GPEN Job Trends in London

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 418 469
Rank change year-on-year +36 +51 +207
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 2 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.013% 0.007% 0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.049% 0.020% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.11%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £51,058 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -27.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,108 4,972 5,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.52% 33.04% 27.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,178 1,983 4,199
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,980
25th Percentile £51,001 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

GPEN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

GPEN job vacancy trend in London

GPEN
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GPEN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GPEN

GPEN
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the London region over the 6 months to 14 February 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 +24 2 £95,000 -
GPEN
England

GPEN
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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Responder
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSAS
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) GCFA
2 1 (50.00%) GCFE
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) GXPN
2 1 (50.00%) OSCE
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft