Penetration Testing Job Trends in East Sussex

Penetration Testing
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 61 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.26% 0.20% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.25% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,000 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -
75th Percentile £46,000 £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £59,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% -0.83% -7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Sussex

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 Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 313 394 534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 82.15% 78.64% 89.75%
Number of salaries quoted 177 269 424
10th Percentile £25,500 £34,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,116
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,511
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.92% -6.74%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in East Sussex

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. 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
Bexhill-On-Sea - 1 £44,000 -
Penetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft