Security Testing Jobs in England

Security Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 641 527
Rank change year-on-year +255 -114 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 302 194 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.22% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.26% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 105 171 212
10th Percentile £45,950 £39,500 £41,743
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £61,206 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.82% -18.39% +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,250 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £137,500 - £106,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Testing 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 45,650 74,784 82,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.04% 84.16% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 22,641 54,521 49,313
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,334
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in England.

Salary trend for Security Testing in England

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in England

Security 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 Security Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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 +160 148 £45,000 -10.00% 75
West Midlands +123 98 - - 43
London +104 81 £85,000 +21.43% 82
East Midlands +76 50 £45,000 -14.29% 27
South East +111 38 £64,000 +28.00% 97
North of England +21 22 £60,000 - 92
Yorkshire +58 16 £80,000 +60.00% 39
South West +114 6 £76,250 +5.17% 56
North West -16 6 £55,000 -10.14% 44
East of England +42 2 £71,500 +10.00% 54
Security Testing
UK

Security 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 8 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.66%) Appian
3 3 (0.99%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (0.66%) TPMS
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) Confluence
5 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 81 (26.82%) Azure
2 64 (21.19%) AWS
3 41 (13.58%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (7.62%) PaaS
5 22 (7.28%) GCP
6 17 (5.63%) Power Platform
7 16 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (4.64%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.32%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.32%) GitHub
10 5 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.66%) MinIO
11 4 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.99%) IaaS
12 3 (0.99%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.99%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.99%) SaaS
12 3 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.30%) Firewall
2 10 (3.31%) Network Security
3 5 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.32%) VPN
5 2 (0.66%) Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) 4G
6 1 (0.33%) 5G
6 1 (0.33%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.33%) IPsec
6 1 (0.33%) VLAN
6 1 (0.33%) VoIP
6 1 (0.33%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.62%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.98%) Power BI
3 6 (1.99%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.66%) MySQL
5 4 (1.32%) Big Data
5 4 (1.32%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.33%) Airbyte
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (11.26%) Selenium
2 27 (8.94%) JMeter
3 25 (8.28%) Postman
4 16 (5.30%) JIRA
5 14 (4.64%) IntelliJ
6 12 (3.97%) Cypress.io
7 11 (3.64%) Git
7 11 (3.64%) LoadRunner
8 10 (3.31%) Robot Framework
9 9 (2.98%) Jenkins
10 8 (2.65%) Appium
10 8 (2.65%) REST Assured
11 7 (2.32%) Gatling
11 7 (2.32%) SoapUI
12 6 (1.99%) Burp Suite
12 6 (1.99%) JUnit
12 6 (1.99%) Locust
12 6 (1.99%) TestRail
13 5 (1.66%) Snyk
13 5 (1.66%) TestNG
General
1 42 (13.91%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.26%) Finance
3 17 (5.63%) Law
4 16 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.65%) Banking
5 8 (2.65%) Cantonese Language
5 8 (2.65%) Mandarin Language
6 7 (2.32%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.66%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.99%) Games
9 3 (0.99%) Legal
10 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.33%) Aviation
11 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 173 (57.28%) Security Engineer
2 147 (48.68%) Principal Engineer
2 147 (48.68%) Principal Security Engineer
3 98 (32.45%) Analyst
4 91 (30.13%) Security Analyst
5 87 (28.81%) Principal Security Analyst
5 87 (28.81%) Product Analyst
6 60 (19.87%) Product Engineer
7 35 (11.59%) Senior
8 30 (9.93%) Lead
9 18 (5.96%) Tester
10 15 (4.97%) Test Engineer
11 14 (4.64%) Java Engineer
11 14 (4.64%) Senior Java Engineer
12 12 (3.97%) Security Specialist
13 9 (2.98%) Cybersecurity Specialist
13 9 (2.98%) Penetration Tester
14 8 (2.65%) Architect
14 8 (2.65%) DevSecOps Engineer
15 7 (2.32%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.95%) YAML
2 22 (7.28%) REST
3 17 (5.63%) React
4 7 (2.32%) Kafka
5 6 (1.99%) Playwright
5 6 (1.99%) pytest
6 5 (1.66%) Apache NiFi
6 5 (1.66%) Node.js
7 4 (1.32%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.32%) Jest
7 4 (1.32%) JWT
7 4 (1.32%) OAuth
7 4 (1.32%) RESTful
7 4 (1.32%) Swagger
7 4 (1.32%) Web Services
8 3 (0.99%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.99%) HTML
8 3 (0.99%) React Native
8 3 (0.99%) SAML
8 3 (0.99%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.62%) Security Posture
2 9 (2.98%) Cloud Native
2 9 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (1.99%) Cyberattack
3 6 (1.99%) Low-Code
3 6 (1.99%) Mobile App
3 6 (1.99%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (0.66%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.66%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.66%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.66%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.66%) Reinsurance
5 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.31%) Windows
2 7 (2.32%) Linux
3 1 (0.33%) Android
3 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (61.92%) Cybersecurity
2 167 (55.30%) Information Security
3 156 (51.66%) Risk Management
4 148 (49.01%) Project Management
5 147 (48.68%) Cyber Resilience
6 72 (23.84%) CI/CD
6 72 (23.84%) Test Automation
7 69 (22.85%) Agile
8 65 (21.52%) Application Security
9 50 (16.56%) DevOps
10 46 (15.23%) OWASP
11 44 (14.57%) Penetration Testing
12 43 (14.24%) Vulnerability Management
13 39 (12.91%) SDLC
13 39 (12.91%) Software Testing
14 37 (12.25%) DevSecOps
15 35 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (10.60%) Creative Thinking
17 29 (9.60%) Threat Modelling
18 27 (8.94%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.58%) Python
2 39 (12.91%) Java
3 27 (8.94%) SQL
4 24 (7.95%) JavaScript
5 22 (7.28%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.65%) C#
6 8 (2.65%) Go
7 5 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.32%) Bash
9 3 (0.99%) Scala
9 3 (0.99%) X++
10 2 (0.66%) C++
10 2 (0.66%) Ruby
11 1 (0.33%) PHP
11 1 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 191 (63.25%) Degree
2 160 (52.98%) CISSP
3 154 (50.99%) CISM
4 152 (50.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 147 (48.68%) CESG Certified Professional
6 35 (11.59%) Master's Degree
7 28 (9.27%) ISTQB
8 24 (7.95%) Security Cleared
9 21 (6.95%) SC Cleared
10 18 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (4.64%) PhD
12 12 (3.97%) CREST Certified
13 10 (3.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (2.32%) Azure Certification
15 6 (1.99%) CEH
16 5 (1.66%) CHECK Team Leader
16 5 (1.66%) SANS
17 4 (1.32%) DV Cleared
18 3 (0.99%) OSCP
18 3 (0.99%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (61.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 179 (59.27%) NIST
3 147 (48.68%) JSP 440
3 147 (48.68%) RMADS
4 25 (8.28%) QA
5 23 (7.62%) NCSC
6 15 (4.97%) GDPR
7 10 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.32%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.99%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (1.32%) SLA
11 2 (0.66%) COBIT
11 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (7.95%) Docker
2 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.99%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 26 (8.61%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.97%) Terraform
3 7 (2.32%) Ansible
4 5 (1.66%) HP Fortify
4 5 (1.66%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.33%) Nessus
5 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (12.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.66%) BiZZdesign
2 5 (1.66%) Black Duck
2 5 (1.66%) Databricks
2 5 (1.66%) UiPath
2 5 (1.66%) VMware
3 4 (1.32%) Oracle
4 2 (0.66%) Checkmarx
4 2 (0.66%) Cisco
4 2 (0.66%) F5
4 2 (0.66%) Fortinet
4 2 (0.66%) Palo Alto
4 2 (0.66%) Splunk
5 1 (0.33%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.33%) Coverity
5 1 (0.33%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.33%) ForgeRock
5 1 (0.33%) Google
5 1 (0.33%) HP
5 1 (0.33%) Ping Identity