Offensive Security Jobs in London

Offensive Security
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Offensive Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Offensive Security over the 6 months to 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 555 858
Rank change year-on-year +89 +303 -285
Permanent jobs citing Offensive Security 35 57 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.18% 0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.19% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 22 23 20
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £53,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £75,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% - +30.77%
75th Percentile £98,750 £97,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,000 -
England median annual salary £72,500 £85,250 £85,000
% change year-on-year -14.96% +0.29% +30.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Offensive Security 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 21,691 30,657 70,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.27% 95.26% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15,892 22,392 34,193
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Offensive Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Offensive Security in London.

Salary trend for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Offensive Security in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Offensive Security in London

Offensive Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Offensive Security within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
West London - 3 £50,000 - 1
Offensive Security
England

Offensive Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (60.00%) Azure
2 13 (37.14%) AWS
2 13 (37.14%) GCP
3 8 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (28.57%) Banking
1 10 (28.57%) Finance
1 10 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 10 (28.57%) Retail Banking
2 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (54.29%) Senior
2 11 (31.43%) Penetration Tester
2 11 (31.43%) Tester
3 10 (28.57%) Architect
3 10 (28.57%) Senior Architect
3 10 (28.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 10 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (22.86%) Analyst
4 8 (22.86%) IT Analyst
4 8 (22.86%) IT Security Analyst
4 8 (22.86%) Security Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Head of Testing
5 6 (17.14%) IT Operations Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) IT Security Engineer
5 6 (17.14%) Operations Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Security Engineer
5 6 (17.14%) Security Operations Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Senior Operations Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Senior Security Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) Cyberattack
2 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.71%) Client/Server
3 2 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (91.43%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (31.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 10 (28.57%) Agile
4 10 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
4 10 (28.57%) Asset Management
4 10 (28.57%) Business Development
4 10 (28.57%) Coaching
4 10 (28.57%) Customer Experience
4 10 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
4 10 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 10 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 10 (28.57%) Software Delivery
4 10 (28.57%) Target Operating Model
5 8 (22.86%) Incident Response
5 8 (22.86%) Red Team
5 8 (22.86%) Security Operations
5 8 (22.86%) Task Automation
6 6 (17.14%) Ethical Hacking
6 6 (17.14%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.57%) Bash
2 3 (8.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) OSCP
2 6 (17.14%) CEH
2 6 (17.14%) GIAC
2 6 (17.14%) GPEN
3 3 (8.57%) CISSP
3 3 (8.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.71%) CREST Certified
4 2 (5.71%) Degree
4 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.71%) OSCE
4 2 (5.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) GDPR
1 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (8.57%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (22.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) CrowdStrike