Offensive Security Jobs in England

Offensive Security
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Offensive Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Offensive Security over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 784 816
Rank change year-on-year +146 +32 +285
Permanent jobs citing Offensive Security 45 58 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.066% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.078% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 27 37 38
10th Percentile £63,000 £47,500 £47,125
25th Percentile £81,250 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £72,500 £85,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -15.20% +0.59%
75th Percentile £112,500 £90,000 £93,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £105,000 £98,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +24.14% -14.71% +9.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Offensive Security 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 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
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 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Offensive Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Offensive Security in England.

Salary trend for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Offensive Security in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Offensive Security within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +123 37 £90,000 +24.14% 42
North of England +32 3 £75,000 -3.23% 165
North East - 3 £75,000 - 25
South East +87 2 - - 170
South West +116 1 - - 97
Offensive Security
UK

Offensive Security
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 11 (24.44%) AWS
2 8 (17.78%) Azure
2 8 (17.78%) GCP
3 3 (6.67%) SaaS
4 2 (4.44%) IaaS
4 2 (4.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Metasploit
2 2 (4.44%) Burp Suite
General
1 17 (37.78%) Finance
2 10 (22.22%) Banking
2 10 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.78%) Retail Banking
4 7 (15.56%) Legal
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Senior
2 11 (24.44%) Architect
3 10 (22.22%) Senior Architect
3 10 (22.22%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 10 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (15.56%) Consultant
4 7 (15.56%) Security Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Incident Manager
5 5 (11.11%) Lead
6 4 (8.89%) Security Specialist
7 3 (6.67%) Penetration Tester
7 3 (6.67%) Security Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Security Manager
7 3 (6.67%) Tester
8 2 (4.44%) Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Tester
8 2 (4.44%) Junior
8 2 (4.44%) Lead Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Lead Security Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.44%) Equities
4 2 (4.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (62.22%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (44.44%) Red Team
3 19 (42.22%) Penetration Testing
4 15 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
5 11 (24.44%) Agile
5 11 (24.44%) Coaching
5 11 (24.44%) Information Security
6 10 (22.22%) Architecture Governance
6 10 (22.22%) Asset Management
6 10 (22.22%) Business Development
6 10 (22.22%) Customer Experience
6 10 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (22.22%) Purple Team
6 10 (22.22%) Security Architecture
6 10 (22.22%) Software Delivery
6 10 (22.22%) Target Operating Model
7 9 (20.00%) Blue Team
8 8 (17.78%) Incident Response
8 8 (17.78%) Mentoring
9 7 (15.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) Python
2 2 (4.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.44%) Ruby
2 2 (4.44%) SQL
3 1 (2.22%) Bash
3 1 (2.22%) Go
3 1 (2.22%) Java
3 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) OSCP
2 11 (24.44%) CREST Certified
3 10 (22.22%) Degree
4 9 (20.00%) CCSAS
4 9 (20.00%) CISSP
5 6 (13.33%) OSCE
6 5 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (11.11%) GCIA
6 5 (11.11%) GCIH
6 5 (11.11%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 5 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
7 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
8 3 (6.67%) CCSAM
8 3 (6.67%) CHECK Team Leader
8 3 (6.67%) CISA
8 3 (6.67%) CISM
8 3 (6.67%) OSWP
9 2 (4.44%) CCNP
9 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) QA
2 4 (8.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.89%) NIST
3 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (4.44%) GDPR
5 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (17.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) CSIRT
2 2 (4.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (4.44%) Cisco
1 2 (4.44%) F5
1 2 (4.44%) Fortinet
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.44%) Palo Alto