Penetration Testing Jobs in Leeds

Penetration Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 126 152
Rank change year-on-year +51 +26 +34
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 12 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.26% 0.53% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.61% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 20
10th Percentile - £34,675 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,250 £51,367
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -13.85% -18.19%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile - £59,750 £73,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £44,250 £51,367
% change year-on-year +24.29% -13.85% -15.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 734 1,955 2,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 93.74% 86.24% 97.60%
Number of salaries quoted 505 1,399 1,678
10th Percentile £26,100 £31,250 £34,917
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £78,648 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,964 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Leeds

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Leeds.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Leeds

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus