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 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 599 772
Rank change year-on-year +382 +173 +291
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 774 261 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.57% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.33% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 33 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 46,186 78,132 78,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.42% 82.95% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23,294 55,773 48,273
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,250 £34,310
25th Percentile £40,875 £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 10 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 10 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 +245 285 - - 1
South East +139 241 - - 8
North of England +225 195 - - 9
East Midlands - 180 - -
Yorkshire +160 120 - - 2
West Midlands +138 105 - - 1
North West +63 60 - - 7
London +110 44 £90,000 +20.00% 26
North East - 15 - -
South West +104 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 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.39%) Firewall
2 3 (0.39%) Wireless
3 2 (0.26%) Internet
3 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
4 1 (0.13%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (0.90%) Metasploit
2 5 (0.65%) Burp Suite
General
1 735 (94.96%) Manufacturing
1 735 (94.96%) Retail
2 196 (25.32%) Dutch Language
2 196 (25.32%) Finnish Language
2 196 (25.32%) Norwegian Language
3 52 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.33%) Catalan Language
5 13 (1.68%) Social Skills
6 7 (0.90%) 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 (94.96%) Trainer
2 12 (1.55%) Senior
3 10 (1.29%) Lead
3 10 (1.29%) Penetration Tester
3 10 (1.29%) Tester
4 7 (0.90%) Consultant
4 7 (0.90%) Security Consultant
4 7 (0.90%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 7 (0.90%) Senior Tester
5 4 (0.52%) Security Specialist
6 3 (0.39%) Senior Manager
6 3 (0.39%) Team Leader
7 2 (0.26%) Analyst
7 2 (0.26%) Information Assurance Leader
7 2 (0.26%) Lead Consultant
7 2 (0.26%) Lead Security Consultant
7 2 (0.26%) Security Analyst
7 2 (0.26%) Senior Service Manager
7 2 (0.26%) Service Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 735 (94.96%) Robotics
2 6 (0.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (0.52%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.39%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (0.39%) Data Centre
5 3 (0.39%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.26%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.26%) IoT
6 2 (0.26%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.13%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.13%) Onboarding
7 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 (95.35%) Problem-Solving
2 735 (94.96%) Artificial Intelligence
2 735 (94.96%) Generative AI
2 735 (94.96%) LLM
2 735 (94.96%) Machine Learning
3 539 (69.64%) Data Privacy
4 49 (6.33%) Biochemistry
4 49 (6.33%) Biology
4 49 (6.33%) Chemistry
5 29 (3.75%) Penetration Testing
6 20 (2.58%) Offensive Security
7 15 (1.94%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (1.68%) Security Testing
9 12 (1.55%) Mentoring
9 12 (1.55%) Purple Team
10 11 (1.42%) Blue Team
11 9 (1.16%) Actionable Insight
12 7 (0.90%) Presales
13 6 (0.78%) Application Security
13 6 (0.78%) Information Security
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 (95.35%) Degree
2 22 (2.84%) CREST Certified
3 12 (1.55%) CCSAS
4 11 (1.42%) OSCP
4 11 (1.42%) Security Cleared
5 10 (1.29%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.16%) CHECK Team Leader
7 4 (0.52%) CHECK Team Member
8 3 (0.39%) CCSAM
8 3 (0.39%) Cyber Scheme
8 3 (0.39%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.39%) OSWP
9 2 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.13%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.03%) 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 (1.42%) 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 (94.96%) Adobe
1 735 (94.96%) Databricks
1 735 (94.96%) 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