Ethical Hacking Jobs in London

Ethical Hacking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 481 586
Rank change year-on-year +98 +105 +267
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 9 31 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.072% 0.13% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.14% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 24
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,800
25th Percentile £55,625 £62,500 £58,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,750 £70,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +5.66% -14.52%
75th Percentile £83,438 £75,000 £92,688
90th Percentile £114,375 £91,991 £98,850
England median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +16.67%

All Process and 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 12,045 21,522 31,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.48% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 15,847 22,804
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 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
West London +25 2 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Central London +32 1 - - 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Network Security
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) HTTP
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (11.11%) BGP
5 1 (11.11%) DMVPN
5 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
5 1 (11.11%) IPsec
5 1 (11.11%) LAN
5 1 (11.11%) MPLS
5 1 (11.11%) OSPF
5 1 (11.11%) WAN
5 1 (11.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Burp Suite
1 1 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Security Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) IT Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) IT Security Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (11.11%) Network Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Tester
5 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Security Penetration Tester
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Compliance Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Tester
5 1 (11.11%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Security Posture
2 3 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (66.67%) Information Security
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
5 4 (44.44%) SIEM
6 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (33.33%) Threat Detection
6 3 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (22.22%) Business Case
7 2 (22.22%) Contingency Planning
7 2 (22.22%) Cyber Intelligence
7 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
7 2 (22.22%) Offensive Security
7 2 (22.22%) Risk Register
7 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISM
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CRISC
2 2 (22.22%) OSCP
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Juniper
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft