GPEN Job Trends in Berkshire

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.050% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
South East median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year -16.36% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 577 835 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.86% 48.46% 54.67%
Number of salaries quoted 166 325 775
10th Percentile £32,625 £37,775 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% +22.73% +2.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £72,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £95,000 £91,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +13.21% +1.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GPEN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

GPEN job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GPEN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GPEN

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Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell - 1 £46,000 -
GPEN
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacker
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap