GPEN Job Trends in Leicestershire

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.18% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £41,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £51,058 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

GPEN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 140 155 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 25.13% 31.19% 27.32%
Number of salaries quoted 56 41 63
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £42,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +8.97% -17.89%
75th Percentile £46,585 £60,000 £58,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +10.53%

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GPEN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

GPEN job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

GPEN
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing GPEN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing GPEN

GPEN
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Melton Mowbray - 1 £37,500 - 1
GPEN
East Midlands

GPEN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys