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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 774 883
Rank change year-on-year +114 +109 +149
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 30 55 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.061% 0.064% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.075% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 23 43 41
10th Percentile £53,688 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £67,750 £52,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £84,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -22.62% +40.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £93,250
90th Percentile - £88,592 £101,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year +25.00% -9.43% +18.20%

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 46,536 73,513 84,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.12% 85.20% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,795 53,935 50,179
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,308
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 17 May 2025.

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 17 May 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
North of England +47 16 £75,000 +32.74% 4
North West +10 16 £75,000 +15.38% 2
London +89 9 £69,750 -0.36% 21
South East +85 2 - - 2
Midlands +53 2 £53,688 -2.39% 2
West Midlands +48 2 £53,688 -2.39% 2
South West +111 1 £67,500 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) AWS
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (76.67%) Firewall
2 16 (53.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (13.33%) DNS
3 4 (13.33%) HTTP
3 4 (13.33%) Network Security
3 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (10.00%) VPN
5 2 (6.67%) Internet
5 2 (6.67%) SMTP
6 1 (3.33%) BGP
6 1 (3.33%) DMVPN
6 1 (3.33%) EIGRP
6 1 (3.33%) IPsec
6 1 (3.33%) LAN
6 1 (3.33%) MPLS
6 1 (3.33%) OSPF
6 1 (3.33%) WAN
6 1 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Burp Suite
1 2 (6.67%) Metasploit
General
1 21 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Law
3 2 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Architect
1 14 (46.67%) Security Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Analyst
3 9 (30.00%) Security Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Information Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Information Security Officer
7 1 (3.33%) Network Administrator
7 1 (3.33%) Penetration Tester
7 1 (3.33%) Python Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Risk Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Compliance Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Risk Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 22 (73.33%) Security Posture
2 19 (63.33%) Management Information System
3 14 (46.67%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (46.67%) Social Media
3 14 (46.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (6.67%) Cyberattack
5 2 (6.67%) PKI
6 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows Vista
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (93.33%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (86.67%) Information Security
3 23 (76.67%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (70.00%) SIEM
5 20 (66.67%) Incident Response
6 19 (63.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (53.33%) Identity Management
9 15 (50.00%) Security Architecture
10 14 (46.67%) Cloud Security
10 14 (46.67%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (46.67%) Computer Science
10 14 (46.67%) Data Protection
10 14 (46.67%) DevSecOps
10 14 (46.67%) Information Assurance
10 14 (46.67%) Proactive Management
10 14 (46.67%) Risk Analysis
10 14 (46.67%) Risk Management
10 14 (46.67%) TOGAF
11 11 (36.67%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (70.00%) CISSP
2 20 (66.67%) CISM
3 19 (63.33%) CEH
4 17 (56.67%) Degree
5 15 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (46.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (46.67%) CISA
6 14 (46.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (46.67%) DBS Check
6 14 (46.67%) Master's Degree
7 3 (10.00%) OSCP
8 2 (6.67%) A+ Certification
8 2 (6.67%) APMG
8 2 (6.67%) AWS Certification
8 2 (6.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (6.67%) CRISC
8 2 (6.67%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (6.67%) GIAC
8 2 (6.67%) ISACA
8 2 (6.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (70.00%) NIST
2 20 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (53.33%) GDPR
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.33%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Cisco
2 1 (3.33%) Juniper