Penetration Testing Job Trends in East London

Penetration Testing
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East London requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East London 1.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
London median annual salary £82,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +13.79% -3.33% -8.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East London

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 East London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 266 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East London 77.12% 97.79% 82.78%
Number of salaries quoted 96 72 135
10th Percentile £28,375 £32,060 £27,965
25th Percentile £40,000 £54,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +39.13% +4.55%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £107,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in East London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in East London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the East London region over the 6 months to 4 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tower Hamlets - 3 £70,000 -
Penetration Testing
London

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Application Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Static Application Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification