Security Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security 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 Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 528 501
Rank change year-on-year -12 -27 -43
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 53 135 382
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.32% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.34% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 49 110 184
10th Percentile £44,400 £41,050 £40,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,928 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £95,000 £93,700
UK median annual salary £61,206 £70,000 £69,078
% change year-on-year -12.56% +1.34% +15.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security 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 30,965 39,955 66,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.45% 96.10% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 27,739 41,261
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Security Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security 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 Security Testing.

Security Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Security Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) AWS
2 11 (20.75%) Azure
3 5 (9.43%) SaaS
4 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.77%) Azure AKS
5 2 (3.77%) GCP
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.98%) Wireless
2 6 (11.32%) Firewall
2 6 (11.32%) SD-WAN
2 6 (11.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) InfluxDB
1 4 (7.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) SoapUI
2 4 (7.55%) JMeter
2 4 (7.55%) Postman
3 3 (5.66%) Burp Suite
3 3 (5.66%) Cucumber
3 3 (5.66%) Metasploit
3 3 (5.66%) Selenium
4 2 (3.77%) Appium
4 2 (3.77%) JIRA
4 2 (3.77%) JUnit
4 2 (3.77%) TestNG
4 2 (3.77%) TestRail
4 2 (3.77%) WebDriver
General
1 11 (20.75%) Public Sector
2 6 (11.32%) Marketing
2 6 (11.32%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (11.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Welsh Language
4 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (3.77%) Health Technology
5 2 (3.77%) Law
5 2 (3.77%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (37.74%) Senior
2 19 (35.85%) Penetration Tester
2 19 (35.85%) Tester
3 10 (18.87%) Security Penetration Tester
3 10 (18.87%) Security Tester
4 9 (16.98%) Consultant
5 8 (15.09%) Lead
5 8 (15.09%) Security Consultant
5 8 (15.09%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 8 (15.09%) Senior Tester
6 6 (11.32%) Architect
6 6 (11.32%) Security Architect
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Architect
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Security Architect
6 6 (11.32%) Senior Testing Consultant
6 6 (11.32%) Team Leader
6 6 (11.32%) Testing Consultant
7 5 (9.43%) Senior Security Consultant
7 5 (9.43%) Test Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) OAuth
1 4 (7.55%) OAuth2
1 4 (7.55%) SOAP
1 4 (7.55%) XML
2 3 (5.66%) Gherkin
3 1 (1.89%) .NET
3 1 (1.89%) Playwright
3 1 (1.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Management Information System
2 7 (13.21%) Mobile App
3 6 (11.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (7.55%) IoT
5 3 (5.66%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.66%) Cyberattack
5 3 (5.66%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Unix
2 3 (5.66%) Kali Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Android
3 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (58.49%) Penetration Testing
2 27 (50.94%) Information Security
3 21 (39.62%) Application Security
4 20 (37.74%) Mentoring
5 19 (35.85%) OWASP
6 17 (32.08%) Red Team
7 16 (30.19%) Coaching
8 13 (24.53%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (22.64%) Security Architecture
10 11 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (16.98%) Cloud Security
11 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (16.98%) Data Privacy
11 9 (16.98%) Test Automation
12 8 (15.09%) Agile
12 8 (15.09%) Social Engineering
13 7 (13.21%) Performance Testing
13 7 (13.21%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 6 (11.32%) Identity Management
14 6 (11.32%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) SQL
2 5 (9.43%) Java
2 5 (9.43%) Python
3 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.89%) Bicep
4 1 (1.89%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (41.51%) CREST Certified
2 14 (26.42%) OSCP
3 12 (22.64%) CHECK Team Member
4 11 (20.75%) Cyber Scheme
5 10 (18.87%) CISSP
5 10 (18.87%) SC Cleared
5 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
6 9 (16.98%) CHECK Team Leader
7 6 (11.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (11.32%) AWS Certification
7 6 (11.32%) Azure Certification
7 6 (11.32%) CCSK
7 6 (11.32%) CCSP
7 6 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (11.32%) CISM
7 6 (11.32%) PCI QSA
7 6 (11.32%) Tigerscheme
8 5 (9.43%) ISTQB
9 4 (7.55%) GIAC
9 4 (7.55%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.64%) NIST
2 6 (11.32%) Accessibility
2 6 (11.32%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (11.32%) GRC
2 6 (11.32%) PCI DSS
3 5 (9.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (7.55%) QA
5 3 (5.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (5.66%) ISO 9001
5 3 (5.66%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.89%) GDPR
6 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (11.32%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (7.55%) Grafana
4 3 (5.66%) Nessus
4 3 (5.66%) Nmap
5 1 (1.89%) Ansible
5 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle
2 3 (5.66%) Qualys
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft