Ethical Hacker Jobs in England

Ethical Hacker
UK > England

The median Ethical Hacker salary in England is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 824 -
Rank change year-on-year +118 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Ethical Hacker 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.002% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.002% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £62,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.40% - -
UK median annual salary £46,000 £62,500 -
% change year-on-year -26.40% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,711 80,899 67,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 94.69% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,594 57,551 47,157
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

Ethical Hacker
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Ethical Hacker in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacker in England

Ethical Hacker
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacker in England.

Salary trend for Ethical Hacker in England

Ethical Hacker
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacker within the England region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
South East - 1 £46,000 -
Ethical Hacker
UK

Ethical Hacker Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, Ethical Hacker job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Ethical Hacker in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security

Ethical Hacker Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap