Ethical Hacking Jobs in London

Ethical Hacking
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Ethical Hacking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 605 815
Rank change year-on-year +129 +210 -260
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 32 25 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.073% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.076% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 26 24 32
10th Percentile £51,250 £54,800 £41,875
25th Percentile £62,500 £59,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £76,250 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% -1.61% +13.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £91,991 £103,000 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Ethical Hacking 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,393 32,863 65,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.19% 95.33% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 15,920 23,589 34,129
10th Percentile £37,800 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,037 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in London.

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in London

Ethical Hacking
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Central London +54 8 £72,500 -14.71%
West London - 4 £50,000 - 3
Ethical Hacking
England

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (62.50%) Azure
2 12 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (28.13%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (25.00%) AWS
4 8 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (25.00%) GCP
4 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (12.50%) Amazon S3
6 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) Wireshark
2 9 (28.13%) Firewall
3 8 (25.00%) LAN
3 8 (25.00%) Network Security
3 8 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 8 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (3.13%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Metasploit
2 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (46.88%) Finance
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.50%) Banking
4 4 (12.50%) Retail
5 3 (9.38%) Law
5 3 (9.38%) Legal
6 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Security Engineer
1 13 (40.63%) Senior
2 10 (31.25%) Penetration Tester
2 10 (31.25%) Tester
3 5 (15.63%) Information Security Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Tester
5 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Incident Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Incident Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Team Leader
5 3 (9.38%) Threat Hunter
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) CISSP Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Programme Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) Kafka
2 1 (3.13%) Node.js
2 1 (3.13%) React
2 1 (3.13%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) Management Information System
1 10 (31.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (21.88%) Cyberattack
3 4 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (12.50%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 4 (12.50%) Public Cloud
4 3 (9.38%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (9.38%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (40.63%) Windows
2 8 (25.00%) Android
2 8 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (12.50%) CentOS
3 4 (12.50%) Linux
3 4 (12.50%) Solaris
3 4 (12.50%) Ubuntu
3 4 (12.50%) Unix
3 4 (12.50%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (78.13%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 15 (46.88%) Information Security
3 15 (46.88%) Roadmaps
3 15 (46.88%) Vulnerability Management
4 14 (43.75%) SIEM
5 13 (40.63%) Security Operations
6 12 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (37.50%) Key Management
6 12 (37.50%) Process Improvement
6 12 (37.50%) Zero Trust
7 10 (31.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 9 (28.13%) Cloud Security
8 9 (28.13%) Cryptography
8 9 (28.13%) Incident Response
8 9 (28.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 9 (28.13%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 8 (25.00%) Agile
9 8 (25.00%) Security Management
9 8 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) Python
2 8 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (9.38%) Bash
4 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) CISSP
2 19 (59.38%) CEH
3 10 (31.25%) CISM
4 8 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (25.00%) CCSP
4 8 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (25.00%) SANS
4 8 (25.00%) SSCP
5 7 (21.88%) GIAC
6 6 (18.75%) GPEN
6 6 (18.75%) OSCP
7 4 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (12.50%) CCSAM
7 4 (12.50%) CREST Certified
7 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
8 3 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (9.38%) Degree
9 2 (6.25%) CEPT
10 1 (3.13%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (46.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (46.88%) NIST
2 8 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (9.38%) GDPR
5 1 (3.13%) COBIT
System Software
1 8 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (9.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (25.00%) Nmap
2 4 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (9.38%) Nessus
4 1 (3.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (37.50%) Qualys
2 12 (37.50%) Splunk
3 8 (25.00%) Rapid7
3 8 (25.00%) Thycotic
4 1 (3.13%) Alibaba
4 1 (3.13%) Google