Ethical Hacking Jobs in England

Ethical Hacking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 808 855 1068
Rank change year-on-year +47 +213 -297
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 55 39 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.048% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.050% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 43 37 67
10th Percentile £48,000 £48,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,991 - £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ethical Hacking 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +99 29 £70,000 +3.70% 39
North of England - 12 £56,500 - 16
West Midlands -3 11 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Midlands -30 11 £55,000 +22.22% 12
North West - 8 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire - 4 £56,500 - 6
South West -42 2 £67,500 -21.05% 11
South East -31 1 - - 12
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 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (49.09%) Azure
2 15 (27.27%) AWS
3 13 (23.64%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (18.18%) GCP
6 9 (16.36%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (7.27%) Amazon S3
8 3 (5.45%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (5.45%) Entra ID
9 2 (3.64%) PaaS
10 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (30.91%) Firewall
2 13 (23.64%) Wireshark
3 12 (21.82%) Network Security
4 10 (18.18%) TCP/IP
5 9 (16.36%) LAN
5 9 (16.36%) WAN
6 2 (3.64%) DNS
7 1 (1.82%) HTTP
7 1 (1.82%) SMTP
7 1 (1.82%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.82%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.82%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (38.18%) Finance
2 15 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (20.00%) Legal
4 7 (12.73%) Law
4 7 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 7 (12.73%) Retail
5 4 (7.27%) Banking
6 2 (3.64%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Penetration Tester
1 18 (32.73%) Tester
2 16 (29.09%) Security Engineer
3 15 (27.27%) Senior
4 8 (14.55%) Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Information Security Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (9.09%) Lead
6 5 (9.09%) Team Leader
7 4 (7.27%) Data Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Security Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Senior Tester
8 3 (5.45%) Incident Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Security Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Senior Incident Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Threat Hunter
8 3 (5.45%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) Kafka
2 1 (1.82%) Node.js
2 1 (1.82%) React
2 1 (1.82%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.09%) Management Information System
2 15 (27.27%) Security Posture
3 12 (21.82%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (14.55%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (14.55%) Cyberattack
5 6 (10.91%) Onboarding
6 5 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (7.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (7.27%) Public Cloud
8 3 (5.45%) Virtual Team
9 2 (3.64%) Cloud Native
9 2 (3.64%) PKI
10 1 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (1.82%) CSOC
10 1 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.45%) Windows
2 9 (16.36%) Android
2 9 (16.36%) Apple iOS
3 6 (10.91%) Unix
4 4 (7.27%) CentOS
4 4 (7.27%) Linux
4 4 (7.27%) Solaris
4 4 (7.27%) Ubuntu
4 4 (7.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (83.64%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (65.45%) Information Security
3 29 (52.73%) Penetration Testing
4 22 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 20 (36.36%) SIEM
6 19 (34.55%) Security Operations
7 18 (32.73%) Roadmaps
8 15 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
8 15 (27.27%) Incident Response
9 14 (25.45%) Cloud Security
10 13 (23.64%) Key Management
10 13 (23.64%) Process Improvement
10 13 (23.64%) Zero Trust
11 12 (21.82%) Agile
11 12 (21.82%) Security Management
12 11 (20.00%) Cryptography
12 11 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
12 11 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 11 (20.00%) Test Strategy
12 11 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 17 (30.91%) Python
2 11 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.09%) Bash
4 1 (1.82%) C++
4 1 (1.82%) Java
4 1 (1.82%) SQL
4 1 (1.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (56.36%) CISSP
2 29 (52.73%) CEH
3 18 (32.73%) CISM
4 17 (30.91%) OSCP
5 12 (21.82%) GIAC
6 11 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (20.00%) Degree
7 9 (16.36%) CCSP
7 9 (16.36%) SANS
7 9 (16.36%) SSCP
8 8 (14.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
9 6 (10.91%) CREST Certified
9 6 (10.91%) GPEN
9 6 (10.91%) SC Cleared
10 4 (7.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (7.27%) CCSAM
11 3 (5.45%) CRISC
11 3 (5.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (36.36%) NIST
3 14 (25.45%) PCI DSS
4 9 (16.36%) GRC
5 7 (12.73%) GDPR
6 5 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.64%) QA
8 1 (1.82%) COBIT
8 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.82%) NCSC
8 1 (1.82%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.82%) Snort
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (16.36%) Nmap
3 4 (7.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (5.45%) Nessus
5 1 (1.82%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 13 (23.64%) Qualys
2 13 (23.64%) Splunk
3 9 (16.36%) Rapid7
3 9 (16.36%) Thycotic
4 1 (1.82%) Alibaba
4 1 (1.82%) Google