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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - 163
Rank change year-on-year - - +77
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 10 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.37% - 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% - 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.54%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £73,750
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £95,000 - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +7.41%

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 2,336 2,426 2,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.29% 95.81% 93.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,697 1,558 2,594
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,525 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,500 £55,125 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,575 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Burp Suite
1 9 (90.00%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Senior
2 9 (90.00%) Analyst
2 9 (90.00%) Digital Analyst
2 9 (90.00%) Security Analyst
2 9 (90.00%) Senior Analyst
2 9 (90.00%) Senior Digital Analyst
2 9 (90.00%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Cyber Defence
1 9 (90.00%) Mobile App
1 9 (90.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 10 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 10 (100.00%) Red Team
2 9 (90.00%) Agile
2 9 (90.00%) API Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Application Security
2 9 (90.00%) Business Strategy
2 9 (90.00%) Business Transformation
2 9 (90.00%) Coaching
2 9 (90.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 9 (90.00%) Creative Thinking
2 9 (90.00%) Internal Audit
2 9 (90.00%) Mentoring
2 9 (90.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (90.00%) Purple Team
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (90.00%) Bash
2 9 (90.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 10 (100.00%) OSCP
2 9 (90.00%) CCSAM
2 9 (90.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 9 (90.00%) CHECK Team Member
3 1 (10.00%) CCSAS
3 1 (10.00%) GIAC
3 1 (10.00%) GPEN
3 1 (10.00%) GXPN
3 1 (10.00%) OSCE
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (90.00%) Nessus