Penetration Testing Jobs in Central London

Penetration Testing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 148 209
Rank change year-on-year +8 +61 +46
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 23 45 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.92% 1.20% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.30% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 19 42 26
10th Percentile - £47,500 £42,222
25th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £78,750 £98,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.46% -19.64% +68.97%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £81,928
% change year-on-year - -11.51% +26.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,410 3,466 4,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.48% 92.18% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,637 2,677 4,047
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,555 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.30% -5.93% +7.14%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Central London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Central London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Central London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Central London

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +22 21 £65,000 -7.14% 6
West End of London - 1 - -
Lambeth - 1 - -
Penetration Testing
London

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) Entra ID
3 5 (21.74%) Google Workspace
3 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon Macie
4 1 (4.35%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (4.35%) AWS KMS
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) VLAN
1 6 (26.09%) Wireless
2 5 (21.74%) SSL
3 2 (8.70%) Firewall
3 2 (8.70%) VPN
4 1 (4.35%) 4G
4 1 (4.35%) 5G
4 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.35%) IPsec
4 1 (4.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Law
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Analyst
2 7 (30.43%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) SOC Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) IT Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Security Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (8.70%) IT Security Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Tester
5 2 (8.70%) Tester
6 1 (4.35%) Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Junior
6 1 (4.35%) Security Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) Management Information System
2 9 (39.13%) CSOC
2 9 (39.13%) Onboarding
2 9 (39.13%) Virtual Team
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (52.17%) Incident Response
3 11 (47.83%) DevOps
3 11 (47.83%) SIEM
4 10 (43.48%) Security Operations
4 10 (43.48%) Threat Intelligence
5 9 (39.13%) Architectural Design
5 9 (39.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 9 (39.13%) Mentoring
5 9 (39.13%) Open Source
5 9 (39.13%) Performance Management
5 9 (39.13%) Protective Monitoring
5 9 (39.13%) Security Monitoring
5 9 (39.13%) Trend Analysis
5 9 (39.13%) Use Case
6 7 (30.43%) Cloud Security
6 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure Management
6 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (26.09%) Project Management
7 6 (26.09%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) Bash
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
1 9 (39.13%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) CISA
2 3 (13.04%) CISM
2 3 (13.04%) CISSP
2 3 (13.04%) CREST Certified
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) OSCP
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.35%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 1 (4.35%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (4.35%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.35%) COBIT
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
3 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
3 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) QRadar
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (21.74%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (21.74%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
4 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Cisco
2 5 (21.74%) Google
2 5 (21.74%) Meraki
3 1 (4.35%) Checkmarx
3 1 (4.35%) HP
3 1 (4.35%) Sophos