Security Testing Job Trends in Leicester

Security Testing
Leicestershire > Leicester

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.46% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £36,584 - -
25th Percentile £37,847 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,252 - -
75th Percentile £42,664 - -
90th Percentile £43,932 - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £44,472 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year -1.17% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 499 131 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 75.84% 88.51% 83.37%
Number of salaries quoted 342 93 283
10th Percentile £32,300 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £44,166 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £69,438 £61,250 £61,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,400 £77,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.00%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Leicester

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Solaris
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Facilities Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Tech Ops
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco