Security Testing Jobs in Bristol

Security Testing
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 162 160
Rank change year-on-year +60 -2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 4 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.32% 0.16% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.18% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £72,250 - £51,750
25th Percentile £75,625 - £59,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% +40.00%
75th Percentile £84,375 - £101,875
90th Percentile £87,750 - £125,000
South West median annual salary £76,250 £72,500 £66,125
% change year-on-year +5.17% +9.64% +1.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,194 2,739 2,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 94.69% 88.33% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 783 2,060 1,506
10th Percentile £31,050 £33,975 £34,723
25th Percentile £47,231 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -2.01% +11.00%
75th Percentile £71,625 £72,433 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Bristol

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in Bristol

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in Bristol

Security 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Architect
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) SANS
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
2 2 (50.00%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) COBIT
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (50.00%) SOC 2