Penetration Tester Jobs in Bracknell

Penetration Tester
Berkshire > Bracknell

The median Penetration Tester salary in Bracknell is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bracknell 1.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £46,000 - £27,500

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bracknell

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bracknell. 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 Bracknell with a recognized job title 172 426 277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 98.61% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 154 395 237
10th Percentile £29,325 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £79,063 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £89,250 £95,000 £99,250
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,907
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.09% -2.77%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in Bracknell

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in Bracknell

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

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in Bracknell

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bracknell

For the 6 months to 9 July 2025, 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 Bracknell region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Nmap
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bracknell 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nmap