Penetration Testing Job Trends in Cambridge

Penetration Testing
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 42 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.12% 0.81% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.86% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Penetration 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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 618 232 828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 73.75% 94.31% 81.66%
Number of salaries quoted 432 137 632
10th Percentile £31,971 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.20% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,250 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,345 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.69% -9.09% -

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP