Penetration Testing Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Penetration Testing
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £45,000 - £34,250
% change year-on-year - - -51.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Penetration Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 581 470 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 68.60% 89.35% 64.31%
Number of salaries quoted 455 81 147
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,500 £88,500
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £52,897
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.93% -2.04%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

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Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001