Penetration Testing Jobs in Leeds

Penetration Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 163 182
Rank change year-on-year +36 +19 -40
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 12 24 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.53% 0.78% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.80% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8 21 12
10th Percentile £34,675 - £44,375
25th Percentile £37,750 £47,500 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £51,367 £60,569
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% -15.19% +5.34%
75th Percentile £55,625 £57,500 £74,063
90th Percentile £59,750 £73,750 £78,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £44,250 £51,367 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.85% -14.39% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,990 2,987 3,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 87.24% 97.42% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 1,726 2,561
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,308 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,800 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Leeds over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (25.00%) GCP
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Games
2 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Penetration Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cyberattack
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Mac OS X
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Android
2 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) SDLC
3 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Coaching
4 3 (25.00%) Content Development
4 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (25.00%) SIEM
4 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Splunk
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow