Penetration Testing Jobs in Edinburgh

Penetration Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 5 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.55% - 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% - 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £47,554 - -
25th Percentile £64,509 - £50,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £51,367
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.91%
75th Percentile £86,776 - £56,414
90th Percentile £88,711 - £63,065
Scotland median annual salary £71,750 £60,000 £55,683
% change year-on-year +19.58% +7.75% -14.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 891 1,333 1,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.48% 89.52% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 403 935 1,121
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £79,648 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Edinburgh

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Edinburgh

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Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Edinburgh

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (20.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Application Security
2 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) SABSA
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (40.00%) SANS
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NCSC
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus
1 1 (20.00%) Nmap