Penetration Tester Jobs in England

Penetration Tester
UK > England

The median Penetration Tester salary in England is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 709 822 1049
Rank change year-on-year +113 +227 -236
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 128 118 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.13% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 100 69 82
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile - £108,250 £84,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,750 £61,250
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,754 84,293 127,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,385 53,462 75,679
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
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 Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 +164 81 £70,000 -20.00% 7
South West -28 21 £45,000 -5.26% 3
North of England +49 10 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Midlands +9 9 £55,000 -12.00% 1
West Midlands +21 8 £55,000 -12.00% 1
Yorkshire +95 5 £38,750 -35.42% 1
North West +14 5 £50,000 -20.00% 4
South East +3 3 £57,500 +15.00% 3
East Midlands -13 1 £60,000 -
Penetration Tester
UK

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 115 (89.84%) Penetration Testing
2 98 (76.56%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (45.31%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (43.75%) Social Skills
5 52 (40.63%) Red Team
6 49 (38.28%) Information Security
7 48 (37.50%) OSCP
8 47 (36.72%) Degree
9 45 (35.16%) Security Testing
10 43 (33.59%) Computer Science
11 41 (32.03%) Analytical Skills
12 37 (28.91%) Metasploit
13 35 (27.34%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 35 (27.34%) CREST Certified
13 35 (27.34%) Application Security
14 34 (26.56%) Burp Suite
14 34 (26.56%) Kali Linux
15 33 (25.78%) Computer Science Degree
16 31 (24.22%) Malware Analysis
16 31 (24.22%) Reverse Engineering
17 29 (22.66%) Network Security
17 29 (22.66%) Critical Thinking
18 28 (21.88%) Linux
19 27 (21.09%) Mobile App
20 21 (16.41%) Presentation Skills
21 20 (15.63%) CHECK Team Member
22 18 (14.06%) Ethical Hacking
23 17 (13.28%) Law
23 17 (13.28%) Firewall
23 17 (13.28%) Data Privacy

Penetration Tester Skill Set
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 12 (9.38%) Azure
2 8 (6.25%) AWS
3 7 (5.47%) GCP
4 4 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (22.66%) Network Security
2 17 (13.28%) Firewall
3 13 (10.16%) Wireless
4 8 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.13%) Wireless Security
6 3 (2.34%) Internet
6 3 (2.34%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.34%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 37 (28.91%) Metasploit
2 34 (26.56%) Burp Suite
General
1 56 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 41 (32.03%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (16.41%) Presentation Skills
4 17 (13.28%) Law
5 10 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.25%) Legal
7 6 (4.69%) Marketing
8 4 (3.13%) Games
8 4 (3.13%) Retail
9 1 (0.78%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.09%) Mobile App
2 15 (11.72%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.69%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.13%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.13%) Cyberattack
4 4 (3.13%) IoT
5 3 (2.34%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (2.34%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.34%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.56%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (26.56%) Kali Linux
2 28 (21.88%) Linux
3 14 (10.94%) Android
3 14 (10.94%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.34%) Unix
4 3 (2.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (89.84%) Penetration Testing
2 98 (76.56%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (45.31%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (40.63%) Red Team
5 49 (38.28%) Information Security
6 45 (35.16%) Security Testing
7 43 (33.59%) Computer Science
8 35 (27.34%) Application Security
8 35 (27.34%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 31 (24.22%) Malware Analysis
9 31 (24.22%) Reverse Engineering
10 29 (22.66%) Critical Thinking
11 18 (14.06%) Ethical Hacking
12 17 (13.28%) Data Privacy
13 16 (12.50%) Mentoring
13 16 (12.50%) Offensive Security
14 15 (11.72%) Incident Response
15 13 (10.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 12 (9.38%) Risk Analysis
17 11 (8.59%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.81%) Python
2 6 (4.69%) Bash
3 4 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.34%) C#
4 3 (2.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 48 (37.50%) OSCP
2 47 (36.72%) Degree
3 35 (27.34%) CREST Certified
4 33 (25.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (15.63%) CHECK Team Member
6 11 (8.59%) SC Cleared
6 11 (8.59%) Security Cleared
7 10 (7.81%) CHECK Team Leader
8 7 (5.47%) CEH
8 7 (5.47%) Cyber Scheme
9 6 (4.69%) GIAC
9 6 (4.69%) GPEN
9 6 (4.69%) PCI QSA
9 6 (4.69%) Tigerscheme
10 5 (3.91%) CCSAM
10 5 (3.91%) OSCE
11 4 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (3.13%) CISSP
12 3 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (2.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.94%) GRC
1 14 (10.94%) PCI DSS
2 9 (7.03%) NIST
3 6 (4.69%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.34%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (4.69%) Nessus
1 6 (4.69%) Nmap
2 4 (3.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 7 (5.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.13%) Google
3 3 (2.34%) Qualys
4 1 (0.78%) Red Hat