCI QSA
16 6 (2.80%) Tigerscheme
17 5 (2.34%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (20.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (14.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (13.55%) NIST
4 20 (9.35%) GRC
5 18 (8.41%) SOC 2
6 15 (7.01%) PCI DSS
7 14 (6.54%) QA
8 13 (6.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (4.21%) GDPR
10 7 (3.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (3.27%) DO-254
11 4 (1.87%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.87%) COBIT
11 4 (1.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (1.87%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.93%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (9.81%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.14%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (4.67%) Ansible
2 10 (4.67%) Nessus
3 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.34%) Nmap
4 4 (1.87%) Grafana
5 3 (1.40%) Terraform
6 2 (0.93%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.93%) WSUS
7 1 (0.47%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 42 (19.63%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.14%) Apple
2 11 (5.14%) Google
2 11 (5.14%) VMware
3 6 (2.80%) HubSpot
3 6 (2.80%) Oracle
3 6 (2.80%) Qualys
4 4 (1.87%) Alibaba
5 3 (1.40%) Cisco
5 3 (1.40%) Sophos
6 2 (0.93%) arcserve
6 2 (0.93%) ArcSight
6 2 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.93%) Splunk
6 2 (0.93%) Tripwire
6 2 (0.93%) Veeam
7 1 (0.47%) Meraki
7 1 (0.47%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow