Senior Penetration Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior Penetration Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Penetration Tester salary in Work from Home is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 634 849
Rank change year-on-year +68 +215 -280
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 18 24 15
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.053% 0.059% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.062% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 12
10th Percentile £57,500 - -
25th Percentile £59,375 £83,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +14.75% -4.69%
75th Percentile £79,375 £121,250 £83,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £87,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +16.67% -6.25%

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 32,522 38,765 68,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 95.93% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,888 27,595 41,875
10th Percentile £33,093 £36,750 £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 £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Penetration Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Penetration Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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 Senior Penetration Tester.

Senior Penetration Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Senior Penetration Tester over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Senior Penetration Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 16 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (66.67%) CREST Certified
3 9 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 9 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 8 (44.44%) Information Security
5 7 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (38.89%) CHECK Team Leader
5 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 7 (38.89%) Wireless
6 6 (33.33%) Firewall
6 6 (33.33%) PCI DSS
6 6 (33.33%) PCI QSA
6 6 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 6 (33.33%) Marketing
6 6 (33.33%) OWASP
6 6 (33.33%) Data Privacy
6 6 (33.33%) OSCP
6 6 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
6 6 (33.33%) GRC
6 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
6 6 (33.33%) NIST
6 6 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (33.33%) Tigerscheme
6 6 (33.33%) Cyber Scheme
6 6 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (33.33%) Application Security
6 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security
7 5 (27.78%) Azure

Senior 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 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) Wireless
2 6 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (33.33%) Marketing
1 6 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 8 (44.44%) Information Security
4 7 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (33.33%) Application Security
5 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 6 (33.33%) Data Privacy
5 6 (33.33%) OWASP
5 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 6 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
6 4 (22.22%) Presales
7 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.56%) Red Team
7 1 (5.56%) Social Engineering
7 1 (5.56%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 7 (38.89%) CHECK Team Leader
3 6 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
3 6 (33.33%) Cyber Scheme
3 6 (33.33%) OSCP
3 6 (33.33%) PCI QSA
3 6 (33.33%) Tigerscheme
4 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (33.33%) GRC
1 6 (33.33%) NIST
1 6 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft