Penetration Testing Job Trends in Cheltenham

Penetration Testing
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 11 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 1.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £37,500 - -
25th Percentile £52,188 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £57,750 - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -28.57% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 725 109 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 79.41% 78.99% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 522 72 162
10th Percentile £42,000 £27,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% +8.33% +3.90%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,813 £70,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £82,400
Gloucestershire median annual salary £63,500 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +20.95% -0.94% -7.83%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Cheltenham

Penetration Testing
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:

General
1 7 (63.64%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Law
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Penetration Tester
1 7 (63.64%) Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Head of IT
2 2 (18.18%) Head of IT Services
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (9.09%) Application Security
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) Security Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Tenable