Penetration Testing Job Trends in Derbyshire

Penetration Testing
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 39 37
Rank change year-on-year - -2 +41
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 0 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire - 0.38% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.47% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £31,375
25th Percentile - - £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £33,750
75th Percentile - - £36,563
90th Percentile - - £37,125
East Midlands median annual salary £51,058 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.20% +21.05% -9.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Penetration Testing 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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 416 211 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 82.70% 79.62% 84.00%
Number of salaries quoted 174 126 170
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,352 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,075 £33,813 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% -2.22%
75th Percentile £55,938 £59,813 £56,000
90th Percentile £65,875 £65,625 £65,125
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Penetration Testing