Penetration Testing Jobs in Bristol

Penetration Testing
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 147 159
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +17
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 23 22 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.74% 0.84% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.88% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 32
10th Percentile - £44,376 £51,406
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,015 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,683 £75,200
Median % change year-on-year -14.70% -25.95% +67.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £76,375 £84,375 -
South West median annual salary £62,500 £51,000 £70,400
% change year-on-year +22.55% -27.56% +34.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,742 2,492 3,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 88.08% 95.63% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,063 1,477 2,154
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £31,575
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,251 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £59,526 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +12.08% +11.81%
75th Percentile £72,433 £74,250 £73,225
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +8.11%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Bristol

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Bristol.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Bristol

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Bristol

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure AKS
2 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) Internet
2 2 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.70%) Wireless
2 2 (8.70%) Wireless Security
3 1 (4.35%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Burp Suite
1 2 (8.70%) Metasploit
2 1 (4.35%) Snyk
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.35%) Aviation
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Penetration Tester
1 18 (78.26%) Tester
2 11 (47.83%) Security Penetration Tester
2 11 (47.83%) Security Tester
3 10 (43.48%) Consultant
3 10 (43.48%) Security Consultant
4 8 (34.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Security Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) SIEM Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Security Posture
2 5 (21.74%) Mobile App
3 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (8.70%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Android
1 3 (13.04%) Apple iOS
2 2 (8.70%) Kali Linux
2 2 (8.70%) Unix
2 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (73.91%) Incident Response
3 14 (60.87%) Computer Science
4 12 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (52.17%) Risk Analysis
5 6 (26.09%) Red Team
6 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (21.74%) Software Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
8 3 (13.04%) SIEM
8 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (8.70%) Cryptography
9 2 (8.70%) DDoS Mitigation
9 2 (8.70%) Malware Analysis
9 2 (8.70%) Mobile Application Development
9 2 (8.70%) Reverse Engineering
9 2 (8.70%) Runbook
9 2 (8.70%) Security Monitoring
9 2 (8.70%) Security Operations
9 2 (8.70%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Bash
2 2 (8.70%) C#
3 1 (4.35%) Go
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (65.22%) Degree
2 10 (43.48%) CHECK Team Member
2 10 (43.48%) OSCP
3 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (13.04%) CREST Certified
5 2 (8.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (8.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (8.70%) CCSP
5 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (8.70%) CISSP
5 2 (8.70%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.35%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) DO-254
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
1 1 (4.35%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Nmap
2 1 (4.35%) Anchore
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft