Senior Penetration Tester Jobs in Berkshire

Senior Penetration Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Penetration Tester salary in Berkshire is £61,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 - 174
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.055% - 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 - -
75th Percentile £61,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £61,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,623 3,081 2,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.77% 95.53% 93.43%
Number of salaries quoted 725 2,020 1,504
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Senior Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Penetration Tester in Berkshire

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Senior Penetration Tester in Berkshire

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, 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 job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable