Ethical Hacking Jobs in England

Ethical Hacking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Ethical Hacking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 783 875 1036
Rank change year-on-year +92 +161 -320
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 56 43 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.048% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.050% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 44 41 79
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £84,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £91,991 £101,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,250 £57,100
% change year-on-year -9.43% +16.02% -4.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ethical Hacking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,416 85,899 127,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.47% 95.61% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 53,988 50,919 73,096
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in England

Ethical Hacking
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 Hacking within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
London +133 31 £72,500 -4.92% 6
North of England - 13 £56,500 - 3
West Midlands +17 10 £55,000 +22.22%
Midlands 0 10 £55,000 +22.22%
North West - 7 £62,500 -
Yorkshire - 6 £56,500 - 3
South East 0 1 - - 3
South West -32 1 £67,500 -21.05% 3
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (57.14%) Azure
2 18 (32.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 18 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (28.57%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (25.00%) AWS
4 14 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 10 (17.86%) GCP
6 4 (7.14%) Amazon S3
7 3 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (5.36%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.57%) PaaS
9 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (35.71%) Firewall
2 18 (32.14%) Wireshark
3 17 (30.36%) Network Security
4 14 (25.00%) LAN
4 14 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 14 (25.00%) WAN
5 1 (1.79%) DNS
5 1 (1.79%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.79%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (44.64%) Finance
2 13 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.64%) Legal
4 9 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.50%) Law
5 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.50%) Retail
6 4 (7.14%) Banking
7 2 (3.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 20 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 18 (32.14%) Penetration Tester
2 18 (32.14%) Tester
3 14 (25.00%) Senior
4 11 (19.64%) Information Security Engineer
5 9 (16.07%) Lead
5 9 (16.07%) Team Leader
6 6 (10.71%) Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Tester
8 3 (5.36%) Incident Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Security Architect
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Incident Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Threat Hunter
8 3 (5.36%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) Kafka
2 1 (1.79%) Node.js
2 1 (1.79%) React
2 1 (1.79%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.93%) Management Information System
2 16 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (23.21%) Security Posture
4 8 (14.29%) Cyberattack
5 7 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (10.71%) Onboarding
7 5 (8.93%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (8.93%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (7.14%) Public Cloud
9 3 (5.36%) Virtual Team
10 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
11 1 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (1.79%) CSOC
11 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (1.79%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.93%) Windows
2 14 (25.00%) Android
2 14 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 6 (10.71%) Unix
4 4 (7.14%) CentOS
4 4 (7.14%) Linux
4 4 (7.14%) Solaris
4 4 (7.14%) Ubuntu
4 4 (7.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (69.64%) Information Security
3 28 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 25 (44.64%) Vulnerability Management
5 23 (41.07%) Roadmaps
5 23 (41.07%) Security Operations
5 23 (41.07%) SIEM
6 20 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
7 18 (32.14%) Cloud Security
7 18 (32.14%) Key Management
7 18 (32.14%) Process Improvement
7 18 (32.14%) Zero Trust
8 17 (30.36%) Security Management
9 16 (28.57%) Agile
9 16 (28.57%) Cryptography
9 16 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
10 15 (26.79%) Information Security Management
11 14 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
11 14 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
11 14 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.71%) Python
2 16 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 5 (8.93%) Bash
4 1 (1.79%) SQL
4 1 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (57.14%) CISSP
2 31 (55.36%) CEH
3 17 (30.36%) OSCP
4 16 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 16 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (26.79%) CISM
6 14 (25.00%) CCSP
6 14 (25.00%) SANS
6 14 (25.00%) SSCP
7 10 (17.86%) GIAC
8 8 (14.29%) Degree
9 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
10 6 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (10.71%) CREST Certified
10 6 (10.71%) GPEN
11 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
12 4 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (7.14%) CCSAM
13 3 (5.36%) CRISC
13 3 (5.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (42.86%) NIST
3 19 (33.93%) PCI DSS
4 9 (16.07%) GRC
5 5 (8.93%) GDPR
5 5 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (3.57%) QA
7 1 (1.79%) COBIT
7 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.79%) Snort
3 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (26.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (25.00%) Nmap
3 4 (7.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (5.36%) Nessus
5 1 (1.79%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 18 (32.14%) Qualys
2 18 (32.14%) Splunk
3 14 (25.00%) Rapid7
3 14 (25.00%) Thycotic
4 1 (1.79%) Alibaba
4 1 (1.79%) Google