Penetration Testing Jobs in Cardiff

Penetration Testing
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 62 87
Rank change year-on-year 0 +25 -13
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.15% 0.87% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.89% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £46,530 £36,100
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,581 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +33.33% -48.57%
75th Percentile £61,000 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +41.18% -51.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 523 560 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 80.09% 97.39% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 469 392 609
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £34,100
25th Percentile £39,250 £40,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,496 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% -9.01% +11.11%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Cardiff

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST