Penetration Testing Jobs in England

Penetration Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 453 544
Rank change year-on-year +52 +91 -145
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 484 586 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.63% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.66% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 378 396 579
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,988 £37,488
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Penetration Testing 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 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in England.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +93 238 £70,000 -14.56% 48
South East +1 64 £43,750 -35.19% 24
South West +1 55 £55,000 +7.84% 19
Midlands -12 54 £55,000 -8.33% 9
North of England +17 53 £57,500 +9.00% 11
North West +25 40 £60,000 +12.15% 6
West Midlands 0 33 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East Midlands +3 21 £65,000 - 6
Yorkshire +68 12 £44,250 -15.71% 4
East of England -2 8 £41,250 -25.00% 3
North East -7 1 - - 1
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.83%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.21%) Drupal
4 1 (0.21%) IIS
4 1 (0.21%) nginx
4 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 104 (21.49%) Azure
2 70 (14.46%) AWS
3 47 (9.71%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (4.34%) GCP
5 17 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.07%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.07%) Google Workspace
7 9 (1.86%) SaaS
8 8 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (1.65%) Cloudflare
8 8 (1.65%) PaaS
9 7 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.45%) IaaS
10 6 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.03%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.62%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 127 (26.24%) Firewall
2 72 (14.88%) Network Security
3 37 (7.64%) Wireless
4 31 (6.40%) DNS
5 30 (6.20%) Intrusion Detection
6 19 (3.93%) TCP/IP
7 18 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (2.89%) VPN
9 10 (2.07%) Broadband
9 10 (2.07%) Internet
9 10 (2.07%) NAS
9 10 (2.07%) Wireshark
10 9 (1.86%) SSL
11 7 (1.45%) LAN
12 6 (1.24%) BGP
12 6 (1.24%) SAN
13 5 (1.03%) IPsec
13 5 (1.03%) OSPF
13 5 (1.03%) SMTP
13 5 (1.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.24%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 41 (8.47%) Burp Suite
1 41 (8.47%) Metasploit
2 9 (1.86%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.65%) Git
4 5 (1.03%) JIRA
5 4 (0.83%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.62%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.41%) GitLab
7 2 (0.41%) Selenium
8 1 (0.21%) JMeter
8 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 154 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 90 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
3 70 (14.46%) Finance
4 44 (9.09%) Legal
5 35 (7.23%) Law
6 30 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (5.17%) Retail
7 25 (5.17%) Telecoms
8 24 (4.96%) Games
9 21 (4.34%) Aerospace
10 20 (4.13%) Public Sector
11 18 (3.72%) Banking
11 18 (3.72%) Marketing
12 14 (2.89%) Military
13 13 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.45%) Automotive
15 7 (1.45%) Aviation
16 5 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 120 (24.79%) Tester
2 117 (24.17%) Penetration Tester
3 76 (15.70%) Analyst
4 68 (14.05%) Lead
5 65 (13.43%) Senior
6 57 (11.78%) Security Analyst
7 41 (8.47%) Consultant
8 34 (7.02%) Team Leader
9 30 (6.20%) Security Engineer
10 29 (5.99%) Security Manager
11 28 (5.79%) Security Consultant
12 26 (5.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 22 (4.55%) Senior Penetration Tester
13 22 (4.55%) Senior Tester
14 21 (4.34%) Security Tester
14 21 (4.34%) Test Team Leader
15 20 (4.13%) Security Penetration Tester
16 19 (3.93%) Architect
17 17 (3.51%) Security Specialist
18 15 (3.10%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.07%) OAuth
2 8 (1.65%) Laravel
2 8 (1.65%) OAuth2
3 5 (1.03%) .NET
4 4 (0.83%) EDI
5 3 (0.62%) OpenID
5 3 (0.62%) RESTful
5 3 (0.62%) Web Services
5 3 (0.62%) WPF
6 2 (0.41%) HTML
6 2 (0.41%) React
6 2 (0.41%) Spring
6 2 (0.41%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.21%) CSS
7 1 (0.21%) Django
7 1 (0.21%) Kafka
7 1 (0.21%) Loki
7 1 (0.21%) SAML
7 1 (0.21%) SignalR
7 1 (0.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (12.81%) Cyber Threat
2 35 (7.23%) Management Information System
3 33 (6.82%) Security Posture
4 30 (6.20%) Cyberattack
4 30 (6.20%) Mobile App
5 25 (5.17%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.93%) Operational Technology
8 15 (3.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 14 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
9 14 (2.89%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.69%) IoT
11 12 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.65%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (1.03%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
14 5 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (15.91%) Windows
2 61 (12.60%) Linux
3 41 (8.47%) Kali Linux
4 25 (5.17%) Windows Server
5 21 (4.34%) Apple iOS
6 20 (4.13%) Android
7 11 (2.27%) Mac OS
7 11 (2.27%) Unix
8 3 (0.62%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 146 (30.17%) Information Security
3 115 (23.76%) Computer Science
4 109 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
5 94 (19.42%) Incident Response
6 88 (18.18%) Application Security
7 85 (17.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 83 (17.15%) Red Team
9 71 (14.67%) SIEM
10 69 (14.26%) Security Testing
11 61 (12.60%) Mentoring
12 59 (12.19%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 57 (11.78%) Vulnerability Management
14 56 (11.57%) Security Operations
15 48 (9.92%) OWASP
16 43 (8.88%) Malware Analysis
17 42 (8.68%) Patch Management
17 42 (8.68%) Risk Management
18 38 (7.85%) Data Protection
19 37 (7.64%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.16%) Python
2 32 (6.61%) Bash
3 13 (2.69%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.48%) SQL
5 11 (2.27%) C#
6 10 (2.07%) Java
7 9 (1.86%) PHP
8 8 (1.65%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.65%) Rust
9 4 (0.83%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.41%) C++
10 2 (0.41%) Go
10 2 (0.41%) Ruby
11 1 (0.21%) Bicep
11 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 121 (25.00%) Degree
2 100 (20.66%) CISSP
3 73 (15.08%) CREST Certified
4 65 (13.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (12.19%) OSCP
6 49 (10.12%) CISM
7 42 (8.68%) Security Cleared
8 41 (8.47%) CompTIA Security+
9 31 (6.40%) CEH
9 31 (6.40%) SC Cleared
10 29 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (5.79%) CompTIA CySA+
12 26 (5.37%) CISA
13 25 (5.17%) CHECK Team Leader
14 23 (4.75%) GIAC
15 21 (4.34%) CHECK Team Member
16 19 (3.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 19 (3.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 19 (3.93%) CCSP
16 19 (3.93%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (18.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (11.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 57 (11.78%) NIST
3 30 (6.20%) QA
4 29 (5.99%) GRC
5 28 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 27 (5.58%) SOC 2
7 22 (4.55%) PCI DSS
8 20 (4.13%) GDPR
9 10 (2.07%) NCSC
10 7 (1.45%) DO-254
11 6 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (1.24%) NIST 800
12 5 (1.03%) Accessibility
12 5 (1.03%) COBIT
13 4 (0.83%) HIPAA
13 4 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.62%) JTAG
15 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 46 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 26 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.24%) Docker
5 3 (0.62%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.41%) Firmware
6 2 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 21 (4.34%) Nessus
2 13 (2.69%) WSUS
3 11 (2.27%) Ansible
3 11 (2.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 11 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.07%) Nmap
4 10 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.65%) QRadar
6 7 (1.45%) SCCM
7 5 (1.03%) CASB
7 5 (1.03%) DatAdvantage
7 5 (1.03%) Terraform
8 4 (0.83%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.62%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.62%) Suricata
10 2 (0.41%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.21%) Anchore
11 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 82 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.37%) VMware
3 21 (4.34%) Qualys
4 19 (3.93%) Google
5 18 (3.72%) Cisco
6 11 (2.27%) Splunk
7 10 (2.07%) Apple
8 6 (1.24%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.24%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.03%) Darktrace
9 5 (1.03%) Rapid7
9 5 (1.03%) Varonis
9 5 (1.03%) Veeam
10 4 (0.83%) Alibaba
10 4 (0.83%) HP
10 4 (0.83%) IBM
10 4 (0.83%) Kenna
10 4 (0.83%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.62%) Juniper
11 3 (0.62%) Red Hat