GPEN Job Trends in the City of London

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.10% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £100,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £95,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

GPEN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 601 582 855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 15.41% 30.50% 28.96%
Number of salaries quoted 404 399 608
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,467 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -7.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,750
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year - +2.19% +1.48%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

GPEN job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GPEN

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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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Testing Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Public Cloud
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Red Team
1 4 (100.00%) Tradecraft
2 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (75.00%) Application Security
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Bash
2 3 (75.00%) Go
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Objective-C
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Ruby
2 3 (75.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 4 (100.00%) GXPN
1 4 (100.00%) OSCE
1 4 (100.00%) OSCP
2 3 (75.00%) CCSAM
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) CCSAS
3 1 (25.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory