Penetration Testing Jobs in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 209 234
Rank change year-on-year +61 +25 -40
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 36 25 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.07% 0.51% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 0.53% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 33 24 42
10th Percentile - £42,444 £50,550
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £96,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.46% +67.83% +5.81%
75th Percentile £83,750 £100,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £105,000 - £78,625
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £95,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +63.79% +6.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,105 4,689 6,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.52% 95.34% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,487 3,953 5,615
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,342
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% +3.57%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the City of London.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the City of London

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (33.33%) Azure
3 8 (22.22%) Google Workspace
4 5 (13.89%) AWS
4 5 (13.89%) Mimecast
5 3 (8.33%) GCP
6 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.78%) IaaS
7 1 (2.78%) PaaS
7 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) Firewall
2 9 (25.00%) DNS
3 8 (22.22%) Broadband
3 8 (22.22%) NAS
3 8 (22.22%) Wireless
4 5 (13.89%) DKIM
5 3 (8.33%) Network Security
6 1 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.78%) DHCP
6 1 (2.78%) DMARC
6 1 (2.78%) FTP
6 1 (2.78%) SMTP
6 1 (2.78%) SNMP
6 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.78%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (27.78%) Games
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Law
4 4 (11.11%) Retail
5 3 (8.33%) Legal
5 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.56%) Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Penetration Tester
1 9 (25.00%) Tester
2 8 (22.22%) Consultant
2 8 (22.22%) IT Consultant
2 8 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Analyst
3 4 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Team Leader
4 3 (8.33%) Test Team Leader
5 2 (5.56%) Information Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Senior
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Tester
6 1 (2.78%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (2.78%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) HTML
1 1 (2.78%) OAuth
1 1 (2.78%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.78%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 8 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.56%) Cyberattack
5 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.78%) CESG
6 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Windows
2 8 (22.22%) Mac OS
2 8 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.56%) Android
3 2 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (30.56%) Data Protection
3 10 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (27.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 8 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 8 (22.22%) Business Continuity
4 8 (22.22%) Identity Management
4 8 (22.22%) IT Audit
4 8 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
6 5 (13.89%) Information Security
6 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
6 5 (13.89%) Presales
7 4 (11.11%) Change Control
7 4 (11.11%) Incident Response
7 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 4 (11.11%) SIEM
7 4 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (8.33%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (2.78%) C#
2 1 (2.78%) C++
2 1 (2.78%) Go
2 1 (2.78%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 8 (22.22%) CREST Certified
3 5 (13.89%) CISSP
3 5 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.33%) CISM
5 2 (5.56%) CEH
5 2 (5.56%) CISA
5 2 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.78%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (27.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (22.22%) SOC 2
4 3 (8.33%) NIST
4 3 (8.33%) QA
5 2 (5.56%) GRC
6 1 (2.78%) GDPR
6 1 (2.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (2.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.78%) Docker
4 1 (2.78%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (13.89%) CASB
2 5 (13.89%) DatAdvantage
2 5 (13.89%) QRadar
3 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (30.56%) Google
3 9 (25.00%) VMware
4 8 (22.22%) Apple
5 5 (13.89%) Cisco
5 5 (13.89%) Darktrace
5 5 (13.89%) Varonis
6 4 (11.11%) Kenna
6 4 (11.11%) Rapid7