Ethical Hacking Job Trends in London

Ethical Hacking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 416 428
Rank change year-on-year +85 +12 +228
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 34 4 20
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.24% 0.026% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.027% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 25 3 15
10th Percentile - £46,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £56,875 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -61.88% +10.34% -14.71%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile - - £94,000
England median annual salary £30,500 £59,498 £62,500
% change year-on-year -48.74% -4.80% -9.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Ethical Hacking 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,222 14,611 16,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.79% 94.50% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,822 8,053 13,336
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £115,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethical Hacking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Ethical Hacking job vacancy trend in London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ethical Hacking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

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 9 January 2026. 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 - 2 - - 1
South London - 1 £32,500 - 2
Ethical Hacking
England

Ethical Hacking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (17.65%) AWS
1 6 (17.65%) Azure
1 6 (17.65%) GCP
2 2 (5.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Burp Suite
1 4 (11.76%) Metasploit
General
1 15 (44.12%) Multimedia
2 12 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (32.35%) Finance
4 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (17.65%) Law
6 5 (14.71%) Banking
7 4 (11.76%) Financial Institution
7 4 (11.76%) Retail
8 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
9 2 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Trainee
2 10 (29.41%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Digital Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Security Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Lead
5 1 (2.94%) Team Leader
5 1 (2.94%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Security Posture
2 5 (14.71%) Cyberattack
3 4 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (11.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (11.76%) Insider Threat
3 4 (11.76%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 12 (35.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 4 (11.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Mentoring
2 18 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (44.12%) Incident Response
3 15 (44.12%) Line Management
4 10 (29.41%) Information Security
5 9 (26.47%) Purple Team
5 9 (26.47%) Red Team
5 9 (26.47%) SIEM
6 8 (23.53%) Analytical Thinking
6 8 (23.53%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (23.53%) Security Operations
7 6 (17.65%) Resilience Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Cyber Resilience
8 5 (14.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (14.71%) Offensive Security
8 5 (14.71%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (11.76%) Application Security
9 4 (11.76%) CI/CD
9 4 (11.76%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) PowerShell
1 6 (17.65%) Python
2 4 (11.76%) Bash
2 4 (11.76%) Java
2 4 (11.76%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 23 (67.65%) CompTIA Security+
2 17 (50.00%) CEH
3 15 (44.12%) A+ Certification
3 15 (44.12%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (23.53%) CISSP
4 8 (23.53%) CREST Certified
4 8 (23.53%) Degree
4 8 (23.53%) OSCP
5 4 (11.76%) Azure Certification
5 4 (11.76%) CCSAM
5 4 (11.76%) CHECK Team Leader
5 4 (11.76%) CHECK Team Member
5 4 (11.76%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.76%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (11.76%) EU AI Act
2 4 (11.76%) GDPR
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (5.88%) ISO 22301
3 2 (5.88%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Commvault
2 2 (5.88%) VMware