Penetration Testing Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Penetration Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.097% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £32,500 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Penetration 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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,418 687 1,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 69.04% 93.09% 75.40%
Number of salaries quoted 973 419 1,328
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £76,250
East of England median annual salary £51,359 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.72% - -9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 June 2026. 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
Hatfield - 2 £45,000 -
Penetration Testing
East of England

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS