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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 429 467 551
Rank change year-on-year +38 +84 -131
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 470 557 768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.62% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.65% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 369 381 568
10th Percentile £38,939 £43,750 £37,395
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,500 £51,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,500 £105,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,569
% change year-on-year -3.70% +11.44% +0.95%

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 73,438 86,230 127,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.46% 95.62% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 53,979 51,187 72,943
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 12 May 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 12 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 +70 229 £75,000 -8.46% 49
South East 0 66 £43,750 -37.50% 16
Midlands -9 53 £55,000 -8.33% 8
North of England +31 51 £58,750 +11.90% 17
South West -10 50 £62,500 +22.55% 20
North West +13 39 £60,000 +12.15% 11
West Midlands +3 31 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East Midlands +6 22 £65,000 - 2
Yorkshire +56 12 £44,250 -13.85% 5
East of England 0 8 £41,250 -25.00%
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 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) Apache
3 1 (0.21%) Confluence
3 1 (0.21%) IIS
3 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 103 (21.91%) Azure
2 69 (14.68%) AWS
3 48 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.68%) Cloud Computing
4 22 (4.68%) GCP
5 11 (2.34%) Google Workspace
6 10 (2.13%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.70%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (1.70%) Cloudflare
7 8 (1.70%) PaaS
7 8 (1.70%) SaaS
8 7 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.49%) IaaS
9 6 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.85%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.64%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 122 (25.96%) Firewall
2 70 (14.89%) Network Security
3 36 (7.66%) Wireless
4 33 (7.02%) DNS
5 28 (5.96%) Intrusion Detection
6 18 (3.83%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (3.62%) TCP/IP
8 14 (2.98%) VPN
9 11 (2.34%) Broadband
9 11 (2.34%) NAS
10 10 (2.13%) Internet
10 10 (2.13%) Wireshark
11 9 (1.91%) SSL
12 7 (1.49%) LAN
13 6 (1.28%) BGP
13 6 (1.28%) WAN
14 5 (1.06%) HTTP
14 5 (1.06%) IPsec
14 5 (1.06%) OSPF
14 5 (1.06%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.28%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.64%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (8.51%) Burp Suite
1 40 (8.51%) Metasploit
2 9 (1.91%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.70%) Git
4 6 (1.28%) JIRA
5 3 (0.64%) Cucumber
5 3 (0.64%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.21%) GitLab
7 1 (0.21%) Selenium
7 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 151 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 90 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (15.32%) Finance
4 44 (9.36%) Legal
5 30 (6.38%) Law
6 28 (5.96%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (5.32%) Games
7 25 (5.32%) Telecoms
8 23 (4.89%) Retail
9 21 (4.47%) Aerospace
10 19 (4.04%) Banking
10 19 (4.04%) Marketing
11 18 (3.83%) Public Sector
12 14 (2.98%) Military
13 13 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.49%) Automotive
15 7 (1.49%) Aviation
16 5 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 116 (24.68%) Penetration Tester
1 116 (24.68%) Tester
2 67 (14.26%) Analyst
3 65 (13.83%) Senior
4 64 (13.62%) Lead
5 49 (10.43%) Security Analyst
6 38 (8.09%) Consultant
7 32 (6.81%) Team Leader
8 30 (6.38%) Security Engineer
9 29 (6.17%) Security Manager
10 26 (5.53%) Security Consultant
11 23 (4.89%) Senior Penetration Tester
11 23 (4.89%) Senior Tester
12 22 (4.68%) Architect
13 21 (4.47%) Security Tester
13 21 (4.47%) Test Team Leader
14 20 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 20 (4.26%) Security Penetration Tester
15 17 (3.62%) Security Architect
16 16 (3.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.13%) OAuth
2 8 (1.70%) Laravel
2 8 (1.70%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.28%) Web Services
4 4 (0.85%) EDI
4 4 (0.85%) OpenID
5 3 (0.64%) RESTful
5 3 (0.64%) WPF
6 2 (0.43%) Kafka
6 2 (0.43%) SAML
7 1 (0.21%) .NET
7 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.21%) HTML
7 1 (0.21%) JSON
7 1 (0.21%) Loki
7 1 (0.21%) React
7 1 (0.21%) SignalR
7 1 (0.21%) Spring
7 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.70%) Cyber Threat
2 40 (8.51%) Management Information System
3 37 (7.87%) Security Posture
4 32 (6.81%) Cyberattack
5 29 (6.17%) Mobile App
6 27 (5.74%) Onboarding
7 23 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (3.83%) Operational Technology
9 16 (3.40%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.98%) Cyber Defence
10 14 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (2.98%) IoT
11 11 (2.34%) Video Conferencing
12 10 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 8 (1.70%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
16 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
16 5 (1.06%) Data Structures
16 5 (1.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 74 (15.74%) Windows
2 58 (12.34%) Linux
3 42 (8.94%) Kali Linux
4 23 (4.89%) Windows Server
5 21 (4.47%) Apple iOS
6 20 (4.26%) Android
7 12 (2.55%) Mac OS
8 10 (2.13%) Unix
9 3 (0.64%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.21%) VMS
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (74.04%) Cybersecurity
2 143 (30.43%) Information Security
3 116 (24.68%) Computer Science
4 111 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (21.49%) Incident Response
6 89 (18.94%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 86 (18.30%) Application Security
8 82 (17.45%) Red Team
9 70 (14.89%) Security Testing
9 70 (14.89%) SIEM
10 63 (13.40%) Vulnerability Management
11 56 (11.91%) Mentoring
12 52 (11.06%) OWASP
12 52 (11.06%) Security Operations
13 51 (10.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 45 (9.57%) Patch Management
14 45 (9.57%) Risk Management
15 41 (8.72%) Malware Analysis
16 39 (8.30%) Data Protection
17 37 (7.87%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.43%) Python
2 31 (6.60%) Bash
3 13 (2.77%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.91%) Java
5 8 (1.70%) PHP
5 8 (1.70%) Rust
5 8 (1.70%) SQL
6 7 (1.49%) C#
6 7 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.43%) Go
7 2 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.21%) Bicep
8 1 (0.21%) C++
8 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 121 (25.74%) Degree
2 98 (20.85%) CISSP
3 69 (14.68%) CREST Certified
4 65 (13.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (12.77%) OSCP
6 54 (11.49%) CISM
7 34 (7.23%) CEH
8 32 (6.81%) CompTIA Security+
8 32 (6.81%) Security Cleared
9 26 (5.53%) CISA
9 26 (5.53%) GIAC
10 24 (5.11%) CHECK Team Leader
11 23 (4.89%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (4.89%) SC Cleared
12 20 (4.26%) CHECK Team Member
12 20 (4.26%) CompTIA CySA+
13 17 (3.62%) GPEN
14 13 (2.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 13 (2.77%) CCSP
14 13 (2.77%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (19.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (11.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 53 (11.28%) NIST
3 30 (6.38%) GRC
4 25 (5.32%) PCI DSS
5 24 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 24 (5.11%) SOC 2
6 23 (4.89%) QA
7 21 (4.47%) GDPR
8 9 (1.91%) NCSC
9 7 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (1.49%) DO-254
10 6 (1.28%) COBIT
10 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.28%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.64%) JTAG
13 2 (0.43%) SLA
14 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 47 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.49%) Docker
5 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 20 (4.26%) Nessus
2 13 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.77%) WSUS
3 12 (2.55%) Ansible
4 11 (2.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 11 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.91%) Nmap
6 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.70%) QRadar
7 7 (1.49%) SCCM
8 5 (1.06%) CASB
8 5 (1.06%) Suricata
8 5 (1.06%) Terraform
9 4 (0.85%) DatAdvantage
9 4 (0.85%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.43%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.21%) Anchore
12 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 83 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.74%) VMware
3 22 (4.68%) Qualys
4 20 (4.26%) Cisco
4 20 (4.26%) Google
5 13 (2.77%) Splunk
6 11 (2.34%) Apple
7 8 (1.70%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.28%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.28%) Rapid7
9 5 (1.06%) Alibaba
9 5 (1.06%) IBM
9 5 (1.06%) Juniper
9 5 (1.06%) Kenna
9 5 (1.06%) Veeam
10 4 (0.85%) Darktrace
10 4 (0.85%) HP
10 4 (0.85%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.85%) Varonis
11 3 (0.64%) LogRhythm