Security Testing Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Testing
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Security 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 132 126 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% 0.090% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £36,000 - -
25th Percentile £39,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +17.24% -3.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,007 1,954 1,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.77% 88.42% 85.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,259 822 1,277
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,525 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Leicestershire +3 3 £45,000 - 3
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (33.33%) Metasploit
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
1 1 (33.33%) GPEN
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
1 1 (33.33%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys