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 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 660 563 533
Rank change year-on-year -97 -30 +74
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 204 367 883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.45% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.47% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 174 213 325
10th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £40,300
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £106,250 £91,800
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +12.00%

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 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

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 14 June 2024.

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 14 June 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 -37 81 £70,000 -14.56% 19
North of England +2 47 £60,000 -11.11% 12
Midlands -20 37 £50,000 -26.20% 8
West Midlands +1 30 £50,000 -29.08% 5
North West -35 29 £61,206 -19.73% 8
South East -47 27 £44,089 -11.82% 9
Yorkshire +71 18 £50,000 +21.21% 3
South West -44 9 £72,500 +11.97% 7
East Midlands -23 7 £52,500 +26.02% 3
East of England -12 1 £65,000 - 2
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 (3.92%) Confluence
2 6 (2.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 51 (25.00%) Azure
2 36 (17.65%) AWS
3 16 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.88%) SaaS
5 11 (5.39%) GCP
6 6 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.45%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.45%) AWS Fargate
7 5 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.45%) Azure Pipelines
7 5 (2.45%) Serverless
8 4 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.96%) IaaS
8 4 (1.96%) PaaS
9 3 (1.47%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (14.71%) Network Security
2 24 (11.76%) Wireless
3 19 (9.31%) Firewall
4 8 (3.92%) WAN
5 6 (2.94%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.96%) HTTP
6 4 (1.96%) SSL
7 3 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.47%) SSH
7 3 (1.47%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.47%) VPN
8 2 (0.98%) 5G
8 2 (0.98%) LAN
8 2 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.98%) VLAN
8 2 (0.98%) VoIP
8 2 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.98%) WPA
9 1 (0.49%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.90%) DynamoDB
2 10 (4.90%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.49%) GIS
4 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 38 (18.63%) Burp Suite
2 35 (17.16%) Metasploit
3 10 (4.90%) JIRA
3 10 (4.90%) MSTest
4 9 (4.41%) JUnit
5 7 (3.43%) IntelliJ
5 7 (3.43%) Mockito
5 7 (3.43%) SoapUI
6 6 (2.94%) Git
6 6 (2.94%) Postman
7 5 (2.45%) eggPlant
8 4 (1.96%) Selenium
9 3 (1.47%) Gradle
10 2 (0.98%) Appium
10 2 (0.98%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.98%) TestNG
10 2 (0.98%) TestRail
10 2 (0.98%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.49%) JMeter
General
1 73 (35.78%) Social Skills
2 61 (29.90%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.80%) Finance
5 18 (8.82%) Retail
6 12 (5.88%) Marketing
7 9 (4.41%) Legal
7 9 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.43%) Law
9 5 (2.45%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.45%) Automotive
10 3 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.47%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.98%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.49%) Games
12 1 (0.49%) iGaming
12 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (24.02%) Tester
2 45 (22.06%) Penetration Tester
3 39 (19.12%) Consultant
3 39 (19.12%) Security Consultant
4 32 (15.69%) Senior
5 16 (7.84%) Testing Consultant
6 12 (5.88%) Information Security Consultant
7 11 (5.39%) Analyst
7 11 (5.39%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 11 (5.39%) Senior Tester
7 11 (5.39%) Test Engineer
8 10 (4.90%) Architect
8 10 (4.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 10 (4.90%) Lead
8 10 (4.90%) Security Architect
8 10 (4.90%) Security Manager
9 9 (4.41%) Security Tester
10 8 (3.92%) Security Engineer
10 8 (3.92%) Security Penetration Tester
10 8 (3.92%) Senior Testing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.90%) JSON
1 10 (4.90%) XML
2 8 (3.92%) .NET
2 8 (3.92%) REST
3 5 (2.45%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.45%) Blazor
3 5 (2.45%) SOAP
4 3 (1.47%) EDI
4 3 (1.47%) Gherkin
5 2 (0.98%) Playwright
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) Node.js
6 1 (0.49%) React
6 1 (0.49%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 35 (17.16%) Mobile App
2 29 (14.22%) Management Information System
3 22 (10.78%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (6.86%) Product Ownership
6 12 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (4.90%) Security Posture
8 9 (4.41%) IoT
9 8 (3.92%) Cyberattack
10 6 (2.94%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.96%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.96%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.47%) NHS
13 2 (0.98%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.98%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 35 (17.16%) Kali Linux
2 30 (14.71%) Linux
3 10 (4.90%) Windows
4 5 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.98%) Android
5 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (44.61%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (39.71%) Information Security
3 70 (34.31%) Penetration Testing
3 70 (34.31%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (26.47%) Application Security
5 51 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 48 (23.53%) Test Automation
7 47 (23.04%) Agile
7 47 (23.04%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 44 (21.57%) Red Team
9 31 (15.20%) Software Testing
10 30 (14.71%) Mentoring
11 27 (13.24%) Reverse Engineering
12 26 (12.75%) Critical Thinking
12 26 (12.75%) Malware Analysis
13 23 (11.27%) OWASP
14 22 (10.78%) Risk Management
14 22 (10.78%) Security Operations
15 21 (10.29%) Regression Testing
15 21 (10.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.82%) SQL
2 15 (7.35%) C#
3 11 (5.39%) Java
4 10 (4.90%) Python
5 9 (4.41%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.45%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.96%) C
7 4 (1.96%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.47%) Bash
9 1 (0.49%) C++
9 1 (0.49%) Ruby
9 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (28.43%) Degree
2 42 (20.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (16.67%) CREST Certified
4 30 (14.71%) Security Cleared
5 25 (12.25%) CISSP
5 25 (12.25%) OSCP
6 20 (9.80%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.39%) CHECK Team Leader
8 10 (4.90%) OSCE
9 8 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.92%) CISM
9 8 (3.92%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.43%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (3.43%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (3.43%) CISMP
10 7 (3.43%) Cyber Scheme
11 6 (2.94%) AWS Certification
11 6 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (2.94%) PCI QSA
11 6 (2.94%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (10.78%) GDPR
3 20 (9.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (9.31%) NIST
5 16 (7.84%) GRC
6 15 (7.35%) QA
7 13 (6.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 12 (5.88%) PCI DSS
9 8 (3.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (3.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (2.94%) SOC 2
12 5 (2.45%) COBIT
13 4 (1.96%) ISO 9001
13 4 (1.96%) NCSC
14 3 (1.47%) Accessibility
15 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (6.86%) Docker
2 7 (3.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.41%) Nessus
2 9 (4.41%) Nmap
3 6 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.96%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (1.47%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.49%) Ansible
6 1 (0.49%) Grafana
6 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.49%) Puppet
6 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (20.10%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.41%) Qualys
3 6 (2.94%) Adobe
3 6 (2.94%) MuleSoft
3 6 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.96%) Google
4 4 (1.96%) Splunk
5 3 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.47%) Veracode
6 2 (0.98%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (0.98%) Darktrace
6 2 (0.98%) Meraki
7 1 (0.49%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.49%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.49%) New Relic
7 1 (0.49%) Progress
7 1 (0.49%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.49%) VMware