Security Testing Job Trends in East London

Security Testing
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East London requiring Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 4 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East London 1.67% 4.42% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 4.62% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
London median annual salary £79,625 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.32% +13.33% -11.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East London

Security 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 217 173 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East London 90.79% 95.58% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 99 45 187
10th Percentile £31,200 £27,050 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £27,965
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +37.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £68,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £96,000 £106,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.33% - -

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in East London

Security Testing
Salary Trend in East London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Security Testing

Security 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 Security Testing within the East London region over the 6 months to 7 January 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
Docklands, London - 3 £90,000 -
Tower Hamlets - 1 - -
Security Testing
London

Security 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 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
1 3 (75.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Register
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CRISC
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GRC
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) NIST 800
1 3 (75.00%) SOC 1
1 3 (75.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) RSA Archer