Senior Penetration Tester Job Trends 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 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.056% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% - -
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 1,676 2,085 1,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 94.90% 93.25%
Number of salaries quoted 779 1,113 1,158
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +10.09% -5.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.43% -0.43%

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Penetration Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Senior Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Penetration Tester job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Penetration Tester job vacancies in Berkshire

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Senior Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
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

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
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%) 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