Red Team Job Trends in the City of London

Red Teaming
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Red Team skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 170 174
Rank change year-on-year +46 +4 +103
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 4 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.23% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile - £82,750 -
25th Percentile - £90,625 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £107,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -53.49% +59.26% +17.39%
75th Percentile - £113,125 £78,750
90th Percentile - £114,250 -
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £107,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -53.49% +59.26% +17.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Red Team 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 1,605 2,625 2,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 93.21% 94.42% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,217 1,710 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £116,375 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year - +2.74% -2.67%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Red Team job vacancy trend in the City of London

Red Team
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Red Team

Red Team
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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Tester
1 3 (75.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving