Ethical Hacking Job Trends in the City of London

Ethical Hacking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 - 159
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 2 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.090% - 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% - 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.54%
75th Percentile - - £79,063
90th Percentile - - £95,000
Central London median annual salary - - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Ethical Hacking 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,929 2,555 2,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.74% 95.51% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,425 1,643 2,385
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,250 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £74,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.68% -0.33% -

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethical Hacking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Ethical Hacking job vacancy trend in the City of London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ethical Hacking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Digital Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCSAM
1 2 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus