Red Team Jobs in England

Red Teaming
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 608 791
Rank change year-on-year +387 +183 +259
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 770 261 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.56% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.33% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 29 73 58
10th Percentile £60,000 £45,750 £46,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £112,500 £82,500 £89,250
90th Percentile £130,000 - £98,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +17.24% +7.41% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Red Team 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 45,955 78,409 78,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.36% 82.77% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23,163 56,054 48,271
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,290 £34,308
25th Percentile £40,748 £40,000 £45,750
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 £97,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Red Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in England

Red Team
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Red Team in England.

Salary trend for Red Team in England

Red Team
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Team in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Red Team in England

Red Team
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Team within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Midlands +244 285 - - 1
South East +135 241 - - 9
North of England +223 195 - - 9
East Midlands - 180 - -
Yorkshire +154 120 - - 2
West Midlands +141 105 - - 1
North West +75 60 - - 7
London +83 40 £90,000 +20.00% 27
North East - 15 - -
South West +112 3 £67,500 +8.00% 3
Red Team
UK

Red Team
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 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.26%) AWS
1 2 (0.26%) Azure
2 1 (0.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.39%) Firewall
2 2 (0.26%) Internet
2 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.26%) Wireless
3 1 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (0.91%) Metasploit
2 5 (0.65%) Burp Suite
General
1 735 (95.45%) Manufacturing
1 735 (95.45%) Retail
2 196 (25.45%) Dutch Language
2 196 (25.45%) Finnish Language
2 196 (25.45%) Norwegian Language
3 52 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.36%) Catalan Language
5 12 (1.56%) Social Skills
6 7 (0.91%) Finance
7 4 (0.52%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.26%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.26%) Games
9 1 (0.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 735 (95.45%) Trainer
2 11 (1.43%) Senior
3 9 (1.17%) Lead
4 8 (1.04%) Penetration Tester
4 8 (1.04%) Tester
5 6 (0.78%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 6 (0.78%) Senior Tester
6 5 (0.65%) Consultant
6 5 (0.65%) Security Consultant
7 4 (0.52%) Security Specialist
8 3 (0.39%) Senior Manager
8 3 (0.39%) Team Leader
9 2 (0.26%) Analyst
9 2 (0.26%) Information Assurance Leader
9 2 (0.26%) Security Analyst
9 2 (0.26%) Senior Service Manager
9 2 (0.26%) Service Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Head of Security
10 1 (0.13%) Lead Security Consultant
10 1 (0.13%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 735 (95.45%) Robotics
2 5 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (0.52%) Management Information System
4 3 (0.39%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (0.39%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.26%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.26%) IoT
5 2 (0.26%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.26%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.13%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.13%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.13%) Android
1 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.13%) Linux
1 1 (0.13%) Windows
1 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 738 (95.84%) Problem-Solving
2 735 (95.45%) Artificial Intelligence
2 735 (95.45%) Generative AI
2 735 (95.45%) LLM
2 735 (95.45%) Machine Learning
3 539 (70.00%) Data Privacy
4 49 (6.36%) Biochemistry
4 49 (6.36%) Biology
4 49 (6.36%) Chemistry
5 27 (3.51%) Penetration Testing
6 18 (2.34%) Offensive Security
7 15 (1.95%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (1.43%) Security Testing
9 10 (1.30%) Mentoring
9 10 (1.30%) Purple Team
10 9 (1.17%) Blue Team
11 8 (1.04%) Actionable Insight
12 6 (0.78%) Information Security
13 5 (0.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 5 (0.65%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.78%) Python
2 3 (0.39%) Bash
2 3 (0.39%) C#
2 3 (0.39%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.26%) Go
4 1 (0.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 738 (95.84%) Degree
2 20 (2.60%) CREST Certified
3 11 (1.43%) CCSAS
3 11 (1.43%) OSCP
4 10 (1.30%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.17%) SC Cleared
6 6 (0.78%) CHECK Team Leader
7 3 (0.39%) CHECK Team Member
7 3 (0.39%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.39%) OSWP
8 2 (0.26%) CCSAM
8 2 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.26%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.13%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (0.78%) QA
2 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.39%) NIST
4 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (0.26%) NCSC
4 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.39%) Nmap
2 2 (0.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.26%) Nessus
3 1 (0.13%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) Terraform
3 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 735 (95.45%) Adobe
1 735 (95.45%) Databricks
1 735 (95.45%) Google
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.13%) Sophos
2 1 (0.13%) Splunk
2 1 (0.13%) VMware
2 1 (0.13%) Zscaler