GPEN Jobs in Belfast

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 1.66% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

GPEN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 56 163 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 30.94% 30.30% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12 56 60
10th Percentile £57,076 £24,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £65,815 £30,625 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £56,250 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% +27.84% -7.37%
75th Percentile £93,750 £62,588 £65,000
90th Percentile £99,375 £78,750 £82,500
County Antrim median annual salary £72,500 £46,250 £43,250
% change year-on-year +56.76% +6.94% -2.81%

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in Belfast

GPEN
Salary Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GPEN in Belfast.

Salary trend for GPEN in Belfast

GPEN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) AppScan
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Trustwave