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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 580 814
Rank change year-on-year +198 +234 +197
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 334 258 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.30% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.35% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 33 73 68
10th Percentile £60,000 £45,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +11.52% -3.93%
75th Percentile £112,500 £82,500 £90,625
90th Percentile £130,000 - £97,650
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 45,979 73,257 86,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.46% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,654 53,821 51,155
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +147 114 - - 1
South East +49 97 - - 10
North of England +121 78 - - 6
East Midlands - 72 - -
Yorkshire +120 48 - - 2
West Midlands +70 42 - - 1
London +88 38 £85,000 +13.33% 29
North West +24 24 - - 4
North East - 6 - -
South West +103 3 £67,500 +8.00% 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.30%) Azure
1 1 (0.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.80%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.20%) Wireless
3 2 (0.60%) Firewall
3 2 (0.60%) Internet
3 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Metasploit
2 4 (1.20%) Burp Suite
General
1 294 (88.02%) Manufacturing
1 294 (88.02%) Retail
2 98 (29.34%) Dutch Language
2 98 (29.34%) Finnish Language
2 98 (29.34%) Norwegian Language
3 14 (4.19%) Social Skills
4 7 (2.10%) Finance
5 4 (1.20%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.90%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.60%) Games
8 1 (0.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 294 (88.02%) Trainer
2 13 (3.89%) Senior
3 11 (3.29%) Penetration Tester
3 11 (3.29%) Tester
4 10 (2.99%) Lead
5 9 (2.69%) Consultant
5 9 (2.69%) Security Consultant
6 8 (2.40%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 8 (2.40%) Senior Tester
7 3 (0.90%) Analyst
7 3 (0.90%) Security Specialist
7 3 (0.90%) Senior Manager
7 3 (0.90%) Team Leader
8 2 (0.60%) Information Assurance Leader
8 2 (0.60%) Lead Security Consultant
8 2 (0.60%) Security Analyst
8 2 (0.60%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (0.60%) Senior Security Consultant
8 2 (0.60%) Senior Service Manager
8 2 (0.60%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 294 (88.02%) Robotics
2 8 (2.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (1.20%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
5 3 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (0.60%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.60%) IoT
6 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.30%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.30%) CMDB
7 1 (0.30%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.30%) Android
1 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (89.22%) Problem-Solving
2 294 (88.02%) Artificial Intelligence
2 294 (88.02%) Generative AI
2 294 (88.02%) LLM
2 294 (88.02%) Machine Learning
3 196 (58.68%) Data Privacy
4 29 (8.68%) Penetration Testing
5 21 (6.29%) Offensive Security
6 15 (4.49%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (4.19%) Mentoring
7 14 (4.19%) Security Testing
8 12 (3.59%) Blue Team
8 12 (3.59%) Purple Team
9 10 (2.99%) Actionable Insight
10 9 (2.69%) Presales
11 7 (2.10%) Application Security
12 6 (1.80%) Information Security
13 5 (1.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 5 (1.50%) Threat Intelligence
14 4 (1.20%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.20%) Python
2 2 (0.60%) Bash
2 2 (0.60%) C#
3 1 (0.30%) Go
3 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 298 (89.22%) Degree
2 22 (6.59%) CREST Certified
3 12 (3.59%) CCSAS
4 11 (3.29%) CHECK Team Leader
5 10 (2.99%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.69%) OSCP
6 9 (2.69%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.50%) CHECK Team Member
8 4 (1.20%) CCSAM
9 3 (0.90%) Cyber Scheme
9 3 (0.90%) OSWP
10 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.30%) CEH
11 1 (0.30%) CISSP
11 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.30%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.99%) QA
2 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.90%) NIST
4 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (0.60%) NCSC
4 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.60%) Nessus
1 2 (0.60%) Nmap
2 1 (0.30%) Ansible
2 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 294 (88.02%) Adobe
1 294 (88.02%) Databricks
1 294 (88.02%) Google
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft