Penetration Tester Job Trends in Cheltenham

Penetration Tester
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Penetration Tester salary in Cheltenham is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.55% - 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheltenham with a recognized job title 178 147 354
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.80% 96.08% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 141 73 217
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -4.76%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Penetration Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Penetration Tester job vacancies in Cheltenham

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus