Security Testing Jobs in Leeds

Security Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 67 114 173
Rank change year-on-year +47 +59 +26
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 7 13 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.91% 0.55% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.66% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 1
10th Percentile £55,000 £37,750 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £38,875 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -20.00% +92.31%
75th Percentile £90,938 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,250 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +60.00% +17.65% +17.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 723 1,978 2,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 93.53% 83.99% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 471 1,410 1,637
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,991 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Leeds

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in Leeds

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in Leeds

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

Salary histogram for Security Testing in Leeds

Security 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 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (85.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (85.71%) Cyberattack
1 6 (85.71%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Continuity
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Data Protection
1 6 (85.71%) Disaster Recovery
1 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
1 6 (85.71%) Incident Response
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
1 6 (85.71%) Risk Register
1 6 (85.71%) Security Auditing
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations
1 6 (85.71%) Threat Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
1 6 (85.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (85.71%) GDPR
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft